An annual Frida tradition continues with John Carpenter and Debra Hill’s landmark slasher Halloween headlining our Art House Of Horrors series in October! 

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

Halloween is a seminal film in not just the horror genre, but was a pioneering influence on low budget cinema entirely. Its legacy endures almost 50 years later, making it an essential watch for any movie fan! There have been many sequels and imitators, but nothing beats the original.

Our Halloween Hangover Week continues with Edgar Wright’s Zom Rom Com Shaun of the Dead, presented by our friends at Everywhere Beer!

The movie follows Shaun (Simon Pegg), an aimless electronics store employee, whose life is falling apart—he’s stuck in a dead-end job, and his girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) has just broken up with him. But when a zombie outbreak sweeps through London, Shaun seizes the opportunity to prove himself, rallying his best friend Ed (Nick Frost) and a small group of survivors to battle the undead. They attempt to reach the safety of their local pub, The Winchester, but chaos ensues as they face hordes of zombies.

The sands will rise. The heavens will part. The power will be unleashed.

Up next in our Halloween Hangover Week is Zack Snyder’s 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead, screening just in time for its 20th anniversary!

The film follows a group of survivors in the aftermath of a sudden and devastating zombie outbreak, led by nurse Ana (Sarah Polley) after she narrowly escapes her home being overrun. She joins forces with a diverse group of strangers, including a police officer (Ving Rhames) and a television salesman (Jake Weber), seeking refuge in a shopping mall. As the undead hordes gather outside, tensions rise inside the mall as the group struggles with survival, moral dilemmas, and the psychological toll of the apocalypse.