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The Quentin Tarantino Film Festival, or QT-Fest, was a semi-annual film and multimedia event held by the
Austin Film Society The Austin Film Society (AFS) is a non-profit film society based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1985 to exhibit independent, experimental, foreign and various other non-mainstream art films, the film society has grown from just film exhibition to fo ...
in
Austin, Texas Austin ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and W ...
and attended by film director
Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, actor, and author. Quentin Tarantino filmography, His films are characterized by graphic violence, extended dialogue often featuring much profanity, and references to ...
, where he screened a selection of his favorite films using prints he owns.


Lineup listings

QT Fest started in 1996 at the Dobie Theater near the
University of Texas The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 students as of fall 2 ...
. The event moved to the
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is an American cinema chain founded in 1997 in Austin, Texas, which is famous for serving dinner and drinks during the film, as well as its strict policy of requiring its audiences to maintain proper cinema-going etiq ...
Downtown for QT3, where it remained until the site's closure in 2007. After QT 5 in 2001, there was a hiatus before QT 6 in 2005.


QT 1 Lineup

This showing was held in August 1996. * ''
The Savage Seven ''The Savage Seven'' is a 1968 outlaw biker exploitation film directed by Richard Rush, who had directed the previous year's '' Hells Angels on Wheels''. Rush agreed to direct ''The Savage Seven'' in exchange for the opportunity to make the psy ...
'' (1968) * '' Hollywood Man'' (1976) * ''
The Glory Stompers ''The Glory Stompers'' is a 1967 outlaw biker film. Plot After a standoff between two biker gangs in California, members of the Black Souls, led by the vicious and unstable Chino (Dennis Hopper) ambush Darryl (Jody McCrea), leader of the Glory S ...
'' (1967) * '' Cry of the Banshee'' (1970) * ''
Twisted Nerve ''Twisted Nerve'' is a 1968 British psychological thriller film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Hywel Bennett, Hayley Mills, Billie Whitelaw and Frank Finlay. The film follows a disturbed young man, Martin, who pretends, under the ...
'' (1968) * ''
Don't Go in the House ''Don't Go in the House'' is a 1980 American slasher film written and directed by Joseph Ellison, written by Ellen Hammill and Joe Masefield, and starring Dan Grimaldi. Its plot follows a disturbed man who, after suffering an abusive childhood in ...
'' (1980) * ''
The House on Sorority Row ''The House on Sorority Row'' is a 1982 American slasher film written and directed by Mark Rosman in his directorial debut, produced by John G. Clark, and starring Eileen Davidson and Kathryn McNeil. The plot follows a group of sorority sisters ...
'' (1983) * ''
The Haunted House of Horror ''The Haunted House of Horror'' (also known as ''Horror House'' and ''The Dark'') is a 1969 British horror film directed by Michael Armstrong and starring Frankie Avalon and Jill Haworth. it was written by Armstrong and Gerry Levy (as Peter ...
'' (1969) * '' The Legend of the Wolf Woman'' (1976) * '' Boeing Boeing'' (1965) * ''
All in a Night's Work ''All in a Night's Work'' is the ninth studio album by the funk and disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The album was produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch and was released in August 1982 on the Epic label. History ''All in a Night' ...
'' (1961) * ''
The Swinging Cheerleaders ''The Swinging Cheerleaders'' is a 1974 comedy-drama film written and directed by Jack Hill (who was credited for writing the film as Jane Witherspoon). The film was released under the titles ''Locker Room Girls'' and ''H.O.T.S. II''. It is the ...
'' (1974) * '' Revenge of the Cheerleaders'' (1976) * '' The Outfit'' (1973) * '' The Nickel Ride'' (1974) * '' Duel of the Iron Fist'' (1971) * '' Seven Blows of the Dragon'' (1972) * ''
The Long Duel ''The Long Duel'' is a 1967 British adventure film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Charlotte Rampling and Harry Andrews. It is set in British-ruled India of the 1920s but was filmed in Spain. Plot Superintende ...
'' (1967) * '' March or Die'' (1977) * '' White Lightning'' (1973) * '' Jackson County Jail'' (1976) * ''
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry ''Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry'' is a 1974 American road crime drama film based on the 1963 Richard Unekis novel titled ''The Chase'' (later retitled ''Pursuit''). Directed by John Hough, the film stars Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, and ...
'' (1974) * ''
War of the Monsters ''War of the Monsters'' is a fighting video game developed by Incog Inc. Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. Santa Monica Studio assisted on development, The game was released on the PlayStation 2 ...
'' (1966) * '' The Beyond'' (1981) * ''
The Hellbenders ''The Hellbenders'' () is a 1967 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Joseph Cotten, Norma Bengell, Julián Mateos, Gino Pernice and Ángel Aranda. Plot Colonel Jonas is a fanatical and unrepentant Confederate who led ...
'' (1966) * ''
Adiós, Sabata ''Adiós, Sabata'' (, lit. "Indio Black, you know what I'm going to tell you... You're a big son of a...") is a 1970 Italian Spaghetti Western film, directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is the second film in '' The Sabata Trilogy'' by Parolini. Yul ...
'' (1971) * '' The Girl from Starship Venus'' (1975) * ''
Mr. Superinvisible ''Mr. Superinvisible'' (, also known as ''Mr. Invisible'' and ''The Unseizable Invincible Mr. Invisible'') is a 1970 Italian fantasy-comedy film directed by Antonio Margheriti. It was released in the United States as the first film of the K-Tel c ...
'' (1970) * ''
Switchblade Sisters ''Switchblade Sisters'' is a 1975 American exploitation action film detailing the lives of high school-aged female gang members. It was directed by Jack Hill and stars Joanne Nail, Robbie Lee and Monica Gayle. The film is also known as ''The Je ...
'' (1975)


