YOU ARE WHO YOU EAT

25th anniversary! Directed by Antonia Bird, RAVENOUS compares American colonialism and capitalism to the insatiable bloodlust of cannibalism. When Captain John Boyd (Guy Pearce) investigates reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer in 1840s California, he finds frostbitten survivor Colqhoun (Robert Carlyle)—but can Colqhoun’s mad story about a bloodthirsty Colonel Ives be trusted? Co-starring Joseph Runningfox and Sheila Tousey, and remixing vampire tropes alongside stories of the Donner Party, “Colorado Cannibal” Alferd Packer, and the Algonquian Wendigo, RAVENOUS is a smart and bloody good cult classic in its own class, featuring a delectable score by Michael Nyman and Damon Albarn.

Part of our annual horror series All Monsters Attack!

“In an age of fast-food horror films, Ravenous is that rare and well-seasoned meal that leaves you hungry for more. Eat it up.” Joe McGovern, Entertainment Weekly

“A gourmet dish for midnight movie ghouls.” Geoff Andrew, Time Out

“It’s one crazy-ass movie…” Paul Tatara, CNN.com

A first-of-its-kind, surrealistic thriller/horror performed by fleshy, life-size puppets. Featuring the talents of James Marsters, Robert Englund, Jordan Peele, Hana Mae Lee, Christopher McDonald, and Sid Haig.

Les Hackel (Marsters) is a guy down on his luck who wakes to find an explosive device has been implanted in his neck. He must carry out heinous crimes in order to stay alive while trying to identify the mastermind manipulating the now twisted and strange world around him.

Part of our annual horror series All Monsters Attack!

“Abruptio certainly offers fans something completely different and unique, making it a welcome breath of fresh air in an age of endless sequels, remakes, and reboots… Put simply, this is a film that’s just too weird to ignore.” David Gelmini, Dread Central

“The phrase, ‘You’ve never seen anything like this,’ tends to be grossly overused in movie reviews. But I can assure you, in this case, it’s objectively true… With impressive creativity and craftsmanship, Abruptio is astonishing — a film full of puppets that probes the depth of humanity. It will draw many viewers in on the strength of its unique gimmick. But rest assured; it’s far from a one-trick pony.” Stephanie Malone, Morbidly Beautiful

A legendary cult favorite from the director of THE DOLL SQUAD, THE CORPSE GRINDERS is a horror classic crammed full of jaw-dropping twists, mind-scrambling surprises and a self-aware sense of humor that became one of filmmaker Ted V. Mikels’ trademarks. Co-written by Arch Hall Sr. (EEGAH) and Joseph Cranston (THE CRAWLING HAND).

The Lotus Cat Food Company has hit major financial trouble and is on the verge of closing, until the owners realize they can use bodies from the local graveyard to fill their tins. As their latest product hits the shelves, it’s revealed to have an unintentional result: every cat that eats it is transformed into a bloodthirsty brute with an unending hunger for human flesh!

Plays with INTESTINES FROM SPACE (1978), a comedy short by The Langley Punks from Washington, DC. Drunken rock losers pick up hitchhiking hot babes, only to encounter hostile interplanetary innards.

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“…an entertaining little flick that feels as if Ed Wood directed a script by Herschell Gordon Lewis.” Alex DiVincenzo, Broke Horror Fan

“Batshit-senseless” Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine

“Fog, sweat, mold, blood, food, bums, cheesecake (not the kind you eat), fake sign language, and killer kitty-cats — all of these things spell LEGIT. …A writhing monument to independent weirdness.” Joseph A. Ziemba, Bleeding Skull

Second and third showings added due to popular demand! Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music. Created by an independent cinema owner for independent cinemas! Silents Synced will be available to book exclusively for independents and drive-ins only! The first film features Radiohead’s KID A (2000) and AMNESIAC (2001) paired with NOSFERATU.

In the horror classic, NOSFERATU, the mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen. After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok’s servant, Knock, prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.

Part of our annual horror series All Monsters Attack!

