 Movies to
give you Halloween Chills
Going to a movie in October in Los Angeles is much more than just sitting
down with popcorn to watch a slasher. There are numerous movie theaters
combining live action with the silver screen. Also it's a great time of
year to catch silent movies in large format and live music.
We will be adding movie info up until the last moment because of the way they
schedule shows.
Many theatres have special screens planned for Halloween and the
weekend before. Pick up a paper or hit
www.MovieFone.com and check out the theatres.
Tasty treats range from Silent Movies to Cult Classics...
Mixed format - Movies & Actors
Just because a movie's on the big screen, doesn't mean you just
sit there and watch. Audience participation is so much more fun.
If you're looking for the live theater
presentation, click <here>
 The ultimate Halloween
midnight move show. Get out the rice, your fishnets, clean underwear and
get ready to time warp with the entire audience! Special days make this movie
so much more fun because you'll have the best of the "live casts", extra
events, wall to wall folks all ready to let go modern problems and reenact
that dark and stormy night when the innocent meet whole wacky Transylvania
group. You may have no voice left by the time the movie is out... but
it's a great stress relievers... as well as just nostalgic, naughty fun.
Please check the web sites for each movie theater to know
what is allowed for props.
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Info: midnight showing will probably be the Saturday before
Halloween - this varies by theatre. Check their listings the weekend before.
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Landmark Rialto Theatre, 1023 Fair Oaks, Pasadena, Cast:
Rockys Whores - Longest running
show in California. Normally runs: 2nd Saturday of the month
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Saturday October 28, 2006
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Show up at 11pm for their Halloween Extravaganza for the
biggest show of the year. |
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Costume contest and special pre-show before midnight
screening |
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Landmark Nuart Theatre
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11272 Santa Monica Blvd, West LA, |
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Cast: Sins O the
Flesh . Normally runs: almost every Saturday. |
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The Queen Mary Royal Theater
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The Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach
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(formally at Long Beach Art Theater) |
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Cast: Midnight
Insanity. Normally runs: almost every Saturday, opens at 10:30 |
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West Hills Laemmle Fallbrook 7
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6731 Fallbrook (between Victory & Vanowen in the west San
Fernando Valley). |
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Cast: Wild and
Untamed Things (WUT) Normally runs: first Friday of the Month |
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Friday October 6 & 27, 2006 |
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more may get added as I find them |
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To find the show anyplace in the country follows these
links... many thanks to the fans that keep up lists...
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The
www.moviefone.com will give you all
the theatre details.
See the silent move classes up on the big screen
Old Town El Segundo plays
movies with a twist. The Wurlitzer always plays a short prologue
prior to each film presentation. What a way to get into the mood for a spooky
movie. "The theater organ is actually a one-man band since it is
made up of several instruments all under the control of the organist."
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Info: http://www.otmh.org/
, (310)322-2592. The Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo.
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Movies: $8, unless listed separated |
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Show times: Fri: 8:15; Sat: 2:30, 8:15; Sun: 2:30 |
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Schedule for Silent Horror Movies:
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Oct 13-15, 2006, The Cat and the Canary, 1927
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Oct 20-22, 2006, Charlie Chan at the Circus, 1936 |
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Oct 27-29, 2006, The Phantom of the Opera, 1925 |
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Celebrate Halloween at Walt
Disney Concert Hall as organist Clark Wilson returns for another
spine-chilling silent film - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Celebrate Halloween weekend in
haunting comedic style.
The Silent Movie Theatre is the last fully operational silent
movie theatre in the US. Films are accompanied with a live soundtrack.
Each evening's program is a double feature, plus other surprises. (See movie
list below.)
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Info:
http://www.silentmovietheatre.com or (323) 655-2520
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Saturday, October 14, 2006
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1020) & Un Chien Andalou (1929) |
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Thursday, October 19, 2006
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Faust (1926) & Number, Please? (1920) |
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
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The Penalty (1920) & Felix the Cat Eats Are West (1925) |
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Sunday, October 29, 2006
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Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horrors (1922)
& Haunted Spooks (1920) |
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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
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Phantom of the Opera (1925) & Haunted House (1921) -
Buster Keaton & Felix the Cat Switches Witches (1927) |
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611 North Fairfax Avenue, Hollywood, California 90036,
(one-half block south of Melrose Avenue).
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Tickets $9 |
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Show starts at 8pm |
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Silent Horror -
UCLA Film & Television Archive
See restored copies of classic silent movies on the UCLA campus.
Live musical accompaniment by Robert Israel.
| Info: www.cinema.ucla.edu
(in calendar) or 310-206-FILM
| Select nights Saturday, October 8 - Thursday, October 20, 2005
(see schedule below) |
| Tickets: $5, available on the web |
| James Bridges Theater in Melnitz Hall, northeast corner of the UCLA
Westwood campus, near Sunset and Hilgard. |
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| Schedule:
| Saturday, October 8 - 7:30 pm
| The Cat and the Canary - (US, 1927) |
| Waxworks (Das Wachsfigurenkabinett) - (Germany, 1924) |
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| Friday, October 14 - 7:30 pm
| The Fall of the House of Usher (La chute de la maison Usher) -
(France, 1928) |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - (US, 1920) |
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| Sunday, October 16 - 7:00 pm
| Vampyr (Vampyr-Der Traum Des Allan Gray) - (Germany/France, 1932) |
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| Wednesday, October 19 - 7:30 pm
| The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari) -
(Germany, 1919) |
| The Golem (Der Golem, Wie Er In Die Welt Kam) - (Germany, 1920) |
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Looking for newer scary movies? How about a week of movies?
