Malibu Horror Story follows a team of amateur paranormal investigators as they delve into an unresolved case involving the disappearance of four popular high school boys from Malibu, California. While investigating a sacred cave in the Malibu hills, the team encounters chilling paranormal occurrences and uncovers a terrifying discovery that reveals an ancient curse, forcing them to confront their deepest fears and unravel the sinister truth behind the boys’ vanishing.

Join SAHARA (South Asian Helpline and Referral Agency) for a screening of Designed by Preeti: When the Old Life No Longer Fits, a powerful story about one woman’s journey from abuse to empowerment. This inspiring film sheds light on resilience, healing, and the strength it takes to rebuild life with courage and hope.

Seats are limited – donate today to secure your spot here and stand with survivors on their journey to empowerment.

This event is presented by SAHARA, serving survivors of abuse with compassion and community support. 

SAHARA serves survivors of all forms of abuse within the South Asian community in Southern California with culturally sensitive and linguistically specific services.

At SAHARA, we firmly believe that every human being regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, deserves to live a life of dignity and respect.

A total hoot for Italian horror novices and superfans alike, The Frida Cinema is jazzed to present Lucio Fulci’s Murder-Rock: Dancing Death!

Nothing is as it seems in this foggy ‘80s world of whiny dance students, backbiting school staff, puzzled cops, handsome strangers, surreal dream sequences, gruesome kills, naughty eroticism and spiraling labyrinthine mystery. Who will live to dance another day?!?!

One of the final horror gems in Fulci’s vast, sleazy filmography (Zombie, The Beyond), Murder-Rock blends Flashdance tropes, upbeat Eurodisco nonsense (courtesy of prog rocker Keith Emerson) and black-gloved slasher thrills into a lavish satisfying stew. 

Good Boy, the buzzy new horror film told from the perspective of a dog, finally scampers its way to The Frida!

A loyal dog (played by dog actor Indy, the director’s real life pet) moves to a rural family home with his owner Todd, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.

Premiering at this year’s South By Southwest, the film’s trailer gathered one million views in just its first four days, with its global interest only further piqued by its current 95% Rotten Tomatoes rating!  Catch it on the big screen at The Frida!

The Frida will be donating a portion of ticket proceeds from our Thursday, October 2nd screening of Good Boy to OC Animal Allies!  OC Animal Allies is a nonprofit organization founded with the mission to save animal lives and strengthen the human-animal bond in Orange County by providing emergency financial support, education, referral services, and therapy programs.

Our friends at See It On 16mm are back for their annual unspooling of George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead—the black-and-white nightmare that redefined horror and gave birth to the modern zombie movie!

Released in 1968, and unlike anything audiences had ever seen, Night of the Living Dead strands a small group of strangers inside a farmhouse besieged by the ravenous dead. As flesh-hungry ghouls close in outside, tensions boil over inside—fear, mistrust, and violence consuming the survivors faster than the monsters themselves.

Shot on a shoestring budget in Pittsburgh, Romero’s debut is both a relentless siege thriller and a searing social commentary–it shattered taboos with its shocking gore and stark realism. To this very day, it stand nexts to classics like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween, and The Blair Witch Project as a game-changing genre masterpiece.

This program is a venue rental engagement. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff.

Bad neighbors…beware! Tom Holland’s Fright Night, the wickedly funny cult classic that brought vampires screaming into the 1980s, returns to the big screen at The Frida for its 40th Anniversary!

All-American teen Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) thinks he’s got it made—until he discovers that the mysterious stranger who just moved in next door is actually a vampire (Chris Sarandon, in suavely sinister form). With no one believing him, Charley turns to a washed-up late-night horror host, Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), for help. Together, they must take on the undead lurking right next door before Charley’s friends—and even his girlfriend—fall under the vampire’s thrall.

Loaded with practical effects and gothic atmosphere, Fright Night is both a love letter to classic horror and a blood-soaked thrill ride that still bites hard (in a good way).

Pack your bags…for terror! Our friends at Trash-Mex are presenting a screening of Vacation of Terror (Vacaciones de terror), a gonzo cult gem of Mexican horror that turns a family getaway into a nightmare of pure VHS-era mayhem.

When a family retreats to a countryside cabin, they expect relaxation. What they get instead is a possessed doll channeling ancient witchcraft—and unleashing havoc on anyone who crosses its path. With campy special effects, over-the-top scares, and a story that could only come from the golden age of Mexican genre cinema, Vacation of Terror has earned a reputation as one of the most enjoyably bonkers horror films of its time.

So grab your popcorn (and maybe a crucifix?) and get ready for a wild ride, Trash-Mex style!