“Watching Nosferatu is like standing in the same room as death itself.” Rob Humanick, Slant Magazine

“So this is it: ground zero, the birth of horror cinema.” Tom Huddleston, Time Out

LITTLE MONSTERS tells the story of Brian (Fred Savage), a sixth-grader who’s recently moved to a new town and made friends with Maurice (Howie Mandel) — the monster who lives under Brian’s bed! Maurice introduces Brian to the world of monsters, where junk food rules, adults aren’t allowed, and the fun and games never end. But when Brian’s brother is kidnapped, it’s time for Brian to get serious and fight the monsters on their turf in this zany cult favorite.

Part of our annual horror series All Monsters Attack!

“Little Monsters is a part of that kids movie period where the movies aimed at young audiences didn’t patronize or water everything down… a very entertaining and sweet little buddy comedy that adds a dimension to the monsters under the bed myth… a definite gateway title for blossoming horror fans.” Felix Vasquez, Cinema Crazed

Presented by SECS Fest! In 1975, Curt McDowell and writer/actor George Kuchar created the exceptionally perverse and utterly brilliant THUNDERCRACK!, a film not recommended for those with tender sensibilities.

Witness if you dare… THUNDERCRACK!… the world’s only underground kinky art adult horror film, complete with four men, three women and rampaging circus animals. With the initial setup of an atmospheric gothic tale — a dark and stormy night breakdown featuring a creepy old house on the hill — it quickly turns into an eerie orgy of graphic humor, horror and sex. A tour de force of underground filmmaking with a plot beyond description, this film fully exposes itself with amazing dialogue and trash-noir lighting through which to peer at the pickles, the puke and the polymorphs.

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*No one under 18 admitted.*

“The cult classic of weirdo hardcore, an irresistibly infuriating bad taste whip of raunch and skewed melodrama, like a very horny Soap, that quite literally leaves you unsure of whether you’re coming or going.” Time Out

“This is a full-blown, near-perfect parody which cobbles together a cast of Irwin Allenesque characters, and then steeps them in hardcore sex and disturbing imagery, until it becomes a twisted, Old Dark House-style soap opera… Without question, Thundercrack! is one of the great underground sleaze epics, and a touchstone for all independent filmmakers to come!” Steven Puchalski, Shock Cinema Magazine

William Kennedy Memorial Screening!

When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new shows for his sleazy cable TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyperviolent torture show called Videodrome. As he struggles to unearth the origins of the program, he embarks on a hallucinatory journey into a shadow world of right-wing conspiracies, sadomasochistic sex games, and bodily transformation. Starring James Woods and Debbie Harry, with groundbreaking special effects makeup by Rick Baker, VIDEODROME is one of David Cronenberg’s most original and provocative works, fusing social commentary with shocking elements of sex and violence.

In June 2021, Seattle lost one of its most dedicated cinephiles, William Kennedy. One of Bill’s final wishes was that people gather to watch VIDEODROME in his memory. A portion of the proceeds from this screening will be donated to Evergreen Playhouse in Centralia, where Bill performed in several productions prior to moving to Seattle.

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“Videodrome has lost none of its power to disturb, none of its potency as a catalyst for meaningful introspection… It remains the rare breed of sociological provocation that might change minds. It’s a looking glass. It’s a masterpiece.” Walter Chaw, RogerEbert.com

40th anniversary! In Wes Craven’s classic slasher film, several Midwestern teenagers fall prey to Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), a disfigured midnight mangler who preys on the teenagers in their dreams — which, in turn, kills them in reality. After investigating the phenomenon, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) begins to suspect that a dark secret kept by her and her friends’ parents may be the key to unraveling the mystery, but can Nancy and her boyfriend Glen solve the puzzle before it’s too late?

