Halloween-ish Movies

Nothing says All Hallows Eve quite like candy corn, that left over make up residue left by your hair line and scary movies. While Gothamist is a huge fan of kiddie fare like the classic It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" (available to rent on DVD via Netflix, no less), most people prefer that sensation of wanting to hide behind their seat in the movie theater at the end of October.

A few Halloween movie screenings this weekend in New York —

Catch Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead (1981) and George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968) tonight at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, screening 10:30 pm and midnight respectively. On Saturday, a "Night of Italian Horror" with Dario Argento's Deep Red (1975) and Mario Bava's Shock (1977).

Out in Brooklyn, BAM Rose Cinemas will be screening on Sunday all day, Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), directed by Tommy Lee Wallace.

Also, the midnight movie this weekend at the Sunshine Cinema is The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). Is Tim Burton's creation directed by Henry Selick Halloween-y or Christmas-y, or just advocating one long scary holiday all winter long?

In addition, Saw comes out in theaters tonight. If we're going to watch Cary Elwes hack off his own limbs, it's going to have to be from behind our hands, scrunched down under our coat.

What's your favorite movie to watch on Halloween?

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By Karen Wilson in Arts and Events on October 29, 2004 8:12 AM

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Mike Meyers

Who the fuck is going to payt $10 to see "Halloween III: Season of the Witch"?!?!?! That film was and is a piece of shit! And it's rerun on cable all the time.

Note to BAM: Get a clue!

luke

Scary movies to watch this weekend:

From Justin to Kelly

Gigli

Phil

Georgetown University always shows "The Exorcist" on Halloween. There's nothing like watching a movie filmed at your school (30 years earlier, but so what?) with 700 other students, all cheering every time they show the campus. The first time I went, I'd actually seen the movie before, but the friend I brought hadn't seen it before and was scared out of his mind. It was great fun.

I also love to watch "The Shining" for a good scare. The two little girls, the old lady in the bathtub, and the blood pouring out of the elevators always scare the crap out of me, and I've seen that movie at least a dozen times now.

ziegfeld

Lincoln Center has an excellent roster of classic horror films that it's screening...check it out!

Joe Rocco

Coney Island Freakshow is showing Night Of The Living Dead on Saturday.

David

I clicked on the two boots theater link and up comes a picture of John Kerry. I knew it! - he was one of the cadavers walking around in "Night of the Living Dead"! Vote & Be Dead, puffy!

karen

You're correct eu9ene, early morning typo. My bad.

And it played on Tuesday when I Yahoo TV-ed it. Damn those CBS programmers, they know nothing of timing! That's why I was so pleased to see that you could rent 'Great Pumpkin' on Netflix. It's essential viewing, in my opinion.

eu9ene

that's george romero

tien

cbs already aired the great pumpkin. i think on monday.

Jen

Yeah, Great Pumpkin! Shouldn't CBS be airing The Great Pumpkin? I hate networks. A generation of kids growing up on Pimp My Ride and not the philosophical musings of Charlie Brown and the gang. Boo!