QT 2 Lineup

This showing was held in 1998. * ''
Evel Knievel Robert Craig Knievel (October 17, 1938November 30, 2007), known professionally as Evel Knievel (), was an American stunt performer and entertainer. Throughout his career, he attempted List of Evel Knievel career jumps, more than 75 ramp-to-ra ...
'' (1971) * ''
Cannonball A round shot (also called solid shot or simply ball) is a solid spherical projectile without explosive charge, launched from a gun. Its diameter is slightly less than the bore of the barrel from which it is shot. A round shot fired from a lar ...
'' (1976) * ''
Fever Pitch ''Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life'' is a 1992 autobiographical essay by British author Nick Hornby. The book is the basis for two films: '' Fever Pitch'' (1997, UK) and '' Fever Pitch'' (2005, US). The first edition was subtitled "A Fan's Life", but ...
'' (1985) * ''
Sitting Target ''Sitting Target'' (also known as ''Screaming Target'' ) is a 1972 British crime film directed by Douglas Hickox and starring Oliver Reed, Ian McShane and Jill St. John. It was based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Laurence Henderson. P ...
'' (1972) * '' The Dion Brothers'' (1974) * '' Bucktown'' (1975) * ''
The Gates of Hell ''The Gates of Hell'' () is a monumental bronze sculptural group work by French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from the '' Inferno'', the first section of Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy''. It stands at 6 metres high, 4&nb ...
'' (1983) * '' Policewomen'' (1974) * ''Wonder Women'' (1973) * ''
Ghetto Freaks ''Ghetto Freaks'' is a 1970 American independent hippie exploitation film directed by Robert J. Emery and written by John Pappas and Robert J. Emery. It was filmed entirely in Cleveland, Ohio, and originally opened in Cleveland under the title '' ...
'' (1970) * '' 3:10 to Yuma'' (1957) * '' Eager Beavers'' (1975) * ''
Journey to the Center of the Earth ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (), also translated with the variant titles ''A Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' and ''A Journey into the Interior of the Earth'', is a classic science fiction novel written by French novelist Jules Ve ...
'' (1959)