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“Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street rightfully earns its place as a classic… From the moment [Freddy Krueger] pierced through the silver screen, he changed the course of slasher films forever and left us with a spine-chilling question to keep us up at night: what if it isn’t all ‘just a dream’?” Rae Torres, Collider

Are you ready to get Freako? Mischief, puppets and absurdist humor come together in Frankie Freako, a new monster-driven horror comedy by cult-favorite director Steven Kostanski (PG: PSYCHO GOREMAN, THE VOID).

After calling a late-night party hotline that promises out-of-this-world fun, uptight yuppie Conor Sweeney must battle the pint-sized forces of evil unleashed through his phone line, led by the maniacal rock n’ roll goblin, FRANKIE FREAKO.

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“It’s delightful, it’s silly, and it’s often extremely entertaining. If you yearn for a fun retro throwback to the era of Boglins, pay-per-minute infomercials, and beige yuppie suburban households, this is the film for you.” Joe Lipsett, Bloody Disgusting

“Frankie Freako is freakin’ fun! There is a playful nihilism that keeps the viewer on its toes, never quite knowing where the film is going, but eager for the journey.” J Hurtado, ScreenAnarchy

50th anniversary! When her boyfriend is brutally murdered, after refusing to be shaken down by the local gangsters running their protection racket, Sugar Hill decides not to get mad, but BAD! Calling upon the help of aged voodoo queen Mama Maitresse, Sugar entreats her to call upon Baron Zamedi, the Lord of the Dead, for help in gaining a gruesome revenge. In exchange for her soul, the Dark Master raises up a zombie army to do her bidding. The bad guys who thought they were getting away clean are about to find out that they’re DEAD wrong.

Part of our annual horror series All Monsters Attack!

“Of all the zombie movies that released in the wake of George A. Romero’s game-changing Night of the Living Dead, 1974’s Sugar Hill remains one of the most underseen outliers. A unique blend of exploitation film and Southern gothic horror.” Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting

Nicolas Cage dives deep into undead absurdity in this campy cult classic. Peter is a money-hungry publishing executive in Reagan-era New York. After meeting a mysterious young woman who bites him during an exotic escapade, Peter becomes convinced he has become a vampire and loses himself to increasingly unhinged behavior and bloodlust. A totally bonkers bonanza of Cage explosions, VAMPIRE’S KISS is one of the weirdest bloodsucking films ever. See it in all its batty glory via this new 4K remaster.

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“The screwy, punk flipside of American Psycho.” Jake Cole, Slant Magazine

“What really makes this worth seeing is Cage’s outrageously unbridled performance.” Jonathan Rosenbaum, The Chicago Reader

BLADE II takes everything that you loved about the action-horror fun machine known as BLADE — Wesley Snipes wearing sunglasses, Wesley Snipes driving cool cars, and Wesley Snipes destroying vampires — and multiplies it by a thousand while adding beautiful visuals courtesy of director Guillermo del Toro who filters Blade’s pulp origins through a gothic haze of Mario Bava-esque neon, setting the stage for one of the greatest pop-horror action adventure movies to date. Co-presented by Kung Fu Clubhouse!

After searching for an old friend, Blade must align himself with a high-powered team of vampires to take on a greater evil than either has ever faced—a new kind of super-vampire that is itself on a vicious hunt to eradicate both races. Co-starring Ron Perlman and the late Kris Kristofferson.

Part of our annual horror series All Monsters Attack!

“A B-picture in love with the zest of its comic-book origins, it embodies that medium’s pulse-pounding spiritedness and silliness.” Elvis Mitchell, The New York Times

“Blade II is a really rather brilliant vomitorium of viscera, a comic book with dreams of becoming a textbook for mad surgeons. There are shots here of the insides of vampires that make your average autopsy look like a slow afternoon at Supercuts.” Roger Ebert

60th anniversary in memory of Roger Corman! In this classic Corman adaptation of one of Edgar Allan Poe’s seminal stories, the evil Prince Prospero (Vincent Price), a medieval Italian prince, devoted to the pursuit of evil and the worship of Satan, enjoys the high life in his eerie country castle as the Red Plague destroys the peasant population around him. Featuring stunning cinematography by Nicolas Roeg.

