March Madness: Martian Mai Tais & Monsturd!

Written By Will Viharo





March 2010 is going to be yet another eclectic month in Thrillville. First, on Thursday March 11, I'm turning Forbidden Island into Forbidden Planet with THRILLVILLE'S TIKI SCI-FI NITE, featuring futuristic cocktail specials, out of this world prizes, classic sci-fi movies, and live space-surf music by THE TOMORROWMEN! It'll be a first class Space Age shindig, primitive pagan/hipster hedonist style.

Then, the following Thursday, March 18, I'm presenting probably the two sickest movies I've ever shown, and that's a mouthful: a double bill of local underground cult classics MONSTURD , about an escaped con turned rampaging giant piece of shit, and RETARDEAD, about an attack by hordes of mentally and physically challenged flesh-eating zombies, from the demented minds of Bay Area filmmakers Rick Popko, Dan West and artist Ken Dashner, who will appear in person at the screening to explain themselves. Both flicks are as twisted and darkly hilarious as you'd imagine, only more so. Also on the bill: surf band MESHUGGA BEACH PARTY! Why? Well, I needed the silliest band I could think of for this gig, one that was also kickass musically, and they fit the bill like nobody else I know. See you there, creeps, corpses, astronauts & asswipes.


The Living Dead Girlz are featured in Retardead

THRILLVILLE'S TIKI SCI-FI NITE
Thursday, March 11, 8PM, no cover
Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge, 1304 Lincoln Ave., Alameda

THRILLVILLE presents MONSTURD and RETARDEAD
Thursday, March 18, 7:30, $10
4 Star Theater, Clement @ 23rd Ave., Richmond District, San Francisco



MONSTURD trailer



RETARDEAD trailer
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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