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Jan 17 - Jun 19, 2024

Kaiju-Quest Film Series

Kaiju are the mortal enemies of skyscrapers everywhere! Literally meaning “strange beast,” it is a Japanese genre of films featuring giant monsters, usually attacking major cities, the military, or themselves. And the Kaiju-Quest Film Series brings all the greatest monsters back to the big screen on select Wednesdays, including Godzilla, King Ghidorah, Gamera, and even some of the colossal creations of Ray Harryhausen. Through the amazing designs of some of the greatest special effects wizardry in the movies, Kaiju-Quest recaptures the magic of your favorite fantasy and adventure movies from childhood. The ones you remember watching with friends on Saturday afternoon matinees during summer vacations. Timeless examples of what movies do best of all—free-ranging fantasy adventure, epic in scale, heroic in concept, and imaginative in execution. They’re fun movies. They’re meant to be.

6 Dec

Horror

The X From Outer Space

88 min

Kazui Nihonmatsu, 1967

Cinema One

$10 Individual Ticket (plus taxes and fees)+

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17 Jan

Adventure

Mothra

101 min

Ishiro Honda, 1961

Cinema One

$10 Individual Tickets (plus taxes and fees)+

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31 Jan

Action

King Kong Escapes

96 min

Ishiro Honda, 1968

Cinema One

$10 Individual Tickets (plus taxes and fees)+

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21 Feb

Action

Godzilla Vs. Gigan

89 min

Jun Fukuda, 1972

Cinema One

$10 Individual Tickets (plus taxes and fees)+

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6 Mar

Action

Godzilla Vs. Biollante

104 min

Kazuki Omori, 1989

Cinema One

$10 Individual Tickets (plus taxes and fees)+

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20 Mar

Adventure

All Monsters Attack

69 min

Ishiro Honda, 1969

Cinema One

$10 Individual Tickets (plus taxes and fees)+

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10 Apr

Action

The Valley of Gwangi

95 min

Jim O'Connolly, 1969

Cinema One

$10 Individual Tickets (plus taxes and fees)+

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17 Apr

Drama

Daimajin

84 min

Kimiyoshi Yasuda, 1966

Cinema One

$10 Individual Tickets (plus taxes and fees)+

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8 May

Action

Reptilicus

90 min

Sidney Pink, 1962

Cinema One

$10 Individual Tickets (plus taxes and fees)+

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19 Jun

Adventure

Son of Godzilla

85 min

Jun Fukuda, 1967

Cinema One

$10 Individual Tickets (plus taxes and fees)+

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Individual tickets: $10 (plus taxes and fees) 

Tickets can be purchased online or at the box office. The Carolina Theatre Box Office is open Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. The Cinema Box Office is open 30 minutes prior to the first screening of the day and closes 30 minutes after the last screening starts. 

Passes are sold at the Box Office, Monday-Friday, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm.

RETRO SEASON PASS: $150 (plus taxes and fees)
Includes every Retro Friday night double feature, Kaiju-Quest single features, and MovieDiva single features. Does not include Disney-Quest, FantasticRealm, Retro Epics, Retro Rocks!, Retro: The Criterion Collection, RetroGothic, RetroNoir, or other special events. 

RETRO SEASON PASS PLUS+: $200 (plus taxes and fees)
The Retro Season Pass Plus+ includes every Retro Friday night double feature, MovieDiva single features, Disney-Quest single features, Kaiju-Quest single features, Retro Rocks! single features, and Retro Epics Single features. Does not include Retro: The Criterion Collection, FantasticRealm, RetroGothic, RetroNoir, or special events.