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“High camp meets high art in this cheeky Roger Corman flesh-fest that aspires to lofty ideals. A marvel.” Kevin Maher, The Times (UK)

“An expressionist horror-ballet… The Masque of the Red Death moves with a sinuous, unselfconscious elegance.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

After getting into an auto accident with an old man, Paul brings the man back to his apartment to heal him. When the old man mysteriously vanishes, Paul finds himself alone with a curious possession the man had left behind: a jar containing some sort of embryonic creature; a creature that consumes Paul’s mind, leading to an onslaught of inexplicable hallucinations that plague Paul at every turn.

CHARON, aka THE JAR, was released by Magnum Entertainment in 1984 and was omnipresent in video rental stores. While the film was shot in scope, the distributor released it in a butchered cropped presentation, cutting out about half of the intended frame in a murky VHS transfer. Now, 40 years later, this new restoration from Terror Vision finally offers director Bruce Toscano’s unique vision in all its beautiful, color-drenched glory, as it was always meant to be seen.

Director Bruce Toscano will be present for a live Q&A along with writer George Bradley joining virtually! Part of our annual horror series All Monsters Attack!

“Though foolishly in the past tossed aside as a ‘poor man’s Eraserhead’ or other such silliness, The Jar is an astonishingly singular work of harrowing personal expression that will in equal parts confound, enrage, enrapture, endear, and eventually swallow you whole if you let yourself plug into its otherworldly wavelength.” William Morris, Oscarbate Film Collective

“Imagine if Jodorowsky, Lynch and Argento shot a film together while tripping mushrooms in early 1980s Denver! Shot on 35mm, transfered to video, released/mangled on VHS, lost for almost 40 years. This psychotronic mind-bending nightmare has to be seen to be believed!” Theresa Mercado, Vinegar Syndrome / Scream Screen

Driven by an overwhelming desire to have a son, the wicked undertaker Zé do Caixão (Coffin Joe) embarks on a search to find the perfect woman to bear his child. Nothing and no one will get in the way of his blood-splattered quest to propagate his bloodline and secure his only chance at immortality! Defying both military dictatorship and religious censorship to become Brazil’s first horror film, writer/director/star José Mojica Marins’ AT MIDNIGHT I’LL TAKE YOUR SOUL is an unforgettable gothic horror classic that introduced the world to the legendary Coffin Joe.

Then, in the even more outrageous sequel, THIS NIGHT I’LL POSSES YOUR CORPSE, Marins’ unholy undertaker embarks on an even more brutal campaign of terror. Aided and abetted by his hunchbacked assistant Bruno, will Coffin Joe finally be successful in his quest to find the perfect woman to bear his child?

In Portuguese with English subtitles.

Part of our annual horror series All Monsters Attack!

“The birth of Brazilian horror as a direct act of blasphemy.” Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

From the mind of Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, co-writer and star of HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS, LAKE MICHIGAN MONSTER is a visually inventive, absurdist cryptozoology tale that combines the spirits of Lovecraft, Raimi, and MST3K and is guaranteed to appeal to the big kid in all of us. Shot on a shoestring budget in black and white, this irreverent ode to classic monster movies of yesteryear finds Captain Seafield (writer/director Ryland Brickson Cole Tews) wishing to slay the hellish sea monster prowling the murky depths. As Seafield’s vengeful obsession with the creature that killed his father consumes him, can his colorful crew hold the show together? Winner of the Audience Award for Best International Feature at the 2019 Fantasia Festival!

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“If the creator of Spongebob Squarepants took all the drugs and created a Halloween episode, it’d look a lot like Lake Michigan Monster.” Joshua Speiser, Film Threat

“It’s a woozy, briny daydream. a gleefully idiotic antidote to everything. Lake Michigan Monster literally makes no sense, and that’s why you need to just hold your breath and dive in.” Richard Whittaker, The Austin Chronicle

HAPPY GNAWLIDAYS!

In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

Created by Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, the duo behind the modern cult hit LAKE MICHIGAN MONSTER (2018).