Come see the latest. Also catch some of the classics with special guest
lectures and autograph sessions. The festival is Oct. 13-22, 2006.
Catch numerous LA premieres of the up and coming horror movies.
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A few highlights of the classics screening:
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list available closer to the date |
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Featured movies from around the world include...
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Opening, Friday, October 13, 2006
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The Tripper: "A bloody
political satire, revolves around a group of friends who escape to a
modern-day Woodstock concert for a weekend of debauchery, only to be
stalked by a fanatical killer determined to finish what he started
years earlier. " |
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Closing, Saturday, October 21, 2006
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Hatchet: "When
a motley crew of tourists on a Haunted Swamp Tour wind up stranded,
their night of comedic spooks quickly roller-coasters into a horrific
nightmare as they struggle to escape the swamp alive...and with all of
their pieces." |
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Info:
http://screamfestla.com/ or 323-656-4SCREAM for a complete
schedule and more details about ticket requirements for the special features.
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Oct. 13-22, 2006 , 6pm until midnight |
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Grauman’s Chinese Mann 6 at Hollywood and
Highland, Hollywood |
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Tickets 2005:
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$10 per movie, $200 for all films, $300 for the full
festival pass including dinners, parties, seminars and more. Tickets
on sales now. |
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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D
Watch the 1993 classic movie
at the El Capitan Theatre along with two of his earlier films, "Frankenwennie"
and "Vincent". See classic props and sets from the movie.
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Info:
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/el_capitan/index.html
or 1-800-DISNEY6, Six shows a day.
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October 19-31, 2006 |
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(still confirming ticket info) Tickets Adult: $11, Kids &
Seniors $8, group pricing available, special $20 VIP inkling no-wait & "best
seat" promise. El Capitan Theatre, 6830 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood. |
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Catch a frightful double feature in the theater. Chills,
screams, blood and fun. Halloween weekend fun. Costume contest on the
31st at 7:30.
| Info:
http://www.myspace.com/newbeverlycinema
| Sunday - Tues Halloween weekend, October 29th at 3:30 and 7:30 October
30 & 31st, 2006 at 7:30 |
| Tickets on $7 |
| New Beverly Cinema
7165 Beverly Blvd, LA (between la Brea and Fairfax) |
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| Come in costume on Halloween night! |
Suspicion / Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - A Centennial Celebration of Franz
Waxman
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
Featuring screenings of Suspicion and
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and an onstage panel discussion including
the composer's son, John Waxman, hosted by John Mauceri.
| Info:
http://www.oscars.org/events or (310) 247-3600
| Thursday, October 19, 2006, 7 pm /opens at 6 |
| Tickets $5 / $3 for members. On sale as of Oct 3, buy at box office
or by mail, no phone order. |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 8949 Wilshire Blvd.,
Beverly Hills. |
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| No costumes, this is movies and discussion |
Hollywood's Master Storytellers will be celebrating Stan Lee's career and
creations with a presentation of one of Stan's favorite movies Spider-Man 2
followed by a live Q&A with Stan "The Man " Lee himself and hosted by Kevin
Smith (Clerks 2).
Come in your favorite Stan Lee character costume: X-men,
Spider-Man, the Incredible Hunk, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Electra, etc
Ideas from your Local Movie Theaters
Want a regular theatre to get in the mood??? There are
always a number of scary movies released by the studios and special Halloween
showings are getting more popular.
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Just out for 2006, general release
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Texas Chainsaw
Massacre: The Beginning
| This prequel set in 1969 details the beginnings of the Hewitt
clan and exposes their psychotic idea of family fun. Blood,
gust, gore, revenge and the beginnings of Leatherface. |
| Director: Jonathan Liebesman |
| Starring: Jordana Brewster, Andrew Bryniarski, R. Lee Ermey,
Taylor Handley |
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The
Grudge 2
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This time he grudge moves quickly from a burned-down house
in Tokyo and spreads its supernatural curse to everyone who crosses its
path. |
| Director: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Amber Tamblyn, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Arielle Kebbel,
Jennifer Beals |
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Tim
Burtons: Nightmare before Christmas: 3D
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Saw III
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The
Wicker Man
| Remake of a cult classic, transformed into a California dual
between a police offers and a warped matriarchal Summersisle
community. |
| Director: Neil LaBute
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Leelee Sobieski, Ellen Burstyn, Molly Parker |
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| Also be on the lookout for special screenings of Snakes on
a Plane |
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Just out in Limited release for 2006
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Cruel
World
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Reeling from his dismissal from a
reality show, a deranged runner-up holds a group of co-eds hostage on the
set of his own fictitious show, where losers suffer a deadly fate. |
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Director: Kelsey T. Howard |
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Staring: Edward Furlong, Jaime Pressly |
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Requiem
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Special releases, sometimes single showings
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(still waiting for this info) |
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And more. can be found if you dig around using your fav movie guide
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Costumes???? At the movies??? Up to you... but it's a great time
to wear the 'blacks' and powder your face, at least. Best in a group.
Just watch out for those with the naturally sharp teeth.
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