Hell in a Handbasket : September - October Theme
Hell in a Handbasket: “describes a situation headed for disaster inescapably or precipitately”
We all go a little mad sometimes, and luckily for us, there are films to let us know that it could be a lot worse. For our first bi-monthly theme, we selected a theme where everything goes wrong, where the shit hits the fan and plans go awry, where protagonists are pushed to their mental limits, and where the line between sanity and madness starts to blur, ultimately delivering you to a place that is somewhere between reality and hell. Maybe you’re trying to move a cruise ship over a mountain in the middle of the Amazon, or maybe it’s a night of accidental drug induced hysteria. Perhaps you decide to offer a free concert and it devolves into uncontrollable frenzy. Or maybe you venture down the river in the middle of a war and discover the darkest depths of the human soul. The following films tell stories where chaos reigns supreme and descents into madness are inevitable, and maybe after watching a few, you too will go a little mad. Hope for the best, but plan for the worst with our theme, Hell in a Handbasket.
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