QT III Lineup

This showing was held in 1999. * ''
The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...
'' (1973) * '' The Four Musketeers'' (1974) * ''
Zulu Dawn ''Zulu Dawn'' is a 1979 American adventure war film directed by Douglas Hickox and written by Anthony Storey and Cy Endfield. It is based on Endfield's book of the same name about the historical Battle of Isandlwana in 1879 between British and ...
'' (1979) * '' Coonskin'' (1975) * ''
Nashville Girl ''Nashville Girl'' is a 1976 film from New World Pictures about an aspiring country and western singer. It was also known as ''New Girl in Town'' and ''Country Music Daughter'' to capitalize on the success of the similar film '' Coal Miner's Daug ...
'' (1976) * ''
Alligator An alligator, or colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus ''Alligator'' of the Family (biology), family Alligatoridae in the Order (biology), order Crocodilia. The two Extant taxon, extant species are the American alligator (''A. mis ...
'' (1980) * ''
The Death Collector ''The Death Collector'' (also known as ''The Family Enforcer'') is a 1976 low-budget crime film directed by Ralph De Vito and starring Joseph Cortese, Joe Pesci and Frank Vincent. It was Ralph De Vito's only film as a director, and Joe Pesci's ...
'' (1976) * ''
Mighty Peking Man ''The Mighty Peking Man'' (猩猩王) (Mandarin: ''Xīngxing Wáng'' – which translates to "Gorilla King" in English) is a 1977 giant monster film produced by Shaw Brothers Studio to capitalize on the craze surrounding the 1976 remake of ''Ki ...
'' (1977) * ''
Pretty Maids All in a Row ''Pretty Maids All in a Row'' is a 1971 American sexploitation film with elements of black comedy, sex comedy, and murder mystery. Starring Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, and Telly Savalas, it was released on April 28, 1971. Roger Vadim dire ...
'' (1971) * ''
Mother, Jugs & Speed ''Mother, Jugs & Speed'' is a 1976 American black comedy film directed by Peter Yates. It stars Bill Cosby (Mother), Raquel Welch (Jugs), Harvey Keitel (Speed), and Larry Hagman as employees of an independent ambulance service trying to survive ...
'' (1976) * ''
The Quiller Memorandum ''The Quiller Memorandum'' is a 1966 British neo noir eurospy film filmed in Deluxe Color and Panavision, adapted from the 1965 spy novel '' The Berlin Memorandum'', by Elleston Trevor under the name "Adam Hall", screenplay by Harold Pinter, ...
'' (1966) * '' Sol Madrid'' (1968) * '' Tick Tick Tick'' (1970) * ''
Junior Bonner ''Junior Bonner'' is a 1972 American contemporary Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Joe Don Baker, and Ida Lupino. The film focuses on a veteran rodeo rider as he returns to his hometown of ...
'' (1972) * ''
Frankenstein Conquers the World is a 1965 ''kaiju'' film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film stars Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno and Tadao Takashima, with Koji Furuhata as Frankenstein and Haruo Nakajima as Baragon. An international co-pro ...
'' (1965) * '' Black Christmas'' (1974) * ''
Torso The torso or trunk is an anatomical terminology, anatomical term for the central part, or the core (anatomy), core, of the body (biology), body of many animals (including human beings), from which the head, neck, limb (anatomy), limbs, tail an ...
'' (1973) * '' The Prowler'' (1981) * ''
Hell Night ''Hell Night'' is a 1981 American supernatural slasher film directed by Tom DeSimone, and starring Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Kevin Brophy, and Peter Barton. The film depicts a night of fraternity hazing set in an old manor—the site ...
'' (1981) * ''
The Blood Spattered Bride ''The Blood Spattered Bride'' () is a 1972 Spanish horror film written and directed by Vicente Aranda, based on the 1872 vampire novella ''Carmilla'' by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. It stars Simón Andreu, Maribel Martín, and Alexandra Bastedo. The f ...
'' (1972) * ''
Visit to a Small Planet ''Visit to a Small Planet'' is a 1960 American black-and-white science fiction comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, and Fred Clark. Distributed by Paramount Pictures, it was produced by ...
'' (1960) * ''
Clock Cleaners ''Clock Cleaners'' is a 1937 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon follows Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy working as janitors in a tall clock tower. The film wa ...
'' (1937) * ''
Little Cigars ''Little Cigars'' is a film released in 1973 by American International Pictures and was directed by Chris Christenberry. The film was also released in the United States as ''The Little Cigars Mob''. Plot A gang of dwarves team up with a gan ...
'' (1973) * ''
The Stalking Moon ''The Stalking Moon'' is a 1968 American Western film in Technicolor directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint. It is based on the novel of the same name by T.V. Olsen. Plot U.S. Army soldiers round up a group ...
'' (1968) * ''
Navajo Joe ''Navajo Joe'' is a 1966 spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Burt Reynolds as the titular Navajo Indian who opposes a group of bandits responsible for killing his tribe. Plot Having massacred an Indian village with ...
'' (1966) * ''
Freebie and the Bean ''Freebie and the Bean'' is a 1974 American buddy cop black comedy action film starring James Caan and Alan Arkin, and directed by Richard Rush. The film follows two police detectives who wreak havoc in San Francisco attempting to bring down an o ...
'' (1974) * '' Brannigan'' (1975) * ''
The Bonnie Parker Story ''The Bonnie Parker Story'' is a 1958 crime film directed by William Witney. The movie is loosely based on the life of Bonnie Parker, a well-known outlaw of the 1930s. The film stars Dorothy Provine as Parker; Parker's actual historical partner, ...
'' (1958) * '' Lady in Red'' (1979) * '' Last Man Standing'' (1996) * '' Eyes of a Stranger'' (1981)


