Halloween movie screenings in London
There are some seriously scary movie screenings in the capital this Halloween
Fancy scaring the living wits out of yourself with a film this Halloween? There are plenty of special Halloween movie events going on all over London at the end of this month, from ‘The Blair Witch Project’ at the Union Chapel to a ‘Final Destination’ all-nighter at the BFI IMAX. Alice Cooper is even getting in on the action by introducing ‘Halloween’ on the South Bank. Maybe he’ll bring a snake.
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BFI IMAX's All-Nighter
Fri October 28, 11.45pm. £29.50/£18 concs, 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk, SE1 8XRThe biggest screen in the land is staying open all night long for a marathon of all five death-related ‘Final Destination’ (pictured) films. Thankfully there’ll be a few short breaks in between (and coffee served), lest you fall asleep and never wake up again.
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BFI Southbank
Fri October 28, 6.30pm. £13, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XTWho better to introduce a tranche of macabre cine fare than the original pantomime rocker Alice Cooper (pictured)? Prior to a screening of ‘Halloween’ (at 8.45pm), Cooper will be sharing his thoughts on films that have inspired him with the aid of a few B-movie clips. Better act quickly because we see this event selling out fast.
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Chills in the Chapel
October 29-30, 7pm. Free, Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, N1 2XDThe Jameson Cult Film Club returns to the fold with a great pair of Halloween horrors. On Saturday they’re screening ‘The Blair Witch Project’ and on Sunday, Philip Kaufman’s lurid extraterrestrial sci-fi chiller, ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ (pictured).
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Duke Mitchell Film Club
Wed October 26, 7pm. Free, King’s Cross Social Club, 2 Britannia St, WC1X 9JEWe think the Duke rocks, so there’s every chance he’ll pull off another doozy with this evening’s celebration of the hallowed pumpkin. Expect a casket of scary shorts and trailers, some creepy music, even a quiz. And all for freeeeee!
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Halloween Screamings
October 28 - 31, 7.30pm. £11.50 , The Round Chapel, Powerscroft Rd, E5 0PUWhat could be creepier than a movie in a church, where the spirits of the dead are probably still hanging out? The beautifully restored Round Chapel plays host to a quartet of screamers over the Halloween weekend, with screenings of antichrist offerings ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘The Omen' (pictured), plus Halloween mainstay, er, ‘Halloween’ and, on Sunday afternoon, that good old forest frightener, ‘The Blair Witch Project’.
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Nightmares & Deadites
Mon October 31, 7pm. £6, 128-132 Borough High St, SE1 1LBAs a tribute to British horror poster artist Graham Humphrey, the Roxy is laying on a double whammy of frights with Sam Raimi’s schlocking ‘splat stick’ flesh eater, ‘Evil Dead 2' (pictured) and old pizza-faced dreamweaver Freddie Krueger in Wes Craven’s ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’.
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Prince Charles
Mon October 31, 6.45pm. £6.50, 7 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BYA double-bill screening of two unequivocal spine tinglers, John Carpenter’s Steady-Cam chiller ‘Halloween’ and William Friedkin’s head-spinnin’ chunder-fest, ‘The Exorcist’ (pictured).
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Pumpkino
Fri October 28, 6pm. £45, 2 Dugard Way (off Renfrew Rd), SE11 4THA full-on Halloween evening with ‘mystery movie’, film clips, a two-course dinner, a free ‘demonic’ drink and free entry to the museum. Weird dress sense encouraged.
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UK Film Club
Mon October 31, 7.30pm. £11.95-£13.95, Secret venueAh, nothing beats the perennial camped-up musical, ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ (pictured), for a bit of Halloween razzmatazz. The venue is a complete secret but dress to the nines for the after-show party at Soho’s Shadow Lounge and you might just win a prize.
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The Vanishing Point – Bates Motel Pop-up
Sat October 29, 7.30pm, £12/£14, Bates Motel, 19 Lee Rd, SE3 9RQThey don’t come much more creepier than Hitchcock’s schizophrenic shocker, ‘Psycho’ (pictured). And where better to watch it than in a spooky old hotel? Bring mother along (preferably alive) and you can both get in for half price.
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