History

The following is a list of films shown at Butt-Numb-A-Thon since it’s inception in 1999.  Feature films are listed in bold. Trailers are listed in italics. All other items are annotated as appropriate.

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 1 (1999)

• Plan 9 from Outer Space
• Magnolia
• Song of the South
• Fritz the Cat
• Fade to Black
• Phantom of the Paradise
• Calling All Girls
• Giant Gila Monster
• Pitch Black
• Daughters of Dracula
• Tron
• Six String Samurai

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 2 (2000)

• Destination Mars
• The Hobbit
• The Gift
• The Sea Wolf
• Wonder Bar
• Snatch
• Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
• Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
• Robocop
• Shogun Assassin
• Santa Claus’ Story
• Ed Gein

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 3 (2001)

• Fiend Without a Face
• The Majestic
• Rock All Night
• King Kong
• Vanilla Sky
• Cabin in the Sky
• Blood Feast 2
• Terror of Tiny Town
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 4 (2002)

• The Mask of Fu Manchu
• Chicago
• Machine Gun Kelly
• Odds Against Tomorrow
• Crippled Avengers
• Night Warning
• May
• Dust and Blood (short film)
• House of 1000 Corpses
• Tiptoes
• Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation (partial screening)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 5 (2003)

• Haunted Gold (IMDb)
• Adventures of Captain Marvel (partial screening of first episode) (IMDb)
• * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (IMDb)
• (Q&A) Peter Jackson (director), Frances Walsh (writer), and Philippa Boyens (writer) – The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
• The General with musical accompaniment from Guy Forsyth (IMDb)
• * Oldboy (IMDb)
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (IMDb)
• Nid de guepes (IMDb)
• Blind (short film) (IMDb)
• Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (IMDb)
• Haute Tension (IMDb)
• Teenage Mother (IMDb)
• The Rotten Fruit (IMDb)
• Undead (IMDb)
• * The Passion of the Christ (IMDb)
• (Q&A) Mel Gibson – director of The Passion of the Christ^[1]

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 6 (2004)

Dec. 11-12, 2004

• Putney Swope (IMDb)
• Willie McBean and his Magic Machine (IMDb)
• * Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (IMDb)
• (Q&A) Emily Browning (actress), and Liam Aiken (actor)
• (unfinished clips) Madagascar (IMDb)
• The Black Swan (IMDb)
• (slide show/Q&A) Robbie Stamp (producer) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (IMDb)
• Blonde Venus (IMDb)
• Legend of the Sacred Stone (IMDb)
• Miss Sadie Thompson (IMDb)
• War of the Worlds (IMDb) with video introduction from Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise
• * The Phantom of the Opera (IMDb)
• Welcome Home, Brother Charles (IMDb)
• * The Ring 2 (IMDb)
• (Q&A) Robert Weinbach – director of The Mutations
• The Mutations (IMDb)
• Toys are Not for Children (IMDb)
• * Layer Cake (IMDb)
• (Q&A) Tamar Hussain – actor from Layer Cake
• (clip) 2001 Maniacs (IMDb) with introduction from director Eli Roth
• Casshern (IMDb)
• Ong-Bak (IMDb)
• (short) Time Piece (IMDb)
• (behind the scenes clips) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (IMDb)
• Kung Fu Hustle (IMDb)^[2]

The 7th Voyage of Butt-Numb-A-Thon (2005)

Dec. 10-11, 2005^[3]

• Apocalypto (IMDb)
• The Most Dangerous Game (IMDb)
• * The Pit and the Pendulum by Ray Harryhausen (IMDb)
• * King Kong (IMDb)
• Footlight Parade (IMDb)
• * Sick Girl (IMDb)
• * Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (IMDb)
• The Professionals (IMDb)
• * District B13 (IMDb)
• * (teaser) 2gether 4ever at Bloody-Disgusting.com, at Ain’t It Cool News
• * Cigarette Burns (IMDb)
• * (unfinished clip) Hostel presented by Eli Roth (IMDb)
• * The Descent (IMDb)
• Stunt Rock (IMDb)
• Drum (IMDb)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (IMDb)
• Mission: Impossible III (IMDb)
• * V for Vendetta (IMDb)

OctoButt-Numb-A-Thon (2006)

Dec. 9-10, 2006^[4]