QT Quattro Lineup

This showing was held in 2000. * ''
Snake in the Monkey's Shadow Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have skulls ...
'' (1979) * ''Dragon vs Needles of Death'' (1982) * ''
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have sku ...
'' (1978) * '' Walking Tall'' (1973) * '' White Lightning'' (1973) * ''
Macon County Line ''Macon County Line'' is a 1974 American independent film directed by Richard Compton and produced by Max Baer Jr. Baer and Compton also co-wrote the film, in which Baer stars as a vengeful county sheriff in Georgia out for blood after his wife ...
'' (1974) * ''
Gambit A gambit (from Italian , the act of tripping someone with the leg to make them fall) is a chess opening in which a player sacrifices with the aim of achieving a subsequent advantage. The word '' gambit'' is also sometimes used to describe si ...
'' (1966) * ''
Arizona Colt ''Arizona Colt'' (), also known as ''The Man from Nowhere'' (), is a 1966 technicolor spaghetti Western directed by Michele Lupo and starring Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Corinne Marchand. Synopsis Looking to add to his gang's numbers, Gordo ...
'' (1966) * '' The Master Touch'' (1972) * ''
The Muthers ''The Muthers'' is a 1976 English-language Filipino blaxploitation women in prison film. It starred Jeannie Bell, Rosanne Katon, Trina Parks, Jayne Kennedy, Tony Carreon and John Montgomery. Quentin Tarantino later wrote, "So why is this cruddy ...
'' (1968) * ''
The Mack ''The Mack'' is a 1973 American blaxploitation crime drama film directed by California native Michael Campus and starring Max Julien and Richard Pryor. The film also stars Oscar-nominee Juanita Moore and Tony-nominated actor Dick Anthony ...
'' (1973) * ''
Saint Jack ''Saint Jack'' is a 1973 novel by Paul Theroux that was adapted into a 1979 film of the same name. It tells the life of Jack Flowers, a pimp in Singapore. Feeling hopeless and undervalued, Jack tries to make money by setting up his own bordello ...
'' (1979) * ''The Chinese Mack'' (1974) * ''
They Call Me Hallelujah ''They Call Me Hallelujah'' (, also known as ''Guns for Dollars'', ''Deep West'' and ''Heads I Kill You, Tails You're Dead! They Call Me Hallalujah'') is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring George Hilt ...
'' (1971) * '' The Huns'' (1961) * ''
The Giant of Metropolis ''The Giant of Metropolis'' () is a 1961 color Italian fantasy adventure film that was produced by Decio Salvi and Emimmo Salvi, directed by Umberto Scarpelli, that stars Gordon Mitchell and Bella Cortez. Plot Muscleman Obro travels to the sinf ...
'' (1961) * ''
Destroy All Monsters is a 1968 Japanese epic ''kaiju'' film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects directed by Sadamasa Arikawa and supervised by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film, which was produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, is the ninth film in the ''G ...
'' (1968) * ''
The Mysterians is a 1957 Japanese epic science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the first Honda-Tsuburaya collaboration filmed in both color and TohoScope, and s ...
'' (1957) * '' The Psychic'' (1977) * ''
Mothra is a fictional monster, or '' kaiju'', which first appeared as the title character in Ishirō Honda's '' 1961 film of the same name'', produced and distributed by Toho. Mothra has appeared in several Toho ''tokusatsu'' films, often as a recur ...
'' (1961) * ''
Suspiria ''Suspiria'' is a 1977 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Dario Argento, who co-wrote the screenplay with Daria Nicolodi, partially based on Thomas De Quincey's 1845 essay '' Suspiria de Profundis''. The film stars Jessica Harper ...
