At 3pm, Disney’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949, 34 min. ) followed by Bride of Frankenstein. (1935, 85min.)

At 5:15pm, Night of the Living Dead

Finally, at 7:15, Return of the Living Dead

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW – The Walt Disney Studios’ animated adaptation of Washington Irving’s tale — narrated and sung by Bing Crosby — remains one of the most enduring pieces of Sleepy Hollow storytelling ever made. In just 34 minutes, it captures Ichabod Crane’s arrival in the Hudson Valley, his rivalry with Brom Bones, and the fateful ride through the woods. Originally released as half of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, this short precedes select family features throughout the series. This one is home movies for us — we’re proud to open our screenings with it.

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN – James Whale’s sequel to his own 1931 Frankenstein is widely considered one of the finest horror films ever made — and the rare sequel that surpasses its predecessor. Boris Karloff returns as the Monster, now speaking, seeking companionship, and haunted by cruelty; Elsa Lanchester’s brief, iconic performance as the Bride gave cinema one of its most recognizable images. Whale’s mixture of gothic dread, dark comedy, and genuine pathos is unmatched. A cornerstone of Universal Horror on the big screen where it belongs.

Night of the Living Dead

George A. Romero’s independent debut is the single most influential horror film of the modern era — inventing the modern zombie, reshaping the horror genre, and doing it all on a shoestring in rural Pennsylvania. A small group of strangers barricade themselves in an isolated farmhouse as the recently dead rise and attack the living. Duane Jones’s lead performance was groundbreaking for its time and remains extraordinary today. A foundational text of American horror.

Bonus!

As a special added bonus, before select films, we’ll be screening the new 30th Anniversary 4K restoration of SEASON’S GREETINGS (1996), the creepy cartoon short from Michael Doherty, director of TRICK R’ TREAT (2007), featuring the first appearance of that film’s “Sam” character.

Many thanks to Michael and Minor Demons, Inc for allowing us this opportunity to provide you with this bite-sized fright.

RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD -
Dan O’Bannon’s punk-rock riff on the Romero zombie mythos does what Romero would not: it makes the zombies talk, and it makes them very much want brains. A pair of medical supply warehouse workers accidentally release a mysterious gas, and things unravel from there — with a killer soundtrack, a wicked sense of humor, and some of the most inventive practical effects work of the decade. Wonderfully weird, and much scarier than its comedic edge suggests.

At 5pm, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949, 34 min. ) followed by The Addams Family (1991, 99min.)

At 7:30pm, Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Finally, at 9:30pm Spookies (1986)

A family-friendly addition to our Home for Horror Series: Disney’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949, 34 min. ) followed by The Addams Family (1991, 99min.)

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (1949)

The Walt Disney Studios’ animated adaptation of Washington Irving’s tale — narrated and sung by Bing Crosby — remains one of the most enduring pieces of Sleepy Hollow storytelling ever made. In just 34 minutes, it captures Ichabod Crane’s arrival in the Hudson Valley, his rivalry with Brom Bones, and the fateful ride through the woods. Originally released as half of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, this short precedes select family features throughout the series. This one is home movies for us — we’re proud to open our screenings with it.

THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1991)

Barry Sonnenfeld’s live-action debut brings Charles Addams’ beloved macabre clan to gleefully gothic life. When a con man arrives at the Addams mansion claiming to be Gomez’s long-lost brother Fester, the household descends into a battle over inheritance, identity, and the correct use of dynamite. Raúl Juliá and Anjelica Huston define Gomez and Morticia for a generation, and Christina Ricci sets the template for a modern Wednesday. A perfect gateway into horror-adjacent territory for younger audiences and their parents alike.

SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999)

Tim Burton’s lavish, ink-black adaptation of Washington Irving casts Johnny Depp as a squeamish New York investigator dispatched upstate to solve a string of Headless Horseman killings in the village of Sleepy Hollow. Christopher Walken, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, and a genuinely gnarly Christopher Lee round out the cast. Emmanuel Lubezki’s Oscar-nominated cinematography paints the Hudson Valley as a fever dream in blues and grays. We are contractually obligated to screen this film — often — and glad of it.

As a special added bonus, before select films, we’ll be screening the new 30th Anniversary 4K restoration of SEASON’S GREETINGS (1996), the creepy cartoon short from Michael Doherty, director of TRICK R’ TREAT (2007), featuring the first appearance of that film’s “Sam” character.

Many thanks to Michael and Minor Demons, Inc for allowing us this opportunity to provide you with this bite-sized fright.

SPOOKIES (1986)

The strangest film in this series and quite possibly the strangest film in the series’ history. Cobbled together from two separate, unfinished productions with no regard for narrative continuity, Spookies is a delirious tour through spider women, muck men, ouija boards, a sorcerer, and a fart-happy creature best left undescribed. A cult item of the highest order, beloved of horror fanatics for reasons that are difficult to justify and impossible to argue with. This screening will feature an introduction and book signing by the author of the recent novelization (pending confirmation).

At 5pm, a family-friendly addition to our Home for Horror Series.: Disney’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949, 34 min.) followed by Monster House (2006)

Followed by a 7:00pm screening of Final Destination 2 (2003)

Then, at 9:00pm, The Orphanage / El Orfanato (2007) en Espanol con subtitles in English

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW – The Walt Disney Studios’ animated adaptation of Washington Irving’s tale — narrated and sung by Bing Crosby — remains one of the most enduring pieces of Sleepy Hollow storytelling ever made. In just 34 minutes, it captures Ichabod Crane’s arrival in the Hudson Valley, his rivalry with Brom Bones, and the fateful ride through the woods. Originally released as half of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, this short precedes select family features throughout the series. This one is home movies for us — we’re proud to open our screenings with it.