“Starts strange, gets stranger, and yet remains resolutely adorable… embraces the defiant glee of art cinema and distills it into something so thoroughly pure and sincere that it is surely hard not to fall in love with it.” Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Alliance of Women Film Journalists

“It’s sure to develop a significant cult following with its unique mix of silent-era slapstick, animation elements, theme-park-style critter costumes, and general air of inspired absurdity.” Dennis Harvey, Variety

“Steroidally swollen with gags and smarts.” Guy Maddin

50th anniversary! A parody that’s become as much of a classic as the movie that inspired it, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN isn’t just one of the best horror-comedies of all time, it’s one of the best comedies, period. Gene Wilder gives a full-tilt performance as the mad doctor’s even madder grandson, alongside Marty Feldman as the doctor’s wacky assistant Igor (pronounced Eye-gor) and Peter Boyle as their tap-dancing creation. Add in Cloris Leachman and Teri Garr in delightfully silly supporting roles, and you’ve got a highly quotable screwball classic.

Part of our annual horror series All Monsters Attack!

“This black-and-white parody of the Karloff classic is the most cinematically assured, coherent and (relatively speaking) tasteful of Brooks’s films.” Paul D. Zimmerman, Newsweek

The singular chiller that rocked the religious nation of Indonesia, restored from the original camera negative! In 1980, exploitation studio Rapi Films and writer/director Sisworo Gautama Putra (PRIMITIVES, THE WARRIOR) transformed the country’s genre film industry with one of the most groundbreaking shockers in Asian horror history. While mourning the death of his mother, a troubled teen discovers a nightmare world of restless spirits, supernatural vengeance and occult terror.

In Indonesian with English subtitles.

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“Hugely influential to a generation of filmmakers.” Fantasia Film Festival

A found-footage horror movie 20 years in the making. Never to be released online. Can only be seen in theaters.

When two scary movie fanatics buy an abandoned duplex to shoot their next indie horror film in, they are delighted to find the dilapidated property is even creepier than it appears. Putting their years of horror filmmaking and amateur ghost hunting to use, they team up with an old friend to document the cult of random strangers who gather outside the building in a zombie-like trance. As the three friends gleefully chase their obsession with the supernatural, their investigation becomes an increasingly ecstatic quest to see just how scary their real-life horror movie can get.

Part of our annual horror series All Monsters Attack!

“An increasingly uncomfortable descent into the weird, guaranteed to have you leaving the theater chilled.” Matt Konopka, Dread Central

“From its first unflinching moments to the unanswered questions of its conclusion, [this] is the kind of horror that leaves you feeling immersed, unsafe, and afraid to be left in the dark.” Grace Detwiler, Rue Morgue

40th anniversary screening in anaglyph 3D! Glasses provided upon admission.

One of the few slashers produced during the early 1980s revival of 3D movies, SILENT MADNESS knows exactly what audiences want. And it delivers. A glitch in the computer system at an asylum for the criminally insane results in the release of the wrong patient – a homicidal maniac named Howard Johns. It’s up to Joan Gilmore (Belinda Montgomery, DYNASTY), one of the institute’s top doctors, to track him down as the killings begin. Utilizing dreamy gelled lighting, excellent 3-D photography from Gerald Feil (FRIDAY THE 13TH PART III), and over-the-top kills, SILENT MADNESS is a blast from beginning to end.

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“Synths are ravishing. Grit is ingrained. Photography complements the 3-D novelty, resulting in kill scenes that are much more creative than the ones in Friday the 13th 3-D.” Joseph A. Ziemba, Bleeding Skull!

Natalie, a vampire killed by Buffy (yes, that Buffy), calls to her sister Lorelei from beyond the undead grave and demands revenge. However, Lorelei has been trapped in a coffin for five years–how can she possibly get back at Buffy and all her sorority sisters? Luckily, lured by the promise of an abandoned porno stash, a bunch of kids pry open the coffin to release weakened vampire Lorelei…who is no longer strong enough to bite necks, so she must bite her victims in the posterior!