'' (1977) * '' Godzilla vs The Smog Monster'' (1971) * ''The Vampire's Coffin'' (1958) * ''
Shoot First, Die Later ''Shoot First, Die Later'' () is a 1974 Italian poliziottesco noir drama film directed by Fernando Di Leo. Di Leo reprises some elements of the novel ''Rogue Cop'' by William P. McGivern. Luc Merenda later starred in two other Di Leo's film ...
'' (1974) * '' Wipeout!'' (1973) * '' Hickey & Boggs'' (1972) * ''
Succubus A succubus () is a female demon who is described in various folklore as appearing in the dreams of male humans in order to seduce them. Repeated interactions between a succubus and a man will lead to sexual activity, a bond forming between them, ...
'' (1967) * '' Sex on the Run'' (1977) * '' Hammerhead'' (1968) * ''
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die ''Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die'' (Italian: ''Se tutte le donne del mondo... (Operazione Paradiso)'') is a James Bond spoof film released in 1966 as an Italian-American co-production between Dino De Laurentiis' Cinematografica and Columbia Pic ...
'' (1966) * '' Lightning Bolt'' (1966) * ''
Message from Space is a 1978 Japanese space opera film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It stars Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, and Vic Morrow. Produced by Toei with a cost between the equivalent of US$5 and 6 million, it was the most expensive film made in Japan at ...
'' (1978) * ''
Deep Red ''Deep Red'' (), also known as ''The Hatchet Murders'', is a 1975 Italian ''giallo'' film directed by Dario Argento and co-written by Argento and Bernardino Zapponi. It stars David Hemmings as a musician who investigates a series of murders perf ...
'' (1975) * ''Devil Woman'' (1970) * ''
The Yakuza is a 1974 neo-noir crime drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura and Brian Keith. The screenplay by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne is from a story by Schrader's brother, Leonard Schrader. ...
'' (1974) * ''
The Black Marble ''The Black Marble'' is a 1980 mystery/romantic comedy film directed by Harold Becker and starring Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss and Harry Dean Stanton. It is based on the 1978 novel by Joseph Wambaugh. Plot Pragmatic Sgt. Natalie Zimmerma ...
'' (1980) * ''
French Connection II ''French Connection II'' is a 1975 American neo-noir action thriller film starring Gene Hackman and directed by John Frankenheimer. It is a sequel to the 1971 film '' The French Connection'', and continues the story of the central character, Dete ...
'' (1975) * '' Jackson County Jail'' (1976) * ''
The Bullet Train is a 1975 Japanese action thriller film directed by Junya Sato and starring Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, and Ken Utsui. When a Shinkansen ("bullet train") is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if it slows below 80 km/ ...
'' (1975) * ''
Sorcerer Sorcerer may refer to: Magic * Sorcerer (supernatural), a practitioner of magic that derives from supernatural or occult sources * Sorcerer (fantasy), a fictional character who uses or practices magic that derives from supernatural or occult sou ...
'' (1977) * ''
The Big Gundown ''The Big Gundown'' () is a 1967 spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Sollima, and starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian. It was followed by Run, Man, Run in 1968. Plot Possessing a reputation for bringing criminals to justice, ready-to- ...
'' (1966)


