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October Sucks

This October, we unearth some of our favorite vampiric tales to celebrate horror cinema’s gothic roots. Featuring a 100th anniversary screening of one of the earliest depictions of Bram Stoker’s exsanguinating Count with live accompaniment, alongside nostalgic classics and modern masterpieces of the genre, this blood-drenched series is well worth sinking your teeth into.

THE HUNGER
Fri, Sep 30 | Mon, Oct 3

THE HUNGER

The story of a love triangle between a doctor who specializes in sleep and aging research (Susan Sarandon) and a vampire couple (Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie).
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Fri, Oct 7 | Sun, Oct 9

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

When grieving 18th century mortal Louis (Brad Pitt) accepts an offer of everlasting life from the charismatic vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise), he quickly realizes that his dark gift is also a curse that requires him to kill to survive. Screening in 35mm
BLACULA
Sat-Sun, Oct 8-9

BLACULA

During a visit to Transylvania to enlist Count Dracula’s help in stopping the 18th century slave trade, an African prince (William Marshall) is bitten and turned into a vampire. Sealed in a coffin for the next three centuries, “Blacula” reawakens to find himself in 1970s Los Angeles. Screening in 35mm
FRIGHT NIGHT
Wed, Oct 12 | Sat, Oct 15

FRIGHT NIGHT

High School student Charley Brewster has an unusual problem...his suave new neighbor Jerry is actually a bloodthirsty vampire, and he's got his fangs set on Charley's beloved Amy.
GANJA & HESS
Sat-Sun, Oct 15-16

GANJA & HESS

Flirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and the horror cinema, GANJA & HESS is a highly stylized and utterly original treatise on sex, religion, and African American identity.
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
Sun Oct 16 | Tue, Oct 18

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

A fragile, anxious 12-year-old boy who’s regularly bullied by his stronger classmates finds love and revenge through a beautiful but peculiar girl who moves in next door.
NOSFERATU with live score by Eve Maret, Dream Chambers, and Belly Full of Stars
Mon, Oct 24 at 8:00pm

NOSFERATU with live score by Eve Maret, Dream Chambers, and Belly Full of Stars

This prototypical vampire film––an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula—follows an estate agent who’s tasked with finding a house for the mysterious and horrifying Count Orlok. Celebrating its 100th Anniversary this year.
THE LOST BOYS
Fri, Oct 28 | Mon, Oct 31

THE LOST BOYS

New 4K Restoration — A family looking to make a new start in coastal California finds they’re in over their heads—because Santa Carla is a beautiful town, but there are all those vampires. With Dianne Wiest, the Coreys, lots of sexy people, and the scariest saxophone player ever.
BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA
Sat-Sun, Oct 29-30

BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA

Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins star in director Francis Ford Coppola's visually stunning, passionately seductive version of the classic Dracula legend.

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