Light House hosts a special part of the Home of Metal festival this September which will feature a weekend of unique contemporary and archive film screenings. Home of Metal is a celebration of the music that was born in the Black Country and Birmingham, and is a project created and produced by Capsule.
Home of Metal promises to bring people together to share their passion and explore themes of Heavy Metal through exhibitions, film screenings, live events, a conference and family friendly activities. Four decades since Heavy Metal was unleashed onto an unsuspecting world, Home of Metal honours a truly global musical phenomenon.
The Metal on Film strand of the festival will tour venues around the region, stopping at Light House cinema from Fri 2 – Sun 4 Sept.
Various ticket prices apply. For more info visit light-house.co.uk and homeofmetal.com
Heavy Metal has had an up-and-down relationship with cinema over the years, often exploited for spandex comedy or grisly horror soundtracks. This eclectic programme will celebrate some of the genre’s celluloid highlights, from rare television and live footage to cult classics like ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot’ and ‘This is Spinal Tap’.
There will also be ample opportunity to explore the darker side of Heavy Metal, including a late show of the Boris Karloff chiller that gave Black Sabbath their name, and the music’s enduring global impact will be charted through documentaries, animation and artist’s film.
Light House’s weekend of screenings will include:
- Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey (15)
Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance vs Judas Priest (15)
Black Sabbath aka: I Tre volti della paura (15)
Cult TV shows In Bed With Chris Needham and More Bad News (15)
Heavy Metal Parking Lot – Silver Jubilee (15) Admission free
The Beyond (18)
Area Documentary Heavy Metal (PG)
Ken Loach’s Cathy Come Home (PG)
Eclectic mixture of shorts, animation and artists’ film Metal Till I Die (15)
Inspiring documentary Heavy Metal in Baghdad
The cult rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap (15)
Tickets for screenings cost from £4.20 – £5.80.
Light House is located in the historic Chubb Buildings in Wolverhampton City Centre. For further information or to book tickets contact Light House box office on t. 01902 716055 or visit www.light-house.co.uk
