As one swift look at our calendar indicates, this weekend you may as well just sleep in costume since there are so many (pre) Halloween parties around it is almost, well, scary.
Alternatively though (and this option is starting to seem more and more appealing to me, because there is no pressure like Halloween costume pressure) you can go the route of being scared in the dark, as you did when you were 7. Renting the "Exorcist" for umpteenth time or seeing "Saw V" are definitely options...but there are several "this week(end) only" movies you may want to consider not missing.
- Tonight, the psychotronic film society is having their annual hullabaloo tonight @ Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse. Its a marathon, movies are not announced yet, but it will be epic.
- Starting Friday E street is hosting a special engagement of Fears Of The Dark:
Spider legs brushing against naked skin. Unexplainable noises heard at night in a dark bedroom. A big empty house where you feel a presence. A hypodermic needle getting closer and closer. A dead thing trapped in a bottle of formaldehyde. So many scary moments we have experienced at some point in our lives... Six of the world's hottest graphic artists and cartoonists have breathed life into their nightmares, bleeding away color only to retain the starkness of light and the pitch black of shadows. Includes contributions from writers and directors Blutch, Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre di Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, Richard McGuire, Romain Slocombe, Jerry Kramsky and Michel Pirus. Their intertwined stories make up an unprecedented epic where phobias, disgust and nightmares come to life and reveal Fear at its most naked and intense
- The delightfully named "Transylvanian Concubines" are hosting special pre-Halloween midnight screenings of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at The UMD University Mall Theaters on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It costs 5 bucks to go. And, yes, costumes are encouraged. Just be aware, that no matter what, Tim Curry will still look better than you in fishnets.
- AFI Silver is, of course, pulling out all the stops starting with the (once again) Friday Screening of "Nosferatu, A Symphony Of Horror a 1922 silent classic with live music accompaniment.
Perfect date night if we ever saw one. Even if Abby hated it last year
- And then...over the course of the weekend as part of the "Halloween on Screen" series you get to see:
"rosemary's baby" (one of my all time favorites)
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"night of the living dead"
and finally, since nothing is perfect,
Movies we wish we could see on the big screen (and through a loosely knit scarf) this week include:
the original "halloween"
any 80s stephen king adaptations
a Dario Argento tribute of any kind
and Carrie (because Piper Laurie IS the scariest villain of all time)
if I missed something, let me/us know.
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