Fright Fest '24

Calling all ghouls, ghosts and, well, everyone who enjoys a good scare at Halloween! We've got some screenings to put goosebumps on your goosebumps this October, with everything from iconic classics to brand-new reimaginings.

And have we got a boo-tiful offer for you! Book three or more Fright Fest '24 screenings and get 20% off your tickets using the code FRIGHTFEST.

• Dementia-friendly Film: Little Shop of Horrors - 18 Oct

  Meek flower shop assistant Seymour pines for co-worker Audrey.

  During a total eclipse, he discovers an unusual plant he names Audrey II, which feeds only on human flesh and blood. The growing plant attracts a great deal of business for the previously struggling store. After Seymour feeds Audrey's boyfriend Orin to the plant, after Orin's accidental death, he must come up with more bodies for the increasingly bloodthirsty plant.

• Shaun of the Dead (2004, 15) - 18 & 19 Oct

  There comes a day in every man's life when he has to get off the couch… and kill some zombies.

  When flesh-eating zombies are on the hunt for a bite to eat, it's up to slacker Shaun (Simon Pegg) and his best pal (Nick Frost) to save their friends and family from becoming the next entree.

• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024, 15) - 19 & 23 Oct

  After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened.

• Beetlejuice (1988, 12A) - 21 Oct

  The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family moving into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.

• Godzilla (1954, PG) - 24 Oct

  A Scarborough Film Festival screening.

  The film that launched a legend! When a fire-breathing monster threatens Tokyo, Yamane’s daughter Emiko must persuade the secluded scientist Serizawa that a powerful weapon he's developed should be used to destroy it.

• Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969, 15) - 28 Oct

  Baron Frankenstein, with the aid of a young doctor and his fiancée, kidnaps Dr. Brandt in order to perform the first brain transplant operation.

• The Crow (1994, 15) - 29 Oct

  Eric Draven and his fiancée are murdered on the eve of their Halloween wedding. Exactly one year after their deaths, he's risen from the grave by a mysterious crow to seek out his killers and force them to answer for their crimes.

• The Crow (2024, 18) - 30 & 31 Oct

  Bill Skarsgård takes on the iconic role of The Crow in this modern reimagining of the original graphic novel by James O’Barr.

• ROH Live: Wolf Witch Giant Fairy - 31 Oct

  Following the Olivier Award-winning run in 2021 (Best Family Show), this 'enchantingly staged' folk opera (The Stage) comes to cinemas for the first time. Join the ragtag band of wild musicians as they guide all the family through this famous tale with new twists, turns, magic and song from The Royal Opera.

• Moviedrome: Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht (1979, 12A) - 1 Nov

  Werner Herzog’s much praised remake of the classic 1922 silent film based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

  Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror...

• Young Frankenstein (1974, 12A) - 2 Nov

  An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather wasn't as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body...

Book three or more Fright Fest '24 screenings and get 20% off your tickets using the code FRIGHTFEST - you can book online, by popping in, or over the phone on 01723 370 541.