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International Halloween ■To expose its international residents to a bit of American culture, Riley Hall will host its annual Halloween dance By Mason West Oregon Daily Emerald Just because Halloween is the devil’s night doesn’t mean that one needs to partake of the devil’s brew. The Riley residence hall will be hosting its annual Halloween dance party Saturday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The function, coordinated by the Ri ley Resident Council and the Inter national Student Association, is de signed to bring students together to have fun in a safe and legal way, said Yu Bai, co-director of the ISA. “We want to encourage interac tion between the international stu dents and the American students,” Bai said. The ISA is involved in this event partly to expose the international students to an interesting aspect of American culture. “In many foreign countries, they don’t have Halloween,” Bai said. “This is a new experience for those students.” Although Riley is officially the in ternational residence hall, it is open to all University students. Riley res ident director Carl Yell wants to eliminate any inhibitions that do mestic students have about coming to the dance. “Students shouldn’t be afraid to come into Riley and get in on the ac tion,” Yeh said. Once students arrive at the party, however, fear becomes part of the equation. There will be a haunted Good Clean Courtesy of University Housing Residence life got more exciting last year when costumes came into play. Again this year, Riley Hall is hosting a Halloween dance party, and all students are invited. house in the basement designed and maintained by the Riley residents that students can enter for $1. But there may just be enough spooks wandering around in costumes to turn students pale. “There were some amazing cos tumes last year,” Yeh said. Other attractions at this year’s party will be a live professional DJ, free snacks and non-alcoholic mixed drinks, fortune telling and digital photos. The digital photographs are a new addition to the dance this year. They will work much like a photog rapher at a typical dance, except in stead of purchasing prints, a digital image will be sent to two e-mail ad dresses for a $1 charge. Pictures can be sent to additional addresses for 50 cents each. “I’m surprised that more dances don’t do more things with digital images,” Yeh said. This new twist is just one addi tion to the long-standing tradition of the Riley Halloween party. This tra dition is something that Katie Bryant, assistant director of resi dence life, thinks has people com ing back. “People have gone in the past, and they come back year after year regardless of whether they live in the residence halls,” Bryant said. Although the event is not on Hal loween, Yeh doesn’t think it will de ter students from coming. “Most students have the time on the weekends to come,” Yeh said. Riley Hall is located at 650 E. 11th Ave. The dance is free, but Universi ty ID is required for entry. Eccentric films to engross Bijou ■This weekend, Troma Entertainment brings three movies to a Eugene audience By Josh Ryneal Oregon Daily Emerald Troma Entertainment, most fa mous for its “Toxic Avenger” series about a baddie-busting mutant jan itor who cleans up crime with his Supermop, has carved out a niche with its low-budget, bloody and all-around outrageous movies. Films such as “Surf Nazis Must Die,” “Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid,” and “Sgt. Kabukiman, NYPD” have in spired a cult following around the world, and now, Troma is bringing a new crop of films to the Bijou Art Cinema in time for Halloween. Michael Lamont, owner of the Bijou, said the there were two rea sons behind the choice to show Troma films. “The first was that in the past, we’d take movies from the mall theaters and rerun them, but that doesn't work anymore,” he said. “The $1.50 theaters have really un dercut our audience.” So Lamont decided to try to ex pand into more cult-oriented films. “We’re trying stuff like kung-fu movies, and now we’re bringing out these movies,” he said. “It’s a gore-fest, but it’s also kind of a spoof. They’re very hilarious." Lloyd Kaufman, co-founder of Troma Entertainment and writer director of many of the studio’s films, said that part of his studio’s appeal is that audiences get some thing from Troma’s movies they won’t find anywhere else. “Art is an expression of heart, and we take our movies very seri ously,” he said. “We’re known as kind of a Cuisinart of genres.” The three movies playing at the Bijou, “Stendahl Syndrome,” “Killer Condom,” and “Cannibal: The Musical,” are distributed by Troma but not produced or direct ed by the studio. However, Kauf man said that all three of these films are “definitely in the Troma style.” “They fit in with the Troma phi losophy of surprise and adven ture,” he said. Kaufman called “Stendahl Syn drome” perhaps the most disturb ing and contemporary of the three movies and said the film is very se rious and different than anytliing Troma has put out before. “Stendahl syndrome is the med ical condition where someone looks at piece of art and has such a strong reaction that they have a seizure,” he said. “That’s the first theme of the movie, and the sec ond deals with a serial killer.” “Killer Condom,” Kaufman said, is about killer mutant condoms that grow spiky teeth. One can imagine the rest. “It was filmed in Germany and is slicker and more cerebral than the usual Troma stuff,” he said. The movie also features special effects by Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger, famous for his disturbing art and special-effects work on the movie “Alien.” ‘“Killer Condom' is about the rubber that rubs you out,” Kauf man said. “It'll make the critics stand up with praise.” The last film, “Cannibal: The Musical,” is the first film project of Troma films at the Bijou: (All shows begin at 11 p.m.) “Killer Condom” Friday, Oct. 27, and Wednesday, Nov. 1 “Stendahl Syndrome” Saturday, Oct. 28, and Thursday, Nov. 2 “Cannibal: The Musical” Sunday, Oct. 29, Monday, Oct. BO, and Tues day, Oct. 31 Trey Parker and Matt Stone, cre ators of Comedy Central’s wildly popular “South Park” series. “Trey freely admits that we were the very last stop on the train [of getting the movie distributed],” Kaufman said with a laugh. “But they were big fans; they used to have “Toxic Avenger” parties in college.” Kaufman agreed that his films aren’t for everyone but said “it’s a cult thing — [people] know they’re going to either love it or hate it, but they'll never forget it.” “People want to go to movies and have strong emotions, and I think the stuff out there today in the main stream just makes people feel kind of hollow,” Kaufman said. “They want to go on a real cinematic ad venture, and Troma gives it to them.” Aaron Sarnoff-Wood, an em ployee at Silver Screen Video, said that people come in and ask for Troma films by name and called the Bijou’s decision a “neat idea.” "Those movies are cheesy as hell, but still fun,” he said. “It’s a great idea for the holiday.” BVlilVImu Commurity Canter for the Parfonim m Arts 8th & Lincoln ■ Friday ■ Witches’ Ball Land of the Blind, Serpentina Ala Nar Trance dance/Belly Dance/ Costume Ball sliding scale: $ 6 - $10 at door, 8:30 pm ■ Saturday ■ The Woricman Project, Mojo Rock/Costume Party $7 door, 9:00 pm ■ Sunday ■ 7 Seconds, CraovieGhoulies Union 13, Death By Stereo Punk Rock Halloween Party $8 advance, $10 door, 7:30 pm ■ Tuesday ■ Haloweenwrth The Red Elvises, TheBramwashers Surf Rock/Costume Party 2 $8 advance, $10 door, 8:30 pm AH Ages Welcome • 687-2746 Limited Student T ix ?1 t 113 St.iti(,r, . the [Richard O’Brien’s Live on Stage! 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