Halloween at The Garden Cinema

With its crimson-shaded walls and art deco fittings, Covent Garden’s beguiling Garden Cinema feels like the kind of place you might reasonably expect to be home to a ghost or two, and an atmospheric place to see some horror classics this spooky season. This year’s Halloween programme features some real niche picks chosen by the community-minded venue’s members, including 1992 Edgar Allen Poe adaptation The Masque of the Red Death, Irish mythology-inspired 1982 thriller The Outcasts and 1971 folk horror The Blood on Satan’s Claw. There’ll also be a screening of Office Killer (1997) with Zodiac Film Club, two screenings of German New Wave hit Der Fan (1982) with Video Bazaar, and pay-what-you-can screenings of the gently spooky Mexican animation The Book of Life for families. We’d suggest arriving early and enjoying some liquid courage in the form of a cocktail from the lovely cinema bar.