Halloween at Picturehouse

We've got tricks and treats for all this October.

The Picturehouse Team

13 Sep 24

Get ready to have a big scream with the big screen this October, as we celebrate Halloween the only way we know how: bringing back some of our favourite spooky stories to your local cinema. From comedies to chillers, slashers to spooks, there's something for everyone – don't be afraid to join us in the dark...

Browse the line-up below, and find tickets here.


CLASSIC CHILLERS




Carrie (4K Restoration)

Be our prom date? In the capable hands of genre legend Brian De Palma, Stephen King's tale of a supernatural coming-of-age is heart-wrenching and bone-chilling.

From 18 Oct | Book Now 


Shaun of the Dead (20th Anniversary)

An instant cult classic for Edgar Wright and his Cornetto compatriots, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, this rom-zom-com delivers on laughs, heart, and undead denizens.

From 25 Oct, selected sites 27-29 Sep | Book Now


Halloween (4K Restoration)

The slasher film that started it all, John Carpenter's iconic tale of suburban terror is a suspense-laden masterpiece, with a star-making turn from Jamie Lee Curtis.

From 25 Oct | Book Now


A Nightmare on Elm Street (40th Anniversary)

One, two, Freddy's coming for you! Horror mainstay Wes Craven's at his most imaginatively anarchic in the first chapter of the now-iconic slasher franchise.

From 25 Oct | Book Now


The Shining (Original Cut)

Visit the Overlook Hotel through the meticulous lens of Stanley Kubrick, who transforms Stephen King's blockbuster horror novel into a tense, terrifying odyssey.

From 27 Oct | Book Now 




DIGITAL HORROR


To celebrate the big-screen return of The Blair Witch Project, delve deeper into the intersection between technology and terror with these chilling stories.

The Blair Witch Project (25th Anniversary)

Pioneering the found-footage genre with its uniquely digital dread, Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick's handheld horror is so much more than the stuff of local legend.

From 04 Oct | Book Now


Paranormal Activity

A young couple attempt to capture evidence of a ghostly presence in their suburban house in this inventive, microbudget haunted house hit that spawned a fresh new franchise.

From 04 Oct | Book Now


Lake Mungo

Family drama meets supernatural dread in this Australian mockumentary of a grieving family, who employ a parapsychologist in search of the truth about sixteen-year-old Alice and her tragic drowning.

From 11 Oct | Book Now


Pulse

Setting his story in the burgeoning internet and social media scene in Japan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's dark and apocalyptic fable foretells how technology will only serve to isolate us as it grows more important to our lives.

From 18 Oct | Book Now



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