Pizza Party Massacre
Mahoning Drive-In Theater - Lehighton, PA
Tonight's movie at the drive-in was the world premiere of Hayden Hall's first full-length feature film which was shot entirely on VHS: Pizza Party Massacre.
Mahoning Drive-In Theater - Lehighton, PA
Tonight's movie at the drive-in was the world premiere of Hayden Hall's first full-length feature film which was shot entirely on VHS: Pizza Party Massacre.
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Pizza Party Massacre was seven years in the making. Its production began seven years ago while Hayden was living in New York and continued with changes to much of its cast and crew when he moved to Philadelphia.
There was some merch available at the screening of the movie, including t-shirts, posters, stickers, and pizza cutters.
The special concession item for the night was the Pizza Face Pizza Burger, which was a cheeseburger topped with pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese.
The movie absolutely had a micro-budget feel with extra cheese in the performances and special effects, but it was a hell of a fun movie. It reminds me of the kind of things that my friends and I would rent from Heights Terrace Video to bring home and watch on a Friday night.
One of the fun surprises in the film was that it featured Virgil in a role as the father of Pizza Face, who was played by Hayden's younger brother, Ethan Hall.
The cast and crew had a Q&A on the lawn under the screen after the credits rolled, in which Hayden revealed that his car was stolen twice during the production of this movie, which resulted in one of the prop heads being lost. He also shared that the movie is not going to be available to purchase on home video or to stream, but will first be taken on a road show as they work to find a distributor.
The attendance at this event was pretty good, but I'm hoping that this will be included in next year's VHS Fest to reach a wider audience of folks at the Mahoning Drive-In Theater.