QT 5 Lineup

This showing was held in 2001. * '' Shark!'' (1969) * ''
Billy Jack ''Billy Jack'' is a 1971 American action drama independent film, the second of four films centering on a character of the same name which began with the movie '' The Born Losers'' (1967), played by Tom Laughlin, who directed and co-wrote the ...
'' (1971) * '' Big Bullet'' (1996) * ''
Kung Fu Chinese martial arts, commonly referred to with umbrella terms Kung fu (term), kung fu (; ), kuoshu () or wushu (sport), wushu (), are Styles of Chinese martial arts, multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater Ch ...
'' (3 episodes) **"King of the Mountain" (1972) **"The Soldier" (1972) **"The Valley of Terror" (1972) * ''Jade Claw'' (1979) * ''
Fist of Fury ''Fist of Fury'' () is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lo Wei and produced by Raymond Chow. The film stars Bruce Lee in his major role after '' The Big Boss'' (1971). Bruce Lee also worked as the film's action choreographer. ...
'' (1972) * '' Fist of Fury II'' (1977) * ''Fistful of Yen'' (from ''
The Kentucky Fried Movie ''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' is a 1977 American independent black comedy sketch film, produced by Kim Jorgensen, Larry Kostroff, and Robert K. Weiss, and directed by John Landis. Among the numerous star cameos are George Lazenby, Bill Bixb ...
'') (1977) * ''
Dragon Lord ''Dragon Lord'' (also known as ''Dragon Strike'', ) is a 1982 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film starring and directed by Jackie Chan, who also wrote the screenplay with Edward Tang and Barry Wong. It was originally supposed to be a sequel t ...
'' (1982) * '' The Golden Stallion'' (1949) * '' Omega Man'' (1971) * '' Lifeforce'' (1985) * '' The Blade'' (1995) * ''
The Italian Connection ''The Italian Connection'' (, also released as ''Manhunt in the City'' and ''Manhunt in Milan'') is a 1972 noir- thriller film directed and co-written by Fernando Di Leo; starring Mario Adorf, Henry Silva, Woody Strode, Adolfo Celi, Luciana ...
'' (1973) * ''
Brotherhood of Death ''Brotherhood of Death'' is a low-budget film, low-budget 1976 action film in the blaxploitation genre, directed by Richard F. Barker and Bill Berry, and starring Roy Jefferson, Le Tari, and Haskell Anderson. The film featured appearances by seve ...
'' (1976) * ''
Eastern Condors ''Eastern Condors'' () is a 1987 Hong Kong action war film starring and directed by Sammo Hung. The film co-stars Yuen Biao, Joyce Godenzi, Yuen Wah, Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Woo-ping, Corey Yuen and Billy Chow. The film was released in Hong Kong o ...
'' (1987) * '' Rolling Thunder'' (1977) * '' Never a Dull Moment'' (1968) * '' Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' (1949) * '' Framed'' (1975) * ''
Dark of the Sun ''Dark of the Sun'' (also known as ''The Mercenaries'' in the UK) is a 1968 British adventure war film starring Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Brown, and Peter Carsten. The film, which was directed by Jack Cardiff, is based on Wilbur Smith's ...
'' (1968) * ''
Dixie Dynamite ''Dixie Dynamite'' is a 1976 American film directed by Lee Frost that stars Warren Oates. Steve McQueen appears uncredited in a scene as a motorbike driver. Plot A man who makes liquor illegally from a still is in cahoots with the sheriff, who ...
'' (1976) * ''
Slaughter Hotel ''Slaughter Hotel'' (), also known as ''Asylum Erotica'' and ''Cold Blooded Beast'', is a 1971 Italian thriller erotic film directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Klaus Kinski. The film follows a masked killer murdering the wealthy female in ...
'' (1971) * '' The School that Couldn't Scream'' (1972) * ''
Loaded Guns ''Loaded Guns'' () is a 1975 Italian crime film written and directed by Fernando di Leo and starring Ursula Andress. Plot A flight attendant finds herself in the middle of fighting between rival gangs in Naples. Cast * Ursula Andress as Nora ...
'' (1975) * '' The Family'' (1973) * ''
Machine Gun McCain ''Machine Gun McCain'' () is a 1969 English-language Italian crime film directed by Giuliano Montaldo and starring John Cassavetes, Britt Ekland, Peter Falk, Gabriele Ferzetti, and Florinda Bolkan. Cassavetes' spouse and regular collaborator Gen ...
'' (1968) * ''
King of Beggars ''King of Beggars'' is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Gordon Chan, starring Stephen Chow, Sharla Cheung, Ng Man-tat and Norman Chui. The story is loosely based on legends about the martial artist So Chan (better known as ...
'' (1992) * ''
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Nicholas Meyer and based on the television series ''Star Trek''. It is the second film in the ''Star Trek'' film series following '' Star Trek: The Moti ...
'' (1982) * ''
Saturn 3 ''Saturn 3'' is a 1980 British science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Donen, and starring Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas and Harvey Keitel. The screenplay was written by Martin Amis, from a story by John Barry. Though a British ...
'' (1980) * '' Planet of the Vampires'' (1965) * ''
Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', originally titled ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'', is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clerg ...
'' (1939) * ''
For a Few Dollars More ''For a Few Dollars More'' () is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters and Gian Maria Volonté as the primary villain. Klaus Kinski plays a supporting role as a se ...
'' (1965) * ''
Death Rides a Horse ''Death Rides a Horse'' () is a 1967 Italian spaghetti Western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law. Plot Bill, a boy whose father was killed and mother and sister were gang-r ...
'' (1968) * ''
Day of Anger ''Day of Anger'' ( , lit. "The Days of Wrath") is a 1967 Spaghetti Western film directed and co-written by Tonino Valerii and starring Lee Van Cleef and Giuliano Gemma, and features a musical score by Riz Ortolani. The film credits the novel ' ...
'' (1967) * '' The Thing'' (1982) * ''
Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster ''Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster'' (sometimes stylized as ''Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster'') is a 1965 science fiction film. It was directed by Robert Gaffney and starred Marilyn Hanold, James Karen and Lou Cutell. It was filmed in F ...
'' (1965) * '' Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe'' (1972) * ''
Let It Be Let It Be most commonly refers to: * ''Let It Be'' (album), the Beatles' final studio album, released in 1970 * "Let It Be" (song), the title song from the album Let It Be may also refer to: Film and television * ''Let It Be'' (1970 film), ...
'' (1970)


