KILLVILLE THEATER GOES UP IN FLAMES

A local landmark was lost last Friday night when the Killville Theater burned to the ground. Members of the Killville Auxiliary Fire Department arrived too late to save the historic structure. "My boys were a little too liquored up to effectively battle an inferno of such magnitude" stated chief Chester Middlefield, "So we just cracked open some more cold ones and watched that son of a bitch burn."

The old movie house enjoyed it's heyday in the 40's and 50's but by the mid 60's it had fallen on hard times. It was purchased by Karl Malinski in 1971. Malinski transformed into one of the most infamous porn theaters in New England. It thrived through the 1970's until the advent of home video decimated the porno theater industry. 'Folks just ain't gonna come out to the movies when they can take care of business at home" lamented Malinski. "It's gettin' so's a fella can't make an honest livin' no more goddamn it."

In 1999 the theater was purchased by the Killville Society for the Preservation of Old Timey Culture and was enjoying a renaissance of late. "This sucks" said Larry Adams, director of the KSPOTC. "I'm going down to Dewey's to get shit-faced."

The old movie house had currently been running a retrospective of famed cult director Jim Stramel (THRILLBILLYS, MY ASS IS BLEEDING, SIX BULLETS FOR JESUS, PITIFUL REFLECTIONS, KILLBILLIES MEET THE MONSTERS). Because of his eccentric policy of having only one print of any of his films in existence at any giving time so as not to slice up and scatter their soul, much of his genius will be lost forever. He's now at work painstakingly restoring what he was able to salvage from the smoldering rubble.

Watch the "6 BULLETS FOR JESUS" trailer recovered from the fire. Three horses perished in the blaze.