Thrillville returns to Oakland for BLACK DYNAMITE!

Written By Will Viharo

UPDATE 11/9: MICHAEL JAI WHITE (aka BLACK DYNAMITE himself) AND DIRECTOR SCOTT SANDERS WILL APPEAR AT BOTH SCREENINGS!


My pals Kahlil Karn and Keith Arnold of the Oakland Underground Film Festival have asked Monica Tiki Goddess and myself to host the local premiere of the all new 70s-style blaxploitation instant cult classic BLACK DYNAMITE at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland - just around Lake Merritt from the Parkway, where Thrillville was born over 12 years ago. This will mark Thrillville's first East Bay gig since Speakeasy Theaters folded earlier this year, and this is a perfect comeback - teaming with a true Oaktown grassroots organization to present a highly faithful throwback to the funky, glorious grindhouse era of Dolemite, Coffy, Foxy Brown, Shaft, Super Fly, Slaughter, The Mack, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and Truck Turner, most of which I've shown at the Parkway. The trailer for this flick is positively outta sight - hope to see ALL you suckas Saturday, November 21 @ midnite! (NOTE: Black Dynamite also plays the Castro Theater in San Francisco the previous night, Friday, November 20 @ midnite, sans Thrillville.) Cheers.
Will Viharo

WILL "THE THRILL" VIHARO is a freelance writer and the author of several "gonzo pulp" novels including "A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge," "Freaks That Carry Your Luggage up to the Room," "Chumpy Walnut," "Lavender Blonde," "Down a Dark Alley," and the “Vic Valentine, Private Eye” series, the first of which, "Love Stories Are Too Violent For Me," has been optioned for a film by Christian Slater, reissued in 2013 by Gutter Books, which also published the new Vic Valentine novel "Hard-boiled Heart" in December, 2015.

Two science fiction novels, "It Came from Hangar 18" and "The Space Needler's Intergalactic Bar Guide," were written in collaboration with Scott Fulks, who added real science to Will's pulp.

Will's own imprint, Thrillville Press, has issued a three volume anthology series featuring all of his standalone novels called "The Thrillville Pulp Fiction Collection," along with another omnibus called "The Vic Valentine Classic Case Files," which include four novels from the 1990s, "Fate Is My Pimp," "Romance Takes a Rain Check," "I Lost My Heart in Hollywood," and "Diary of a Dick," plus a recent short story, "Brain Mistrust."

More recently published books include the Vic Valentine "Mental Case Files" trilogy comprised of "Vic Valentine: International Man of Misery," "Vic Valentine: Lounge Lizard For Hire," and "Vic Valentine: Space Cadet"; the original story collection "Vic Valentine, Private Eye: 14 Vignettes"; the erotic horror noir novella "Things I Do When I'm Awake"; and a collection of erotic horror noir stories, "VIHORROR! Cocktales of Sex and Death."

Additionally Will has had stories included in a variety of anthologies including "Fast Women and Neon Lights: Eighties-Inspired Neon Noir"; "Mixed Up!"; "Long Distance Drunks: A Tribute to Charles Bukowski"; "Deadlines: A Tribute to William Wallace"; "Dark Yonder: Tales and Tabs"; "Knucklehead Noir" and "Weird Winter Wonderland" (both Coffin Hop Press); and "Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror."

Viharo's unique brand of "gonzo pulp fiction" combines elements of eroticism, noir, fantasy, and horror. For many years he has also been a professional film programmer/impresario and live music booker. He now lives in Seattle, WA with his wife and cats

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