Halloween Hangover Weekend

The first film of our Halloween Hangover weekend is Tim Burton and Mike Johnson's Corpse Bride, celebrating its 20th anniversary with a brand new 4K restoration! In a gloomy Victorian village where arranged marriages are the norm, nervous groom-to-be Victor (Johnny Depp) accidentally proposes to the wrong bride—one who happens to be dead. Swept into the underworld by the ghostly and gorgeous Emily (Helena Bonham Carter), Victor finds himself torn between two worlds—one teeming with color, music, and life after death, and another gray and suffocating among the living. With Danny Elfman’s whimsical score and Burton’s signature gothic romanticism, this modern classic remains one of the director’s most heartfelt creations. Don’t miss the chance to see Corpse Bride it on the big screen! 

Possession is back for some Halloween Hangover encores with a 4K restoration thanks to our friends at Kino Lorber! Professional spy Mark (Sam Neill) returns to his West Berlin home to find his wife Anna (Isabelle Adjani, in a role that earned her a Best Actress win at Cannes Film Festival) insistent on a divorce. As Anna's frenzied behavior becomes ever more alarming, Mark discovers a truth far more sinister than his wildest suspicions. With its pulsating score, visceral imagery, and some of the most haunting performances ever captured on screen, Possession is cinematic delirium at its most intoxicating. Banned upon its original release in 1981, Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession is a stunningly choreographed nightmare of a marriage unraveling and one of the great WTF movies of all time. Don't miss it on the big screen!

Lived any good books lately? Cinematic Void is back at The Frida to headline Friday night of our Halloween Hangover Weekend as they present a special 30th anniversary screening of John Carpenter's In The Mouth Of Madness in a stunning brand new 4K resotration via Warner Brothers! When best-selling horror novelist Sutter Cane (Jürgen Prochnow) mysteriously vanishes, skeptical insurance investigator John Trent (Sam Neill) is sent to track him down. But as Trent digs deeper into Cane’s disappearance, he discovers a terrifying world where fiction infects reality, madness spreads like a virus, and the boundaries of existence dissolve into nightmare. A Lovecraftian and meta-cinematic mind warp, Carpenter’s cult classic is a supremely underrated descent into cosmic terror that also contains another one of his all-timer synth scores.

Our award-winning resident performance troupe K.A.O.S. returns for their celebrated all-costumed, all-choreographed, all-leg-kicking live shadowcast presentation of 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, performed on stage in front of the film! Director Jim (Don’t squeeze the…) Sharman’s cult classic stars Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon as Brad and Janet, two virginal small-town lovers whose car breaks down in the shadows of a creepy old castle, where they encounter an odd collective of “unconventional conventionalists” gathered to witness transvestite scientist’s Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s latest creation – a muscular man named Rocky. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including tap-dancing Columbia, rocking biker Eddie, and of course, the castle’s “Sweet Transvestite” himself, Frank-N-Furter! Adapted from the 1973 stage musical by Richard O’Brien, this glam cult classic is a cinematic experience unlike any other. Sing-along (and shout-along!) to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a classic that still packs houses almost 50 years since its release! Get your tickets now before it sells out! 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. Member discounts and Frida Cinema comp passes not valid.

Celebrate 40 years of mad science and midnight movie mayhem as our Halloween Hangover Series resurrects Stuart Gordon’s cult classic Re-Animator in a brand new 4K restoration! And to make it an extra special event, we are super excited to announce that Frida Cinema favorite, Barbara Crampton, will be in joining us for a post-screening Q&A to tell us all about her experiences making the film! When brilliant but deranged medical student Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs, in a career-defining performance) discovers a serum that brings the dead back to life, his experiments spiral from groundbreaking to grotesque. Soon, morgues overflow, limbs twitch, and body parts revolt in one of the most deliriously gory and darkly hilarious horror films ever made. Re-Animator is the gold standard for splatter horror and shouldn't be missed on the big screen with a packed audience! Get your tickets while they're still available! Please note: there is an added meet-and-greet VIP option to chat with (and have one item signed) by Barbara Crampton. Doors open at 6PM for this VIP ticket, and GA doors open at 7PM. The film will begin at 7:30PM! Because of this, Frida Cinema Member discounts and Frida Cinema comp passes are not valid to this option!

Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, Chain Reactions charts the film’s profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists--Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama. Through early memories, sensory experiences, and childhood trauma, the film creates a dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never-before-seen outtakes and delving into personal impressions triggered by distinct audiovisual formats (16mm, 35mm, VHS, digital), Chain Reactions goes to the heart of how a scruffy, no-budget independent film wormed its way into our collective nightmares and permanently altered the zeitgeist. Pair this up before or after our screenings of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre during our Halloween Hangover Weekend series for the ultimate deep dive into the 70s horror phenomenon!

The film that changed the horror genre forever is roaring back to life as we close out our Halloween Hangover Weekend with Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre—restored, remastered, and just as merciless as ever. What begins as an innocent summer road trip through rural Texas becomes a waking nightmare when a group of friends stumbles upon an isolated farmhouse—and the cannibalistic family that calls it home. Released in 1974, Hooper’s masterpiece shattered taboos and redefined the limits of on-screen terror. Filmed with documentary grit and a feverish sense of realism, it’s less of a movie and more of an unrelenting plunge into what feels like genuinely dangerous territory. Half a century later, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre remains unmatched on a visceral level. Seeing it on the big screen with a packed crowd feels like the only proper way to say goodbye to Spooky Season this year.