Castle Talk: Theresa Mercado on Programming Scream Screen and Her New Series Hell on Wheels
This episode we’re chatting with Theresa Mercado, curator of the Scream Screen film series in Denver. They’re in the middle of their fifteenth run for four Fridays at the Sie FilmCenter with a new series, "Hell On Wheels", which began February 7 at 9:30pm at the Sie FilmCenter, featuring some of the best terror on two, four, and ten wheels! Psychomania! Crash! Sorcerer! Next up Feb 28 is Dead End Drive-In (1986) w/ director Brian Trenchard-Smith in person. Previous series include: "Treasury of Terror: A Decade of Horror Anthologies", "The Psychosexual Films of David Cronenberg," "Journey Into a Damaged Brain," "The Horror Films of John Carpenter," "When Animals Attack!", "The Giallo Films of Dario Argento", "The Films of the New French Extremity", "The Non-Zom Films Of George A. Romero", "As Seen On TV!", "Beyond Elm Street: A Tribute To Wes Craven", "The Truth Is Out There!", "Welcome To The Funhouse: A Birthday Slash-ebration of Tobe Hooper", "Christmas In July", and "Petrified Woods". Scream Screen is a four-time "Best of Denver" winner! Including 2019's "Best Live Music With A Horror Movie." We chat about the challenges of programming a theater series in the day of streaming.