BLOODY VALENTINES SERIES
You can celebrate Valentine's Day with a trio of blood-filled, heart-pumping, downright terrifying horror films.
Street Food Cinema, which hosts themed movie screenings year-round, is getting into the evil spirit of Valentine Day's and bringing its Bloody Valentines series to the historic Million Dollar Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.
“It's an alternate Valentine's experience,” said Maudi Harley, a spokesperson for Street Food Cinema. “It's for people that maybe don't want that traditional date, but we still have that kind of romantic feel.”
The series tonight will screen the 2002 rock-star
Tonight's rock star vampire film “Queen of the Damned” is the first of three screenings in Los Angeles.
vampire flick “Queen of the Damned,” starring Stuart Townsend and late R&B singer Aaliyah. Saturday night offers 1992's “Bram Stoker's Dracula,” starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves and Anthony Hopkins. Finally, on Valentine's Day, Tuesday, the production company will host “Jennifer's Body,”
When: 6 p.m. today, Saturday and Tuesday
Where: Million Dollar Theater, 307 S. Broadway, Los Angeles
Tickets: $25-$36 at streetfoodcinema.com. 21 or older only.
the 2009 horror comedy starring Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried.
Aside from the film screenings inside the ornate theater, tonight will include a pre-show Q&A with Riverside-born actress Marguerite Moreau, who portrays the vampire Jesse in “Queen of the Damned.” And Saturday and Tuesday, vampire-themed cabaret shows take place before the screenings. There will be live music at each of the events, and food and beverages available for purchase as well.