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M WXJkVZgW mmmmrnmmSmmm ' Focus. The Battalion' Friday, October 30, 1981 ON TAP Check theatres for specific times and prices. Movies subject to change without notice. All list ings are current through press time. Campus Theater 846-6512 Patemity: Burt Reynolds finds a mother for his long-wished-for heir and gets more than he bar gained for. With a cast of impre- gnables including Beverly D'Angelo, Elizabeth Ashley and Lauren Hutton. Directed by David Steinberg. Rated PG. Rocky Horror: The most bizar re treatment yet of the Franken stein myth, complete with rock music, transvestism and kinky sex. And on Saturday night — a Halloween costume contest for Horrorgoers. Rated R. Midnight Friday and Saturday. Manor East 823-8300 Raiders of the Lost Ark: The adventure story of the summer is still hanging on. If you haven't seen it yet, go. If you have, go again. Rated PG. Body Heat: A steamy murder- for-lust story involving a lawyer (William Hurt) and a calculating hotsy-totsy, (Kathleen Turner), based on James L. Cain's novel "Double Indemnity." Good dia logue and acting. Rated R. Halloween II: The new and improved version of a murderer loose on Halloween. Hiding be hind an eerie white mask, the deranged killer stalks sweet young high school students. Maybe he was deprived of treats as a child and resorted to tricks. If it's half as scary as the first one, watch out. Rated R. IVIotel Hell: The horror story of Farmer Vincent and his famous smoked meats that are the rage of the country. What's the horror? "Farmer Vincent's Fritters" are not tenderized from your average cow or pig. This should give you a hint why visi tors in the town keep disappear ing. Starring Rory Calhoun as Farmer Vincent. Rated R. Mid night Friday and Saturday. MSC Aggie Cinema 845-2916 Seems Like Old Times: Goldie Hawn plays a crusading liberal lawyer with a contemporary but offbeat triangle between her ex- husband (Chevy Chase) and her ambitious husband (Charles Grodin). This Neil Simon com edy gets wacky and complicated when the ex-husband, a duped convict on the run, chooses as his hideout the newly married couple's home. What he doesn't know is the district attorney husband is leading the hunt to recapture him. Rated PG. Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. in Rudder Theatre. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: This film details a crazed family of four men who terrorize and finally kill all but one of a group of youths traveling through a sparsely populated part of Texas. If you're into blood, guts and or even power tools, this one's for you. Rated R. Mid night Saturday in Rudder Theatre. The Wind and The Lion: Based on an actual turn-of-the- century event, when Teddy Roosevelt sent Marines to re scue an American citizen kid napped by a Moroccan sheik. Sean Connery is the sheik who is slyly debunked by his beauti ful captive, Candice Bergen. Rated PG. Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. Images: A Hitchcock-like sus pense turns images into a stun ning psychological exploration of an individual's mind — a por trait of a woman's schizophre nia. She's driven by the ex tremes of modern living into a world of fantasy which leads ultimately to violence. Much of the film's impact is due to the macabre music of John Williams and the brillant high contrast photography of Vilmas Zsig- mond. Rated R. Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in 701 Rudder Tower. The Green Room: A story of obsession. A World War I veter an attempts to exist in the world in which so many of his com rades were killed. Grief-stricken by the death of his wife, he com es to believe that the dead sur vive only in the memory of the living and builds a shrine to them. Rated PG. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.-in Rudder Theatre. Plitt Cinema I&II 846-6714 Arthur: Dudley Moore plays a millionaire playboy (Arthur) whose life has been one long, usually drunken spree until he falls for a nobody (Liza Minnelli) from Queens. John Gielgud as Arthur's salty-tounged valet and best friend just about steals the show. Theme song by Christopher Cross. Rated PG. The French Lieutenant's Woman: John Fowles' novel ab out a mysterious strong-willed woman born out of time into Victorian England. Harold Pin ter's screenplay involves a para llel narrative about the modern- day film company which is shooting the film. Starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. Directed by Karel Reisz. Rated R. The Hills Have Eyes: A typical American family goes into the mountains and is stranded there due to an accident. The horror begins when they end up near an old nuclear testing site, meet a family of mutants and have to fight for their lives. A pretty gruesome thriller. Rated R. Showing with a Pink Panther cartoon Friday and Saturday at midnight. Backstage: Jazz it up with Scrapple tonight through Satur day; $1.75 cover. Enjoy the 4-7 happy hour with 35c draft beer, $2 pitcher beer and reduced- price drinks. Talent performs from 9 to close, and the kitchen stays open till 10:30. Grins: Tonight it's folk music with Beacon City Band; $2 cov er. Banded Geckos return Friday and Saturday nights; $2 cover. Enjoy happy hour's reduced- price drinks weekdays from 4-7 p.m. Lakeview: Tonight it's nickel beer night — Lone Star draught 5c a cup — with Dennis Ivey and his band; $2 cover. Friday it's The Debonaires in a fund raising dance for the Texas A&M Society of Professional Journal ists; $3 cover. Saturday, special guest Curtis Potter joins Dennis Ivey and the Dennis Ivey Band; $3 cover. Rebels: The Special Concen sus Bluegrass Band plays all week long; no cover. Happy hour features half-price drinks and appetizers 4-7 weekdays and 11-7 on Saturday. Kitchen closes at 11:30. Rosewood Junction: The Price Parafin band rocks and rolls tonight through Saturday, $2 cover. Saturday dress up for Rosewood's Halloween cos tume contest. Happy hour has half-price drinks 11:30 to 7 Wednesday through Saturday, and 11:30 till close Monday and Tuesday. Texas Hall of Fame: Tonight it's the Debonaires; $3 cover charge for a Class of '83 dance including a costume contest. Fri day slide across the dance floor with Tony Douglas and the Shrimpers; $3 cover. Saturday it's Clyde Brewer and the Ori ginal River Road Boys; $3 cover. Next Wednesday night dance to Silver Creek; $2 cover or free admission with a driver's license and current Texas A&M I.D. Pitcher beer $2.50. Beat SMU Dance: Friday night, the Texas A&M Society of Professional Journalists is spon soring a "Beat the Hell Out of SMU" dance at Lakeview, featuring the music of The De bonaires from 8 to 12. Admis sion is $3, and an early yell prac tice will be held at intermission. Football: The Texas Aggies rope the SMU Mustangs this Saturday at 2 p.m. in Kyle Field. Pride: MSC Town Hall pre sents Charley Pride this Friday at 8 p.m. in G. Rollie White Col iseum. Tickets are available at the MSC Box Office. FOCUS Editor Cathy Saathoff Assistant Editor .... Debbie Nelson Staff Writer Colette Hutchings Cartoonist Scott McCullar Graphic Artist.. Richard DeLeon, Jr. Focus will accept any items submitted for publication, although the decision to publish lies solely with the editor. Deadline is 5 p.m. the Thursday before publication. The spirit of Halloween past By Tom Solomon Not-so-tricky pumpkin treats By Colette Hutchings Snug on an Oriental rug By Cynthia Thomas 9 9 3 On the cover: Yes, the spooks are spooking and the pumpkins are cheesing it up again for the yearly Halloween tricking and treating jazz. For stories on the customs of Halloween past and present, turn to pages 8 and 9. Cover artwork by Richard De Leon Jr.