In 1992 The Johnsons was released in the Netherlands, a horror film that the cream of the crop of the Dutch film world had been working on. It was one of the biggest films of the year, won prizes at international film festivals, was released worldwide and even managed to acquire something of a cult status in the US. But few people know the history of the film and that it is actually a miracle that it was ever made.

Genre experts still find it the scariest and best horror film ever to come out of the Netherlands, while many others still view it with disdain. As a documentary, Xangadix Lives! not only dives into the peculiar history of The Johnsons, but also shows that it is indeed an important film that has influenced – and still influences – people to this very day, sometimes in the most unexpected places. All the more reason for Zienema to screen the documentary Xanadix Lives! together with the original 35mm-print of The Johnsons.

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De Johnsons | imdb

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