Festival of Monsters: The Quatermass Experiment

Name: Festival of Monsters: The Quatermass Experiment
Start: 2026-10-14T19:30:00-07:00
End: 2026-10-14T21:30:00-07:00
Location: The 418 Project

📅 Wed, Oct 14, 2026 · 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

📍 The 418 Project · 155 River St S, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060 · venue site ↗

🎟️ $15

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The Festival of Monsters screens the 1955 classic sci-fi horror film The Quatermass Experiment at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, at The 418 in Downtown Santa Cruz. This screening includes a live introduction by monster maven Dr. H. Marshall Leicester (UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus of Literature). A trio of British astronauts are launched into space by obsessed rocket scientist Professor Quatermass (Brian Donley) – but only one returns to Earth and he’s not the same, to put it mildly. The Festival is sponsored by the UC Santa Cruz Center for Monster Studies . Tickets are $12.51 in advance , $15 at the door. The screening occurs at The 418 Project’s Small Theater, 155 River St S, Santa Cruz.

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