• El Laberinto del Fauno aka Pan’s Labyrinth (IMDb) – this film was not part of the core BNAT line-up, but it was open to BNAT attendees the night before BNAT.
• (short) Chirpy
• Stunt Rock – this trailer is a BNAT classic and is always shown early in the evening. (IMDb)
• Raw Force (IMDb)
• Teenage Tramp (IMDb)
• The Telephone Book (IMDb)
• * Black Snake Moan (IMDb)
• (Q&A) Craig Brewer – Director of Black Snake Moan
• * Dreamgirls (IMDb)
• (Q&A) Bill Condon – Director of Dreamgirls
• Panorama Blue (IMDb)
• Female Animal (IMDb)
• Baby Love (IMDb)
• Girls Are For Loving (IMDb)
• Underage
• Once Upon a Girl (IMDb)
• Inherit the Wind (IMDb)
• Rocky (IMDb)
• Rocky II (IMDb)
• Rocky III (IMDb)
• Rocky IV (IMDb)
• Rocky V (IMDb)
• (introduction) Sylvester Stallone on DVD
• * Rocky Balboa (IMDb)
• * (sneak peak) Fanboys preview (IMDb)
• The Mafu Cage (IMDb)
• The Buttercup Chain (IMDb)
• PEPE (IMDb)
• Mantango (IMDb)
• * Knocked Up (IMDb)
• (snippet) Teen Wolf – started as a joke; not shown in full
• * Black Book (IMDb)
• The Informer (IMDb)
• The Challenge of the Lady Ninja (IMDb)
• The Legend of Hillbilly John (IMDb)
• It Came Without Warning (IMDb)
• Cannibal Girls (IMDb)
• Curse (IMDb)
• Raw Force (IMDb)
• * Smokin’ Aces (IMDb)
• * 300 (IMDb)
• (Q&A) Zack Snyder – Director of 300
• * Children of Men – this film was not part of the core BNAT line-up, but it was open to BNAT attendees the night after BNAT. (IMDb)

Half-Ass-A-Thon (2007)

June 24-25, 2007

• Africa: Texas Style (IMDb)
• Drum (IMDb)
• Three the Hard Way (IMDb)
• Stunt Rock (IMDb)
• Wonder Bar (IMDb)
• Tarzan and the Brown Prince aka Tarzán y el arco iris (IMDb)
• Gymkata (IMDb)
• Death Ride aka Crash! (IMDb)
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (IMDb)
• Gambit (IMDb)
• (PSA) Clint Eastwood describes crack cocaine and warns the audience to avoid it.
• (introduction) Matthew Vaughn on DVD.
• * Stardust (IMDb)
• Battle Beneath the Earth (IMDb)
• (advertisement) Starmaster for the Atari 2600
• The Magic Voyage of Sinbad aka Sadko (IMDb)
• (advertisement) Two Bic(c) lighters talk about refreshments that are available in the lobby.
• Topkapi (IMDb)
• Future Kill (IMDb)
• The Toy Box (IMDb)
• White Comanche aka Comanche Blanco (IMDb)
• Who? (IMDb)
• The Terrornauts (IMDb)
• Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (IMDb)
• Impulse (IMDb)
• Seven Blows of the Dragon aka Shui Hu Zhuan (IMDb)

Big Trouble at Butt-Numb-A-Thon 9 (2007)

Dec. 8-9, 2007; Alamo Drafthouse at The Ritz, Austin, Texas

• Hobo with a Shotgun
• Popcorn
• Pinocchio’s Birthday Party (IMDb)
• Happy Birthday to Me (IMDb)
• The Party Animal (IMDb)
• Stunt Rock
• The Great McGinty (IMDb)
• The ‘Burbs (IMDb)
• Bachelor Party
• Amin: The Rise and Fall
• Charlie Wilson’s War* trailer
• A Bomb for a Dictator (IMDb)
• Have Your Kids Immunized Today (Will Rogers Institute PSA)
• Mr. No Legs
• Pickup on South Street (IMDb)
• The Secret of Magic Island (IMDb)
• Big Trouble in Little China
• Thundercops
• Mongol trailer
• The Exterminator (IMDb)
• Vintage In-Theater Pizza Advert
• Sorceress (IMDb)
• The Abominable Dr. Phibes trailer
• Voyage of the Rock Aliens (IMDb)
• Get Crazy (IMDb)
• Freckles (IMDb)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street* trailer
• Blind Fury (IMDb)
• Stop or My Mom Will Shoot
• Lonely Are the Brave (IMDb)
• Man Beast (IMDb)
• W.
• Three in the Cellar (IMDb)
• The Evictors (IMDb)
• The Poughkeepsie Tapes* (director/writer John Erick Dowdle, wife/star Stacy Chbosky, and writer Drew Dowdle attended but were unable to speak as scheduled due to studio demands)
• Teen Lust (IMDb)
• “The City on The Edge of Forever” episode of Star Trek, broadcast in HD.
• Call Me Bwana (IMDb)
• J.D.’s Revenge (IMDb)
• Golden Needles (IMDb)
• Black Samurai
• Addio Zio Tom | Farewell Uncle Tom (IMDb)
• Halloween III: Season of the Witch (IMDb)
• Nightmares
• Trick or Treat (IMDb)
• Trick ‘r Treat* with Q&A with director/writer Michael Dougherty. trailer

EXCLUSIVE CLIPS

• “Rambo” with on-screen text intro from Sylvester Stallone.
• “WALL-E” with intros and Q&A with producers.
• “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian“
• “Fanboys” – Lucas Ranch interrogation filmed four days before BNAT

The Ten Commandments of Butt-Numb-A-Thon (2008)

Dec. 13-14, 2008; Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Austin, Texas