Thundercrack!

One dark and stormy night a group of strangers take refuge in a remote house…what happens next guaranteed this film a place in cinema history.

One of the most popular of all the notorious films to be programmed at the Scala cinema, this rite of cinematic passage was known for its extreme sexual content. It also posed a challenge for audiences because of its near-incomprehensible soundtrack, on a black and white print that was played until it fell apart. Thankfully, that’s not the case with this painstakingly restored presentation.

Written by George Kuchar, Curt McDowell’s Thundercrack! employs classic, old dark house tales of yore to create a trash classic; a knowing, sexual melange that is at once cheap, camp and direct, yet constructed with technical dexterity. The house alone stands as an erotic reverie – gradually opening up through cutaways and superimposition. Contains scenes of unsimulated sex.