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The Belcourt Theatre
October 18-31, 2025

Shocktober

Shocktober

Our nightmarish menagerie of seasonal scares is back with this delicious descent into serial killing psychos, Satanic Panic, stop-motion bedtime stories and scream-inducing supernatural cinema.

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Past Screenings

12 Hours of Terror
Sat, Oct 18 at 10:00pm

12 Hours of Terror

That scent of brimstone tickling your nostrils can mean only one thing: it’s time for the most essential overnight movie marathon of the season.
Satanic Panic Seminar: The Politics of Fear
Mon, Oct 20 | 7:00-8:00pm

Satanic Panic Seminar: The Politics of Fear

From late-night talk shows and courtroom dramas to heavy metal lyrics and horror cinema, the Satanic Panic of the ‘80s and ’90s seized the American imagination. In this special Shocktober seminar, we’ll explore how ritual magic, conspiracy and mass media coalesced into a cultural phenomenon that blurred the boundaries between fantasy, faith and fear.
TRICK OR TREAT (35mm)
Mon, Oct 20 at 8:00pm

TRICK OR TREAT (35mm)

A bullied metalhead obtains a mysterious demo record of a recently deceased rock star with startling consequences in this heavy metal horror featuring cameos from Gene Simmons and the recently-departed Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne. Screening in 35mm
POLTERGEIST
Tue, Oct 21 at 9:30pm

POLTERGEIST

Steve Freeling moves his family into a new housing development — but when strange things start happening, what once felt like a benign presence begins manifesting in truly horrifying ways in director Tobe Hooper’s Steven Spielberg-produced generation-scarring frightfest.
ZODIAC
Wed, Oct 22 at 8:20pm

ZODIAC

This superbly crafted, epic thriller from director David Fincher follows the true story of the notorious serial killer who terrorized San Francisco throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s — and the investigators and journalists whose vows to uncover the killer’s identity became a decades-long obsession.
AMERICAN PSYCHO
Thu, Oct 23 at 9:30pm

AMERICAN PSYCHO

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his psychopathic alter-ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies in this transgressive adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s scorched-earth yuppie satire.
THE OMEN
Fri, Oct 24 at 2:00pm, 9:45pm

THE OMEN

An American couple living in England fear they've given birth to the Antichrist when their young son commits shockingly evil deeds.
CORPSE BRIDE
Sat, Oct 25 at 11:50am, 9:45pm

CORPSE BRIDE

Director Tim Burton returns to the world of stop-motion animation with this adaptation of a 19th-century Russian folktale about a young man who mistakenly marries a corpse instead of his intended fiancée.
THE WITCH
Sun, Oct 26 at 9:45pm

THE WITCH

In 1630 New England, panic and despair envelops a farmer, his wife and their children when the youngest son Samuel suddenly vanishes. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, family members accuse teenage daughter Thomasin of witchcraft. A modern horror masterpiece from director Robert Eggers.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE
Tue, Oct 28 at 4:45pm, 9:30pm

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE

A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world in this iconically camp homoerotic sequel.
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Wed-Thu, Oct 29-30 at 10:00pm | Fri-Sat, Oct 31-Nov 1 at Midnight

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

50th Anniversary screenings with live shadow cast Little Morals! This fast-paced potpourri of camp, sci-fi and rock 'n' roll tracks the exploits of naïve couple Brad and Janet after they stumble upon the lair of transvestite Dr. Frank-N-Furter. 18+ only.

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