MONSTER HOUSE – A criminally underrated animated horror-comedy about three kids who realize the creaky old house across the street is not just haunted — it is alive, and it is very, very hungry. Executive produced by Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg, and one of the great gateway horror films for younger audiences. Its trick-or-treat set piece is instantly canonical. Genuinely scary in exactly the right doses.

Final Destination 2: The sequel to the surprise 2000 hit doubles down on the franchise’s central premise: Death has a plan, and you cannot cheat it forever. It opens with one of the most infamous freeway pileups ever staged for the screen, and continues as the survivors are hunted by increasingly baroque, Rube Goldberg-style accidents. Sharper, meaner, and more inventive than the original. Early-2000s horror at its most gleefully cruel.

At 5pm:
A family-friendly addition to our Home for Horror Series: Disney’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949, 34 min.) followed by Hotel Transylvania (2012, 91min.)

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW – The Walt Disney Studios’ animated adaptation of Washington Irving’s tale — narrated and sung by Bing Crosby — remains one of the most enduring pieces of Sleepy Hollow storytelling ever made. In just 34 minutes, it captures Ichabod Crane’s arrival in the Hudson Valley, his rivalry with Brom Bones, and the fateful ride through the woods. Originally released as half of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, this short precedes select family features throughout the series. This one is home movies for us — we’re proud to open our screenings with it.

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA – Genndy Tartakovsky’s animated comedy imagines a five-stakes resort where Count Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) hosts the world’s monsters — the Mummy, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Invisible Man, the Wolf Man — safely away from humans. When a wandering backpacker stumbles into the hotel just as Dracula’s daughter Mavis is turning 118, chaos and unlikely friendship follow. Bright, fast, and family-friendly. A perfect matinee pick.

Then, at 7:15pm:

Evil Dead II

Sam Raimi’s part-remake, part-sequel to The Evil Dead is a masterwork of horror-comedy craft — a runaway freight train of physical comedy, splatter effects, deadite possession, and Bruce Campbell taking on an entire cabin (and, memorably, himself). Ash returns to that fateful cabin in the woods, plays the wrong recording, and unleashes hell for a second time. Every practical effects choice, every crash zoom, every trip through the wall is a lesson in what independent filmmaking can pull off on nerve alone. Groovy.

Bonus!

As a special added bonus, before select films, we’ll be screening the new 30th Anniversary 4K restoration of SEASON’S GREETINGS (1996), the creepy cartoon short from Michael Doherty, director of TRICK R’ TREAT (2007), featuring the first appearance of that film’s “Sam” character.

Many thanks to Michael and Minor Demons, Inc for allowing us this opportunity to provide you with this bite-sized fright.

Finally, the 9:15pm screening:

Army of Darkness

Sam Raimi’s third Evil Dead film abandons horror almost entirely for full-on medieval fantasy comedy. Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell), still carrying his boomstick and chainsaw hand, is hurled back to the year 1300 A.D., where he must retrieve the Necronomicon and defeat an army of the dead to get home. It’s a slapstick sword-and-sorcery Three Stooges homage with a chainsaw — and one of the most quotable cult films ever made. Hail to the king.

A family-friendly addition to our Home for Horror Series.: Disney’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949, 34 min.) followed by The Corpse Bride (2005, 77min.)

Followed by a 9:15pm screening of A Nightmare on Elm St (1984)

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW – The Walt Disney Studios’ animated adaptation of Washington Irving’s tale — narrated and sung by Bing Crosby — remains one of the most enduring pieces of Sleepy Hollow storytelling ever made. In just 34 minutes, it captures Ichabod Crane’s arrival in the Hudson Valley, his rivalry with Brom Bones, and the fateful ride through the woods. Originally released as half of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, this short precedes select family features throughout the series. This one is home movies for us — we’re proud to open our screenings with it.

THE CORPSE BRIDE – Tim Burton and Mike Johnson’s Victorian-gothic stop-motion romance follows Victor, a nervous groom-to-be who accidentally weds a mysterious dead woman while practicing his vows in the forest. Whisked into the vibrant, jazz-hued Land of the Dead, he must find a way back to the living — and to his intended bride — without breaking his accidental promise. Voice work by Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Emily Watson anchors a story that is more melancholy than macabre. Family-friendly and beautifully strange.

Wes Craven’s genre-warping breakthrough introduced Freddy Krueger — a horrifically burned killer who murders his victims in their dreams — and rewrote the rules of the American slasher in one stroke. Heather Langenkamp anchors a suburban nightmare that shifts effortlessly between grounded teenage horror and full-blown dream logic. Robert Englund’s Freddy is one of horror’s essential creations. The one that started Elm Street.

Bonus!

As a special added bonus, before select films, we’ll be screening the new 30th Anniversary 4K restoration of SEASON’S GREETINGS (1996), the creepy cartoon short from Michael Doherty, director of TRICK R’ TREAT (2007), featuring the first appearance of that film’s “Sam” character.

Many thanks to Michael and Minor Demons, Inc for allowing us this opportunity to provide you with this bite-sized fright.