What to Know
- Cinespia at Hollywood Forever Cemetery and the Orpheum Theatre
- Oct. 5, 12, and 19 at Hollywood Forever; a special Halloween night screening will pirouette at the Orpheum Theatre in DTLA
- $24.11-$35.88 for the Hollywood Forever screenings; $37.94-$71.07 for the Orpheum evening
Halloween is still over two months away, but Halloween-inspired movies are already lurking just beyond our glance, the flicks that fill us with startles and thrills.
What we mean is this: Some of Southern California's most prominent venues and film series have begun to draw back the heavy velvet curtain on their October line-ups, giving film-loving ghouls the chance to buy tickets before tickets go bye-bye.
And bye, er, by the way, tickets for famous fright films do have a way of disappearing quicker than a vanishing ghost: "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas," a Cinespia treat scheduled for the final day of August, is sold out.
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But there are more Cinespia treats still to come: The film series, which has long made a summertime home at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, just announced its October 2024 line-up.
The first three Saturdays are devoted to some time-honored terrifiers: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," which is marking its 50th anniversary, brings the shrieks on Oct. 5 while "Trick 'r Treat" ups the eek factor Oct. 19.
The ever-charming "Coraline" is the not-so-scary favorite on the roster; prepare to pass into the Other World on Oct. 12.
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Cinespia is known for leaping into other locations now and then, and the Orpheum Theatre in DTLA will serve that role on Halloween night: "Suspiria," the dastardly dance fantasia, will haunt viewers Oct. 31. A party is also on the schedule, so do don your leotard or a colorful costume for the colorful evening.
"What better way to embrace the spooky season than by watching horror classics under the stars at a cemetery?" said John Wyatt, Founder of Cinespia.
"We're also thrilled to return to The Orpheum for the second consecutive year, hosting our fans on Halloween night for a special screening of the original 'Suspiria.'"
Tickets are on sale now at the Cinespia site.