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“This movie feels less like a narrative movie and more like someone made a Dark Brothers or Rinse Dream adult movie mainstream, giving it constant blasts of words and images and a ghost man in a closet and vampires who can move through the timestream and random music video sequences where people are encouraged to ‘Bite Her In the Butt!’” BandSAboutMovies.com

Never released on DVD! Only on VHS! Only $3!

Come cozy up with us and settle in for some Halloween stories while scarfing down some pizza.

For this year’s triple feature pizza party, we’ve got three terrifying tales revolving around All Hallows’ Eve, featuring creepy castles, vengeful spirits, and spooky cemeteries. The titles are a secret though, so you won’t find out what sinister stories will unfold before you until right before the lights go down.

Our regular concessions will be available for purchase at the beginning of the party and throughout the night. The main course will arrive following the first feature. And in addition to satiating the more carnivorous appetites, we’ll have options for our vegetarian and vegan friends too.

Part of our annual horror series All Monsters Attack!

Please note: This event is exempt from our masked matinee policy. Though still encouraged, masks are not required for this event.

Hello, kiddies! The Crypt-Keeper made his jump to the big SCREAM with this ghoulish tale featuring an all-SCAR cast of character HACKtors in one of the most underrated horror films of the ’90s, directed by Ernest R. Dickerson.

Ex-soldier Frank Brayker (William Sadler) is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector (Billy Zane) is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse. On the run from wicked mercenaries for almost 90 years, Brayker finally stops in at a boarding house in New Mexico where — with the help of its residents — he plans to face off against the Collector and his band of ghouls, preventing them from ever seizing the key. Don’t miss one of these rare 35mm screenings!

Part of our annual horror series All Monsters Attack!

“Between scenes of splattering gore in which severed heads literally roll across the floor, the movie has a good time spoofing itself and a gallery of mostly sleazy characters who confront a crew of blood-thirsty demons.” Stephen Holden, The New York Times

Ultra rare 35mm screenings of Clive Barker’s classic tale of terror!

In the singular first feature directed by the one-of-a-kind horror/fantasy author Clive Barker, Frank (Sean Chapman) inadvertently opens a portal to hell when he tinkers with a box he bought while abroad. The act unleashes gruesome beings called Cenobites, who tear Frank’s body apart. When his brother’s family moves into their ancestral home, they find themselves at the mercy of Frank’s reanimated corpse, demanding blood to create fresh flesh on his bones before he’s found by the Cenobites, including Doug Bradley’s infamous Pinhead. Brimming with perverse sexual tension and exquisitely gross practical effects, HELLRAISER creates a wholly unique world that viscerally lives and breathes, slowly oozing new life into the darkest corners of existence in every frame.

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“Horror is at its best when it’s relentless. Clive Barker knows this, and his debut feature as director is so gleefully vicious, so relentlessly grim that it’s going to be very hard for fans of the genre not to like it.” William Thomas, Empire Magazine

A secret triple bill of twisted pre-Code horror classics plus period shorts — all on 16mm and in less than four hours!

From the infernal depths of their secret film vault, The Sprocket Society has exhumed three of the most infamous horror movies of their time. Journey into a depraved nightmare of brutality, murder and perversion, early 1930s Hollywood style.

These short and sick tales of transgression were once censored in Seattle and, even after 90 years, still shock today. Witness the unspeakable cruelty of dangerous lunatics! A slum-dwelling mad scientist! An incestuous necrophiliac Satanist! A sadistic power-crazed genius and his sex-crazed offspring! Spooky shorts and cartoons from the same era will precede each feature.

You will be scarred forever, for there is no escape from…the Secret Vault of Terror!

Part of our annual horror series All Monsters Attack!

“A truly horrible and nauseating bit of extreme sadism.” Variety

“One of the most shocking instances of violence in early sound cinema.” Stephen Prince, Classical Film Violence

“Unbridled, salacious, subversive, and just plain bizarre.” Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood