The buzzy new horror film Traumatika is making its way to The Frida Cinema for two late-night showings! Please note: this film is being described as very disturbing and “extremely violent and gruesome.” Viewer discretion is advised.
The story follows a child named Mikey, whose night terrors have become a reality when his mother begins showing signs of demonic possession. What he’s about to experience will haunt him for the rest of his life and claim countless lives across generations.
Playing at film festivals like Frightfest, Sitges, Grimmfest, and MorBido, Traumatika has gained quite the reputation for scaring audiences all around the world.
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This October 4th, join us for three films in the Halloween trilogy back to back to back as we bring the Shape home to Haddonfield! First up: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.
After surviving a fiery trap at the end of Halloween II, Michael Myers awakens from a comatose state and escapes custody while being transferred to Smith’s Grove. His destination is inevitable: Haddonfield. This time, his focus is Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris), the young daughter of his late sister Laurie Strode. As Michael stalks Jamie through the small Illinois town, Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) once again takes up the hunt, desperate to stop his eternal nemesis before Halloween night ends in blood.
With Danielle Harris delivering one of the great child performances in horror and Donald Pleasence embodying doom as only he could, Halloween 4 reignited the series, setting the stage for the darker, stranger chapters that followed.
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Our day of Michael Myers concludes with Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers!
Six years after the bloody events of Halloween 5, Michael Myers has once again returned to Haddonfield. But this time, his murderous path is bound to an ancient evil. A now-grown Tommy Doyle (Paul Rudd, in his film debut)—the boy once babysat by Laurie Strode—teams with Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence, in his final performance) to uncover the truth behind Michael’s immortality. Their investigation reveals the chilling “Curse of Thorn,” a sinister cult that has driven Michael’s reign of terror for decades.
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers stands as both a fascinating time capsule of ’90s horror and one of the most divisive, yet enduring, entries in the franchise. Join us make your mind up for yourself!
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Next up in our Halloween series is Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, the chilling continuation of the saga.
Picking up directly after the shocking events of Halloween 4, young Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris) is left traumatized after her encounter with her murderous uncle. Though seemingly catatonic, she now shares a mysterious psychic link with Michael Myers—an evil presence who, of course, survived his last brush with death. As the Shape returns to Haddonfield for yet another blood-soaked October 31st, Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) grows increasingly desperate to stop him, no matter the cost.
With a stormy climax and Michael more brutal than ever, Halloween 5 is a relentless reminder that the night he came home never truly ends.
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Do you like scary movies?
Wes Craven’s Scream, the film that redefined the entire horror genre, slashes its way back onto our screen this Halloween!
The sleepy town of Woodsboro is shaken by a string of brutal murders committed by a masked killer known as Ghostface. At the center is Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), a teenager still reeling from her mother’s unsolved murder a year earlier. As Ghostface stalks her and her friends, Sidney must navigate suspicion, trauma, and a mounting body count—all while horror-savvy classmates riff on the “rules” of surviving a scary movie.
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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.
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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!
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Werner Herzog’s only horror film, Nosferatu The Vampyre, is finally coming to The Frida Cinema!
It is 1850 in the beautiful, perfectly-kept town of Wismar. Jonathan Harker (Bruno Ganz) is leaving on a long journey over the Carpathian Mountains to finalize real estate arrangements with a wealthy nobleman. His wife Lucy (Isabelle Adjani) begs him not to go and is troubled by a strong premonition of danger. Despite her warnings, Jonathan arrives four weeks later at a large, gloomy castle. Out of the mist appears a pale, wraith-like figure with deep-sunken eyes who identifies himself as Count Dracula (Klaus Kinski). The events that transpire slowly convince Harker that he is in the presence of a vampire. Even still, he doesn’t realize the magnitude of danger he, his wife and his town are about to experience.
A dreamlike homage to F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent classic, Nosferatu The Vampyre conjures a world where dread seeps into every frame—an atmosphere of fevered melancholy now revived in a new 4K restoration thanks to our friends at American Genre Film Archive!
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“They’re back…and hungrier than ever.”
Experience George A. Romero’s legendary tale of flesh-eating terror like never before with the brand new Uncensored Cut of Tom Savini’s Night of the Living Dead (1990)! This chilling reimagining of Romero’s classic drags audiences into a relentless fight for survival where the dead refuse to stay buried, and trust is as fragile as the boarded-up walls of an abandoned farmhouse.
Making this event truly unmissable, actors Patricia Tallman, William Butler, and Heather Mazur will be appearing in person for an exclusive post-screening Q&A! After the discussion, the actors will be on hand to meet fans and sell autographs/memorabilia.
Patricia is offering an exclusive pre-order for her Hollywood memoir, Pleasure Thresholds, at a discounted rate. The purchase includes a personalized autograph following the screening! More details here: https://b5events.com/frida/
This program is a venue rental engagement. Member discounts and Frida Cinema comp passes not valid. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff.
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Directed and co-written by acclaimed actress Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), The Balconettes is her audacious second feature. Co-scripted with Céline Sciamma, it melds comedy, horror, thriller in a genre-smashing good time!
The story is set in a heat wave that brings a Marseille neighborhood to the boil, where three roommates gleefully meddle in the lives of their neighbors from their balcony. Until a late night drink turns into a bloody affair…
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