🤍 Kaboom Cult 🤍
From May 2024 to September 2025, in our collaboration with LAB111, we present rarely-seen animation classics on the big screen, from recently restored cult titles to seldomly-screened festival hits. Animation belongs on the big screen and what better place to present it than at LAB111, where Kaboom has its offices? So grab a drink and come watch great animation with us!
🗓️Mark your calendars:
MAY ’24
⚪ CHUCK STEEL: NIGHT OF THE TRAMPIRES (MIKE MORT, 2018) ⚪
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires is a zombie cop flick like you’ve never seen before. Entirely animated in stop-motion Mike Mort’s film is also a lovingly made homage to American trash cinema of the early 1980s. Chuck Steel is a foul-mouthed maverick cop – equal part John McClane, equal part Rambo – tasked to look into a series of recent disappearances. What he discovers will take him into the nether regions of the city to uncover a plot so fiendish…well, you get the idea. Yes, you’ve seen this one before, but never in a stop-motion feature animated film. Prepare to be offended!
JULY ’24
⚪ BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA (1996) ⚪
This is a full-length cartoon movie featuring the dim-witted obnoxious loser teens, Beavis and Butt-head. They are obsessed with sex, TV, heavy-metal rock ’n roll, sex, coolness and sex, in that order. The trouble begins when the couch-potato duo’s beloved television disappears (they assume it was stolen). In the course of trying to get another TV, they get involved in a major arms-smuggling scheme and are chased all over the U.S. by mobsters and lawmen alike. In one of the movie’s highlights, Butt-head tries to get Chelsea Clinton to go to bed with him. Apparently he believes that since they both wear braces, she will naturally want to have sex with him.
NOVEMBER ’24
⚪ CHICKEN RUN (2000) ⚪
This engaging stop-motion, claymation adventure tells the story of an American rooster who falls in love with a gorgeous hen on a British farm. The couple decides to run away from the farm, but they must first contend with the evil farmer who is intent on keeping them under her control. The chickens decide to attempt an escape so they don’t get turned into chicken pot pies.
JANUARY ’25
⚪ HEAVY METAL (1981)⚪
A cult classic of adult animation, Heavy Metal (1981) is a kaleidoscopic journey into sci-fi and fantasy, based on the stories from the eponymous magazine. It weaves together multiple tales, all linked by the glowing green orb called the Loc-Nar, which embodies ultimate evil. Featuring groundbreaking animation for its time, the film also boasts a hard-hitting soundtrack with tracks from Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, and more. Its blend of surreal visuals, mature themes, and rock music helped define it as a cultural touchstone of the ’80s. Despite mixed reviews upon release, it has since become a beloved gem for fans of experimental and edgy animation.
MARCH ’24
⚪ FRITZ THE CAT (1972) ⚪
Fritz, a college-age cat, dabbles in drugs, radical politics and hedonism, as he goes on a cross country adventure from New York City to the West coast.
🍿Thursday, 20 Mar, time TBA
MAY ’25
⚪ ALICE (1988) ⚪
A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll’s novel ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’, mixing one live actor (Alice) with a large variety of stop-motion animated creatures, ranging from the complex (the White Rabbit) to the incredibly simple (the Caterpillar, consisting of a sock, a couple of glass eyes and a pair of false teeth). The original story is followed reasonably faithfully, though those familiar with this director’s other films won’t be the least bit surprised by the numerous digressions into Svankmajer territory, living slabs of meat and all. As the opening narration says, it’s a film made for children… perhaps?
🍿Thursday, 22 May, time TBA