HORROR CLASSICS, NEW RESTORATIONS AND MORE IN OUR WEEKEND ROUND UP (OCT 8TH - 10TH)

As Halloween approaches, its time for our favorite retro film houses to start serving up teases for the end of the month. A favorite time of year for cult movie fans, we’ll be highlighting more slasher and supernatural faves amongst the restorations and classics on offer on the big screen.

Please note many cinemas are now implementing proof of Covid 19 vaccine or negative test. Be sure to check if this applies to any screening and know before you go!

All Weekend: It's the acid trip Japanese horror classic followed by a totally gonzo, full-blast martial arts horror comedy. Catch HOUSE (1977) + ENCOUNTER OF THE SPOOKY KIND II (1990) both in 35mm at NEW BEVERLY CINEMA, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Fri 10/08 8pm & Sat 10/09 2pm & 8pm: Join THE REDFORD THEATRE in Michigan for a Shadowcast production of BEETLEJUICE (1988) with THE GOBLIN KING PLAYERS. The performance group specialize in the preservation of classic film by bringing it to life as they expertly act out every element of the movie on stage in front of the screen with film accurate costumes, props and precision. More info HERE

All Weekend: Easily the most harrowing divorce drama ever made, Zuławski’s POSSESSION (1981) is a one-of-a-kind genre pastiche starring Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani who won a César for her performance, one of the most grueling ever caught on films, that nearly made her quit acting. Screens at METROGRAPH, New York City. More info HERE.

All Weekend: Get set for FREDDY FEST III at THE MAHONING DRIVE IN, Pennsylvania with three nights of hideous horror to haunt your dreams, kicking off with a Freddy flick, then going beyond Elm Street to feature films that either ripped off the franchise or were the result of its success. Lineup as follows: Fri 10/8: NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET + PROM NIGHT 2: HELLO MARY LOU + DESTROYER // Sat 10/9: NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: THE DREAM WARRIORS + DEADLY FRIEND + MAHAKAAL (1994) // NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD + THE HORROR SHOW (1989). All on 35mm. More info HERE.

Ongoing: Newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative. Jean-Luc Godard's BREATHLESS (1960) screens at FILM FORUM, New York City until Oct 14th. More info HERE.

Fri 10/8 10:30pm: It's all for you Damien!... The eerie 70s horror thriller THE OMEN (1976), also believed to be a very cursed production, screens at BRAINDEAD STUDIOS, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Fri 10/8 Midnight: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy star in this Salem-set classic as the Sanderson Sisters, brought back from the dead to wreak havoc and devour the souls of children! HOCUS POCUS (1993 / 35mm Print) screens at THE COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

Fri 10/8 Midnight: Paul Morrissey and star Udo Kier created this sumptuously depraved Euroshocker that tows the line between art and bad taste. BLOOD FOR DRACULA (1974 / New 4K Restoration) screens at NITEHAWK CINEMA, Brooklyn NY. More info HERE.

Fri 10/8 & Sat 10/9 Various session times: From legendary Italian horror master Lucio Fulci comes THE BEYOND (1981), a towering achievement of cinematic horror, a graphic frenzy of gory crucifixions, chunk blowing chain-whippings, throat-shredding demon dogs and more! THE BEYOND (1981) screens at THE FRIDA CINEMA, Santa Ana. More info HERE.

Fri 10/8 7pm & 9:15pm: The series that launched the modern Japanese horror craze RINGU (aka THE RING / 1998) screens at SYNDICATED SIDEWALK CINEMA, Brooklyn NY. More info HERE.

Sat 10/09 11:45pm: David Lynch finally got to create the nightmarish vision of his beloved small town the way he saw fit in the prequel TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992). Screens at NITEOWL DRIVE IN, Miami. More info HERE.

Sat 10/9 Midnight: Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, and Anthony Hopkins star in director Francis Ford Coppola's visually stunning, passionately seductive version of the classic Dracula legend. Full of goegeous pracrtical, in-camera effects, BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992 / 35mm Print) screens at THE COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

Sat 10/9 Midnight: David Cronenberg's 1996 masterful minimalist adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s 1973 neo-futurist novel about sex and car crashes, is audacious and intense. CRASH (1996) screens at IFC CENTER, New York City. More info HERE.

Sat 10/9 9pm: From Dario Argento, maestro of the macabre and the man behind some the greatest excursions in Italian horror comes DEEP RED (1975) arguably the ultimate giallo movie, screening with a New Restoration at THE PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA, London. More info HERE.

Sat 10/09 2:30pm: Michelangelo Antonioni's first color film is a masterful study of modern alienation. RED DESERT (1965 / 35mm Print) screens at THE PARIS THEATRE, New York City. More info HERE.

Sat 10/09 Midnight: Welcome to the small town of Wheelsy, where not much happens. But evil slips in quietly, mutilated livestock appears and a woman goes missing, and an alien organism threatens to devour all life on Earth! James Gunn's SLITHER (2006 / 35mm Print) screens at THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE, Chicago. More info HERE.

Sat 10/09 10pm: Stunning cinematography, a killer soundtrack by rock group Goblin, and some of the most gruesome murders ever committed to celluloid, SUSPIRIA (1977) is Dario Argento’s crowning achievement in horror and a film unlike any other. Screens at THE LOFT CINEMA, Arizona. More info HERE.

Sat 10/09 10pm: A film that became a dark pop culture phenomenon. DONNIE DARKO (2001) celebrates its 20th Anniversary at THE PLAZA THEATER, Atlanta. More info HERE.

Sat 10/09 9pm: Bruce Campbell and Sam Reimi mix it up again in the enduring cult classic that is a perfect balance of horror and comedy. EVIL DEAD 2 (1987) screens at THE MAYFAIR CINEMA, Ontario. More info HERE.

Sun 10/10 3pm: The original horror classic CHILD’S PLAY (1988 / 35mm Print), preceded by the premiere of the pilot episode of the new TV series ‘CHUCKY’ screens at AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE x AERO THEATER. More info HERE.

Sun 10/10 2:30pm: Kubrick’s savage adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s 1962 novel is among the most infamous and controversial mainstream narrative movies ever made. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971 / New 4K DCP) screens at THE MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE, New York City. More info HERE.

Sun 10/10 12:15pm: It's not all singing and dancing in this super dark follow up to the technicolor original, that gave plenty of children memorable nightmares back in the 80s. RETURN TO OZ (1985) screens at PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA, London. More info HERE.

Sun 10/10 6:15pm: Before the much anticipated new version drops later this month, rediscover the much (unfairly) maligned and incredibly ambitious David Lynch production of DUNE (1984) at THE TEXAS THEATRE, Dallas. More info HERE.

Sun 10/10 5:30pm: Orson Welles and Rite Hayworth become entangled in yachting cruise in a complex murder plot in THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (1947) screening at THE ROXY CINEMA, New York City. More info HERE.

Sun 10/10 7:30pm: Another Dario Argentio classic this weekend, this one featuring stunning cinematography by Vittorio Storaro and a phenomenal soundtrack by maestro Ennio Morricone. THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970) screens at THE HOLLYWOOD THEATRE, Portland. More info HERE.