We’re in week two of the horror movies! Some of you are staying home instead of experiencing the season of horror on the big screen. Well never fear, Belcourt is here. Here are the remaining films for October:
SAT-SUN, OCT 13-14
CARNIVAL OF SOULS
A tragic drag racing accident leaves a sole survivor, Mary Henry, who pulls up roots and takes a new job to distance herself from the traumatic event. Despite the move, she is haunted by visions of a man who seems to be beckoning her to an abandoned carnival at the edge of town.
SUN, OCT 14
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
One, Two, Freddy’s Coming For You… Nancy and her peers are having bad dreams. A clawed maniac with severe facial scarring haunts them in their sleep, picking them off one-by-one as the nightmare crosses into reality.
SAT-SUN, OCT 20-21
THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES
A doctor, scientist, organist and biblical scholar, Anton Phibes (Vincent Price) seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wife’s death.
SAT-SUN, OCT 20-21 | 10PM–10AM
12 Hours of Terror
The Belcourt’s annual all-night horror festival rises like a vampire from its tomb to bring you a non-stop, all-night buffet of the best in ghastly grotesqueries, macabre mayhem, and outrageous obscurities spanning the decades.
THU, OCT 25 | 7:00-9:00PM
Seminar: Exploring Womanhood in Horror, From Bad Seeds to Hysterical Hags
Despite the genre’s reputation for being trivial and predictable, some feminist scholars argue that horror is one of the most influential and socially relevant categories in cinema, particularly in terms of studying gender. Presented by Lisa Williams, Lecturer of English and Women’s Studies at Middle Tennessee State University.
SAT, OCT 27 | 3:00-6:00PM
Seminar: Scary Good Screenwriting
Horror has always been part of cinema, from the short films of Méliès to the runaway success of GET OUT. How has this perennially popular genre delivered some of the most iconic moments in movie history? Shameless and structurally sound screenwriting! Presented by Diana Grisanti and Stephen Moulds, recent writers-in-residence in Vanderbilt’s cinema and media arts program.
SAT-SUN, OCT 27-28
THE HAUNTING
The stories you’ve heard about Hill House? They’re all true. For 90 years, it has stood alone, isolated, patient. Now a group of four find themselves in a trap of their own making; a nightmare maw of wood and stone and secrets, slowly closing around them.
SUN, OCT 28 + TUE, OCT 30
THE FOG
The last time the fog rolled in from sea, just off Spivey Point, six lives were lost, and the fledgling town of Antonio Bay was born from the wreckage of that tragedy. But now, 100 years later, the fog has returned, bringing with it something unspeakable.
PREVIEW: WED, OCT 31 | OPENS FRI, NOV 2
SUSPIRIA (2018)
As a darkness builds at the center of a world-renowned Berlin-based dance company, its artistic director (Tilda Swinton) and a young American new to the troupe (Dakota Johnson) become entangled in a bloody, sighing nightmare. Directed by Luca Guadagnino.
WED, OCT 31 AT 10:00PM | FRI-SAT, NOV 2-3 AT MIDNIGHT
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
With live cast Little Morals! This fast-paced potpourri of camp, sci-fi and rock ‘n’ roll tracks the exploits of naïve couple Brad and Janet after they stumble upon the lair of transvestite Dr. Frank-N-Furter. 18+ only.