HALLOWEEN CLASSICS ON THE BIG SCREEN!
Horror fans are probably the most passionate bunch of cinephiles, so Halloween is always a big one for cult classics on the big screen. Check out our round up of favorites for a weekend of mischief and mayhem!
Fri 10/29th 8:30pm: Described as a bad sketch comedy riff on THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE and featuring an impromptu rap performance by Digital Underground, NOTHING BUT TROUBLE (1991) marks both Dan Akroyd's directorial debut and his sole directorial credit—it's the kind of indisputably and indubitably terrible trash that has to be seen to be believed. Screens at THE HOLLYWOOD THEATRE, Portland. More info HERE.
Fri 10/29th 8:30pm: A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes in this cult comedy that carried a glowing recommendation from Bill Murray on the poster. FRANKENHOOKER (1991) screens at FILM NOIR CINEMA & VIDEO, Brooklyn, NY. More info HERE.
Fri 10/29th & Sat 10/30th Midnight: HALLOWEEN (1978) saw Jamie Lee Curtis and John Carpenter usher in a new age of the slasher film, and a new icon via Michael Myers. Catch it at NITEHAWK CINEMA (Williamsburg), Brooklyn, NY. More info HERE.
Fri 10/29th Midnight: All hell breaks loose as as two brothers (George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino) on the lam from the law, hightail it to Mexico with a kidnapped family in tow, stopping at an isolated strip club that houses a swarm of blood thirsty vampires. FROM DUSK TIL DAWN (1996) will be presented with Quentin Tarantino’s personal 35mm Print at THE NEW BEVERLY CINEMA, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Sat 10/30 10pm: Openly inspired by both The Exorcist and its Blaxploitation cousin, Abby, SEX DEMON (1975) is a ferocious mix of the erotic and the grotesque that’s primed and ready to shock audiences again after being lost for the past forty years. Screens at SPECTACLE THEATER, Brooklyn NY. More info HERE.
Sat 10/30th 10pm: A teenager is left orphaned by a car crash that wipes out his entire family; he is subsequently haunted by his dead brother. A product of the Video Store horror aisles, catch PHANTOM BROTHER (1988) in (suitably) VHS format at THE GRAND ILLUSION THEATRE, Seattle. $3 tix! More info HERE.
Sat 10/30th 8:30pm: An in-name-only remake of the 1953 Vincent Price film that in fact owes a massive, unacknowledged debt to Tourist Trap (1979), HOUSE OF WAX (2005) is easily one of the most purely entertaining studio horror films of the 2000s. Screens in 35mm at THE ROXIE CINEMA, New York City. More info HERE.
Sat 10/30th & Sun 10/31st: New 4K Restoration of Joe Dante’s THE HOWLING (1981) screens at THE TEXAS THEATER, Dallas. More info HERE.
Sat 10/30th 9:30pm: A Double Feature of the granddaddy of all one-up-yourself sequels (more gore, more comedy, more demon zombies, more special effects, more chainsaw!) plus the unauthorized Bollywood ripoff! Catch EVIL DEAD 2 (1987) + BACH ZE ZARAA (2008) at MUSIC BOX THEATRE, Chicago. More info HERE.
Sat 10/30th 1:30pm: The Munsters hit the big screen and set sail to England after Herman inherits an estate there, but the British side of the family will stop at nothing to hold on to Munster Hall. Catch MUNSTER, GO HOME! (1966 / 35mm Print) at LOS FELIZ x AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Sat 10/30th 10pm: An all night extravaganza of favorite horror sequels, rare trailers, costume contests and more at 20th HALLOWEEN HORROR MARATHON (All in 35mm) at THE COOLIDGE CORNER THEATER, Massachusetts. Alan Howarth (score composer for THEY LIVE and HALLOWEEN II) performs live before the screenings! More info HERE.
Sat 10/30th 10:15pm: Go back to Crystal Lake for the sequel that kicked off Jason Voorhees as the series’ main antagonist. Catch FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 (1981) at THE NITEOWL DRIVE IN, Miami. More info HERE.
Sat 10/30th 6pm: Dare to say his name in the mirror five times, and Candyman will come for you! One of the most iconic horror films of the 1990s CANDYMAN (1992) is a terrifying tale of a vengeful, hook-handed spirit that haunts the city of Chicago. Screens at GOLDEN AGE CINEMA & BAR, Sydney. More info HERE.
Sat 10/30th 6pm: Two legends of cinema, catch Janet Leigh and her iconic offspring, Jamie Lee Curtis in a Double Feature of scary classics! Catch PSYCHO (1960) + HALLOWEEN 2 (1981) both in 35mm at THE MAHONING DRIVE IN, Pennsylvania. Dress up for the annual costume contest too. More info HERE.
ALL WEEKEND: The still unsurpassed champion of serial killer movies, beautifully digitally restored and ready to traumatize a new generation of fans. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) - 30th Anniversary screens at KINO ROTTERDAM. More info HERE.
Sun 10/31st 7pm: Long billed as the most terrifying movie ever made, William Friedkin’s atmospheric horror classic may be almost 50 years old, but it still manages to chill to the bone. THE EXORCIST (1973 / 35mm Print) screens at LOS FELIZ x AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Sun 10/31st 7:30pm: Melbourne’s legendary ASTOR THEATRE finally reopens and kicks things off with SCREAM (1996) for it’s 25th Anniversary. Get reacquainted with Sidney and Ghostface! More info HERE.
Sun 10/31st 11am: An evil doctor tries to screw over the creepy kooky Addams clan to get at their vast fortune. Brilliant cast and production design populate the first big screen version of THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1991), screening at THE NITEHAWK CINEMA (Prospect Park Location), Brooklyn, NY. More info HERE.
Sun 10/31st 7pm: In this cult classic, directed by effects legend Stan Winston (The Thing, The Terminator, Predator) a backwoods dad seeks vengeance on the city slickers that he blames for his son’s death. PUMPKINHEAD (1988 / 35mm Print) screens at THE BRATTLE, Massachusetts. More info HERE.
Sun 10/31st 8pm: A banker denies an old lady an extension on her home loan, and now she’s going straight to helli in Sam Raimi’s triumphant return to the Horror genre, DRAG ME TO HELL (2009) at BRAINDEAD STUDIOS, Los Angeles. More info HERE
Sun 10/31st 7pm: A trio of witches return to their town centuries after banishment to extract havoc on the kids that brought them back. HOCUS POCUS (1993) screens at SYNDICATED SIDEWALK CINEMA, Brooklyn, NY. More info HERE.
Sun 10/31st 2pm: Terror from the skies! A wealthy San Francisco socialite visits a Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people in Hitchcock’s THE BIRDS (1963 / 35mm Print) at HOLLYWOOD LEGION THEATER, Los Angeles. More info HERE.