Catch Dracula at the BFI IMAX
Every year canny film distributors release a string of horror films around Halloween to quench filmgoers' seasonal thirst for blood and guts, and this year's no different. Read on to find out where to see everything from creepy classics to avant-garde thrillers
Catch Dracula at the BFI IMAX
See Dracula in London cinemas
Catch the prince of darkness in this re-release of Terence Fisher’s 1958 classic starring Peter Cushing as Van Helsing and Christopher Lee as the blood-sucking Count. Screenings take place right across London. www.bfi.org.uk/dracula
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Head down to the Gothique Society
Conway Hall in Holborn plays occasional host to the ghoulish Gothique society and their welcome array of classic horror exhumations. On October 22 you can catch John Brahm’s ‘Hangover Square’ from 1945 as well as Lawrence Huntingdon’s 1941 effort ‘The Tower of Terror’ about a mad lighthouse keeper.
www.mshepley.btinternet.co.uk/gothique.htm for more info.
Catch a horror classic
Brian de Palma’s ‘Carrie’ will be screened at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern on October 30, with an introduction by no other than Time Out’s own gay editor, Paul Burston, and Timberlina. Please note, there will be free soft drinks and popcorn. Just show your tampon for free entry.
Horror triple at the ICA
Make your cinematic route to midnight a horrific one by catching this pleasingly outré triple-bill, kicking off the J-horror classic that started the craze, ‘Ringu ’, followed by forthcoming gorefest '30 Days of Night’ and rounded off with French oddity ‘Poltergay’.
A nightmare of a different sort
If all this fantasy horror is not your cup of tea, why not catch ‘Sicko’, the latest film by rotund master polemicist Michael Moore about the state of the US healthcare system.
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