QT Six Lineup

This showing was held in October 2005. * ''
The Spy with My Face ''The Spy with My Face'' is a 1965 spy-fi spy film based on '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' television series. Robert Vaughn and David McCallum reprised their roles as secret agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin respectively. THRUSH tries to st ...
'' (1965) * '' The Venetian Affair'' (1967) * '' Shame of the Jungle'' (1975) * '' Psycho II'' (1983) * ''
Funeral Home A funeral home, funeral parlor or mortuary is a business that provides burial, entombment and cremation services for the dead and their families. These services may include a prepared visitation and funeral, and the provision of a chapel for t ...
'' (1980) * ''
Silent Night, Deadly Night ''Silent Night, Deadly Night'' is a 1984 American slasher film directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr., and starring Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, and Linnea Quigley. The story concerns a young man named Billy ...
'' (1984) * ''
Beyond Evil ''Beyond Evil'' is a 1980 American supernatural horror film directed by Herb Freed and starring John Saxon and Lynda Day George. Its plot follows an architect who suspects his wife is possessed by a former resident of the historic colonial mansi ...
'' (1980) * ''
Mausoleum A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type o ...
'' (1983) * ''
Madman Madman or Mad Man may refer to: Film and television * ''The Madman'' (film), a 1911 silent film * ''Madman'' (film), a 1982 horror film * Madman Entertainment, an Australian media distributor In print * The Madman, an essay in Friedrich Nietzsc ...
'' (1982) * '' BMX Bandits'' (1983) * '' Four Desperate Men'' (1959) * ''
Riptide A rip tide, or riptide, is a strong offshore current that is caused by the tide pulling water through an inlet along a barrier beach, at a lagoon or inland marina where tide water flows steadily out to sea during ebb tide. It is a strong tidal fl ...
'' Episode (Hagan's World) (1969) * ''
Dark Age The ''Dark Ages'' is a term for the Early Middle Ages (–10th centuries), or occasionally the entire Middle Ages (–15th centuries), in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, which characterises it as marked by economic, int ...
'' (1987) * '' Cry of the Wild'' (1973) * ''
Blue Water, White Death ''Blue Water, White Death'' is a 1971 American documentary film about sharks, which was directed by Peter Gimbel and James Lipscomb. It received favourable reviews and was described as a "well produced odyssey" and "exciting and often beautiful ...
'' (1971) * ''
Five for Hell ''Five for Hell'' (, also known as ''Five Into Hell'') is a 1969 Italian "macaroni combat" war film starring John Garko, Margaret Lee and Klaus Kinski. Italian cinema specialist Howard Hughes referred to it as a derivative of ''The Dirty Dozen' ...
'' (1969) * ''
From Hell to Victory ''From Hell to Victory'' (Italian: ''Contro 4 bandiere'', French: ''De l'enfer à la victoire'', Spanish: ''De Dunkerke a la victoria'') is a 1979 Euro War film directed by Umberto Lenzi and produced by Edmondo Amati. The international cast stars ...
'' (1979) * ''
Death Rage ''Death Rage'' (Italian: ''Con la rabbia agli occhi'') is a 1976 Italian film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Yul Brynner in his final film. Plot summary A chance for revenge brings a hit man out of retirement in this noir directed ...
'' (1976) * '' No Way Out'' (1973) * '' The Sell-Out'' (1976) * ''Hay Country Swingers'' (1971) * '' Teenage Hitchhikers'' (1975) * '' Hot Summer in the City'' (1976) * ''
Crack House A drug house is a residence used in the illegal drug trade. Drug houses shelter drug users and provide a place for drug dealers to supply them. Drug houses can also be used as laboratories to synthesize (cook) drugs, or cache ingredients and p ...
'' (1989) * ''
The Dirty Outlaws ''The Dirty Outlaws'', also known as ''Big Ripoff'', ''King of the West'' and ''The Desperado'' (), is a 1967 Italian spaghetti Western starring Andrea Giordana. Quentin Tarantino ranked the film 13th in his personal "Top 20 favorite Spaghetti W ...
'' (1967) * ''Fistful of Talons'' (1983) * ''
Fight for Your Life ''Fight for Your Life'' is a 1977 American blaxploitation thriller film directed by Robert A. Endelson and starring William Sanderson and Robert Judd. The story revolves around three criminals (a White, Mexican, and Asian male) who hold a Black ...
'' (1977) * A special screening of ''Johnny Firecloud'' (1975) (out of
Ant Timpson Ant Timpson (born 21 April 1966) is a New Zealand film producer and director, best known for producing '' The ABCs of Death'' series, '' Turbo Kid'', '' Deathgasm'' and '' The Greasy Strangler''. He founded and hosts the 48Hours film contest. ...
's (Incredibly Strange) collection in New Zealand).


