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Vidiots Halloween Screenings

Halloween 2024 Programming: Vidiots goes horror-heavy with their October programming especially during the final weeks of the month. A little bit of everything is on the menu: classics (The Haunting), comedy (Young Frankenstein), cult (Donnie Darko), cartoons (The Book of Life), and crap (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2), along with foreign ([REC]) and blaxploitation (Sugar Hill) for good measure. The rare chance to see the immensely entertaining 1974 zombie movie Sugar Hill in 35mm is not to be taken lightly!

Schedule:

  • Young Frankenstein – October 5 @4pm
  • Practical Magic – October 5 @7pm
  • [REC] – October 10 @10:45pm
  • The Exorcist – October 12 @7pm
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 – October 12 @9:55pm
  • Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein – October 13 @1:15pm
  • Plante of the Apes (1968) – October 13 @ 4pm
  • From Dusk Till Dawn – October 15 @ 7:30pm
  • The Book of Life – October 17 @ 7pm
  • Bride of Chucky – October 17 @ 9:45pm
  • Donnie Darko – Ocotber 18 @ 7pm
  • The Fall – October 18 @ 9:50pm
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) – October 19 @ 7pm
  • Sugar Hill – October 19 @ 9:30pm
  • House on Haunted Hill (1959) – October 20 @ 5pm
  • Audition – October 21 @ 7:30pm
  • Nosferatu the Vampyre – October 22 @ 7:30pm
  • Tales from the Hood – October 25 @9:45pm
  • Hocus Pocus – October 26 @1pm
  • The Haunting – October 26 @4pm
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas – October 26 @4:30pm
  • Psycho (1960) – October 27 @7pm
  • Halloween (1978) – October 31 (showtimes to be listed)

Location: The Eagle Theatre – 4884 Eagle Rock Blvd in Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) 90041

Tickets: $13 for General Admission; $11.50 for military, seniors, students, and children; $10 for wheelchair accessible space

Website: vidiotsfoundation.org

More Information: Vidiots main viewing auditorium the 271-seat Eagle Theatre, which features 4K Christie projection, 35mm and 16mm film projection, and 7.1 surround sound, with a spacious lobby and beer, wine, and concessions. There is also the smaller 35-seat MUBI Microcinema.

About Vidiots: Back in 1985, Vidiots began life as an alternative video rental store in Santa Monica, filled with hard-to-find titles in the days before streaming. Rising costs forced the original location to shut down in 2017. After raising $2-million from donors and sponsors, Vidiots began restoring the historic Eagle Theatre, which opened in June 2023, serving as the video store’s home and as a screening room, both of which operate daily. Their eclectic programming includes science fiction, fantasy, and cult movies year-round, but horror predominates during Halloween: their first October at the Eagle featured a month-long “Countdown to Halloween” series.