This Week in Screenings 10/4-10/10
Friday 10/4
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 | Galaxy Theatre
They just played the first one if you saw that.
Aren’t there like three of these?
Blazing Saddles | Blue Starlite Central
Mel Brooks Western Race Comedy.
The Craft | Blue Starlite Central
Cool teen witch movie.
Nosferatu with RADIOHEAD | Blue Starlite Central | Downtown
They did this at Eastside Cinema but now it’s making the rounds.
DOGRA MAGRA | Austin Film Society
Part of the Lates series.
From the director of Funeral Parade of Roses.
MEMORIES OF MURDER | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Sorry y’all, it’s sold out.
Saturday 10/5
Hocus Pocus | Blue Starlite Central
Cool adult witch movie for kids.
Jurassic Park | Texas Science & Natural History Museum
An outdoor screening of this science movie.
With closed captioning.
If you really wanted to watch Furious 7 in a theater now is your chance.
Shock Treatment | We Luv Video
The follow up to Rocky Horror Picture show.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Lake Creek 7
Speaking of…
Sunday 10/6
Controversial movie.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Alamo Drafthouse
Y’all can go see this if you want but I won’t be going because I was recently gifted a Blu-ray copy.
You can also watch Part 1 at the Galaxy.
The Monster Squad | Flix Brewhouse
Universal Monsters vs Teens.
From back when they made PG13 movies for kids.
So be warned.
Fun movie about planes.
The best of this series.
Monday 10/7
Rated R 2hrs and 3 min.
Very Paul Schrader movie.
Nosferatu (1922) | Alamo Drafthouse
See the silent movie with a live score.
Tuesday 10/8
One of their teen screenings.
I think the teens are gonna love this one.
Smurfs are asexual.
I haven’t seen this but I didn’t think it was a spooky type of ghost story.
Could be wrong.
Ghostbusters | Blue Starlite Downtown
If there’s something strange in your neighborhood…
1975 documentary part of the ongoing Frederick Wiseman series.
These sound dry on paper but they really aren’t.
Part of the Terror Tuesday series.
Carl Theodor Dryer’s vampire movie but spelled differently.
DON'T LET THE RIVERBEAST GET YOU! | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
For fans of deadpan comedy, absurdist humor, universal monsters, low budget horror, and most of all enthusiastic presenters.
Wednesday 10/9
Big week for Mel Brooks with two comedies back on screens.
I heard they are making a sequel to this.
There are so many interesting and different options for scary movies in theaters this month.
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Meta horror movie about Nosferatu.
Watch it before the new Nosferatu comes out.
Part of the Weird Wednesday series.
For fans of costume fighting movies.
Thursday 10/10
The Addams Family | Blue Starlite Central
The live action one.
THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME | Austin Film Society
Led Zepplin concert movie in 35mm.
DEATH BECOMES HER | EastSide Cinema
Presented by Roxy Horror Picture Show along with special guest Coco Coquette.
Includes a costume contest.
THIR13EN GHOSTS | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Can you spot all 13?
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