Best of QT Fest Lineup

This showing was a 7-day event held from April 24, 2006 until April 30, 2006. * ''
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die ''Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die'' (Italian: ''Se tutte le donne del mondo... (Operazione Paradiso)'') is a James Bond spoof film released in 1966 as an Italian-American co-production between Dino De Laurentiis' Cinematografica and Columbia Pic ...
'' (1966) * ''
Snake in the Monkey's Shadow Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have skulls ...
'' (1979) * ''
The Savage Seven ''The Savage Seven'' is a 1968 outlaw biker exploitation film directed by Richard Rush, who had directed the previous year's '' Hells Angels on Wheels''. Rush agreed to direct ''The Savage Seven'' in exchange for the opportunity to make the psy ...
'' (1968) * '' Hollywood Man'' (1976) * '' Wipeout!'' (1973) * ''
Brotherhood of Death ''Brotherhood of Death'' is a low-budget film, low-budget 1976 action film in the blaxploitation genre, directed by Richard F. Barker and Bill Berry, and starring Roy Jefferson, Le Tari, and Haskell Anderson. The film featured appearances by seve ...
'' (1976) * '' The Dion Brothers'' (1974) * '' The Outfit'' (1974) * ''
The Muthers ''The Muthers'' is a 1976 English-language Filipino blaxploitation women in prison film. It starred Jeannie Bell, Rosanne Katon, Trina Parks, Jayne Kennedy, Tony Carreon and John Montgomery. Quentin Tarantino later wrote, "So why is this cruddy ...
'' (1976) * ''
Billy Jack ''Billy Jack'' is a 1971 American action drama independent film, the second of four films centering on a character of the same name which began with the movie '' The Born Losers'' (1967), played by Tom Laughlin, who directed and co-wrote the ...
'' (1971) * ''
Vanishing Point A vanishing point is a point (geometry), point on the projection plane, image plane of a graphical perspective, perspective rendering where the two-dimensional perspective projections of parallel (geometry), parallel lines in three-dimensional ...
'' (1971) * '' Rolling Thunder'' (1977) * ''
The Blood Spattered Bride ''The Blood Spattered Bride'' () is a 1972 Spanish horror film written and directed by Vicente Aranda, based on the 1872 vampire novella ''Carmilla'' by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. It stars Simón Andreu, Maribel Martín, and Alexandra Bastedo. The f ...
'' (1972) * ''
Twisted Nerve ''Twisted Nerve'' is a 1968 British psychological thriller film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Hywel Bennett, Hayley Mills, Billie Whitelaw and Frank Finlay. The film follows a disturbed young man, Martin, who pretends, under the ...
'' (1968) * ''
Don't Go in the House ''Don't Go in the House'' is a 1980 American slasher film written and directed by Joseph Ellison, written by Ellen Hammill and Joe Masefield, and starring Dan Grimaldi. Its plot follows a disturbed man who, after suffering an abusive childhood in ...
'' (1980) * '' Policewomen'' (1974) * A special screening of ''Thinning the Herd'' (2004) * ''
Hell Night ''Hell Night'' is a 1981 American supernatural slasher film directed by Tom DeSimone, and starring Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Kevin Brophy, and Peter Barton. The film depicts a night of fraternity hazing set in an old manor—the site ...
'' (1981) * '' Legend of the Wolf Woman'' (1976) * ''
Pretty Maids All in a Row ''Pretty Maids All in a Row'' is a 1971 American sexploitation film with elements of black comedy, sex comedy, and murder mystery. Starring Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, and Telly Savalas, it was released on April 28, 1971. Roger Vadim dire ...
'' (1971) * '' The Girl from Starship Venus'' (1975)


Last Night at the Alamo Grindhouse

To mark the closure of the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Tarantino organized a three-night mini-festival. This was not an official QT-Fest, but followed the same format, with three themed triple bills. It was held May 10 to May 13, 2007, with a break on May 12. Sex Comedy Night May 10 * '' Sex on the Run'' (1977) * '' Sex with a Smile'' (1976) * ''
The Oldest Profession ''The Oldest Profession'' () is a 1967 internationally co-produced comedy film. It features contributions from six different film directors, each one doing a segment on prostitution through the ages. Plot *''The Prehistoric Era'' – The cavew ...
'' (1967) Redneck Night May 11 * ''
Hot Summer in Barefoot County ''Hot Summer in Barefoot County'' is a 1974 comedy film directed by Will Zens and produced & distributed by Preacherman Corporation. The plot involves an undercover agent who is sent to a small southern town in order to uncover an underground m ...
'' (1974) * ''Redneck Miller'' (1977) * ''In Hot Pursuit'' aka ''Polk County Pot Plane'' (1977) Swinging Night * ''
The Swinging Barmaids ''The Swinging Barmaids'' is a 1975 American exploitation film about a serial killer who targets cocktail waitresses. The film was directed by Gus Trikonis, and stars Bruce Watson, Laura Hippe, William Smith, and Dyanne Thorne. It was re-released i ...
'' (1975) * ' (1969) * ''
The Swinging Cheerleaders ''The Swinging Cheerleaders'' is a 1974 comedy-drama film written and directed by Jack Hill (who was credited for writing the film as Jane Witherspoon). The film was released under the titles ''Locker Room Girls'' and ''H.O.T.S. II''. It is the ...
'' (1974)


See also

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Austin Film Society The Austin Film Society (AFS) is a non-profit film society based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1985 to exhibit independent, experimental, foreign and various other non-mainstream art films, the film society has grown from just film exhibition to fo ...


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