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Spooky Season returns October 2023!

From crypts to cryptids, ghouls to ghastly gargoyles, The Little’s Spooky Season is here to fill your October with harrowing, haunting films and events! From classic horror to modern family-friendly fare, international frights to 90s-witchy-vibes, we hope you join us to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year, here in the house of silent shadows!

UPCOMING

The Devil’s Backbone – Oct 2

The Devil’s Backbone – Oct 2

SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, October 2 at 7:30pm | Guillermo Del Toro’s third film features the writer/director’s signature mix of creepy atmosphere, melancholy history, and fantastic special effects in this “Spanish Gothic” tale of a haunted orphanage.

Hot Fuzz – Oct 7

Hot Fuzz – Oct 7

SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND X SPOOKY SEASON | Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 8pm | Edgar Wright’s 2007 action-comedy about a skilled London police officer (Simon Pegg) transferred to a village where the easygoing officers object to his fervor for regulations, as a string of grisly murders strikes the town.

Night of the Living Dead – Oct 14

Night of the Living Dead – Oct 14

SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND x SPOOKY SEASON | Saturday, October 14 at 8pm | A ragtag group in Pennsylvania barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls. George A. Romero’s film completely redefined the modern zombie genre, and remains as affecting, influential, and terrifying today as it did in 1968.

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark – Oct 19

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark – Oct 19

SPOOKY SEASON | Thursday, October 19 at 7:30pm | Upon arriving in a small town where she has inherited a rundown mansion, the famous horror hostess Elvira battles an evil uncle, and townspeople who want her burned at the stake, in this campy, 80s horror-comedy.

Eraserhead – Oct 20

Eraserhead – Oct 20

SPOOKY SEASON | Friday, October 20 at 7:30pm In David Lynch’s 1977 feature debut, Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space – Oct 21

Killer Klowns from Outer Space – Oct 21

SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND x SPOOKY SEASON | 35mm | Saturday, October 21 at 8pm | When teenagers see a comet crash outside their sleepy small town, they discover a pack of murderous alien circus clowns, hellbent on harvesting and eating people in bloody rampage. Goofy, inspired, and filled with imaginative creatures and special effects, this cult classic is more fun than a cotton-candy cocoon.

Wendell & Wild – Oct 22

Wendell & Wild – Oct 22

SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, October 22 at 3:30pm | Scheming demon brothers Wendell (Keegan-Michael Key) and Wild (Jordan Peele) enlist the aid of 13-year-old Kat — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon them to the Land of the Living.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Oct 22

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Oct 22

WXXI CLASSICAL PRESENTS x SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, October 22 at 7pm | A barber (Johnny Depp) returns to Victorian London after wrongful imprisonment by Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman). Now mad, seeking revenge, and calling himself Sweeney Todd, he joins meat-pie shop owner Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter) in finding a way to simultaneously satisfy his bloodlust and her need for cheaper pie filling.

Santa Sangre – Oct 23

Santa Sangre – Oct 23

SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, October 23 at 7:30pm | A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother–the leader of a strange religious cult–and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes “her arms”.

The Craft – Oct 27

The Craft – Oct 27

SO FETCH! x SPOOKY SEASON | Friday, October 27 ay 7:30pm | A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who anger them, in this 90’s cult classic.

Casper – Oct 29

Casper – Oct 29

SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, October 29 at 3:30pm | An afterlife therapist and his daughter meet a friendly young ghost when they move into a crumbling mansion in order to rid the house of wicked spirits.

Nosferatu with Live Score – Oct 30

Nosferatu with Live Score – Oct 30

SPOOKY SEASON | Live original score! | Monday, October 30 at 7:30pm | In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains, where he reveals his true vampiric nature.

The Exorcist: Extended Director’s Cut – Oct 31

The Exorcist: Extended Director’s Cut – Oct 31

SPOOKY SEASON FINALE | Tuesday, October 31 at 8pm | When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter in 1973’s horror classic. The extended director’s cut — billed as “The Version You’ve Never Seen” — features 10 minutes of additional footage and changes by director William Friedkin.

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