November 1st is a tough day for horror hounds. The decorations are still up, the air remains crisp, but the spirit has seemingly moved on, perhaps vanquished by the sun. Alamo Drafthouse says to hell with all of that and has announced two month’s worth of genre joy that’ll take you from Dia de los Muertos to Christmas Eve with minimal whiplash.
Terror Tuesday is a weekly slash-and-thrash through the world of horror, and they’ve booked a number of holiday-tinged forever classics mixed in with new canon-busting entries, many of which are screening from new, sparkling scans. Highlights include Lake Mungo, Tales from the Hood, The Changeling, and a pre-Thanksgiving feast with the Sawyers.
Weird Wednesday is similarly a weekly exploration of exploitation, pop oddities, and underloved gems. (Think of it as channel-surfing a transmission from a better dimension). And like Terror Tuesday, they’ve loaded it up with a smorgasbord of seasonal delights, particularly To Die For, Delicatessen, The River Wild, Mute Witness, and Turbulence.
So, don’t lose that costume, seek out some local screenings below, and secure your passes.
AUSTIN
Terror Tuesday
11/7/23 – INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES*
Anne Rice’s vampire spectacle in 35mm.
11/14/23 – LAKE MUNGO
Chilling Analog Horror from Australia.
11/21/23 – BLOOD RAGE**
It’s not cranberry sauce.
11/28/23 – SPAWN*
“Best seen as an experimental art film.”—Roger Ebert
12/5/23 – AMERICAN PSYCHO***
4K restoration of Mary Harron’s brilliant horrorshow.
12/12/23 – INSIDE
Extreme season’s greetings from France.
12/19/23 – BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)**
4K restoration of the immortal holiday slasher.
Weird Wednesday
11/1/23 – VENUS IN FURS**
Jess Franco’s jazzy, sexy fever dream thriller.
11/8/23 – Curtis Hansen’s THE RIVER WILD*
Meryl Streep is one tough mother in this watery thriller.
11/15/23 – I WAS A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER x TERMINAL USA***
A double dose of ‘90s American underground provocations.
11/22/23 – Weirdo Mystery Movie
A rotten feast that’ll ruin your appetite.
11/29/23 – Andy Milligan’s SEEDS***
Sown in incest; harvested in hate!
12/6/23 – EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE!: THE EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE! HOLIDAY SPECIAL!
The 2012 found footage mixtape returns to the big screen
12/13/23 – COLD STEEL*
A Christmas crime crashterpiece directed by Dorothy Ann Puzo
12/20/23 – TURBULENCE**
Yule die hard for this unheralded high altitude Xmas thriller
*Screening in 35mm
**4k Restoration
***2k Restoration
NEW YORK CITY
Terror Tuesday
11/7/23 – TALES FROM THE HOOD
Rusty Cundieff’s essential anthology.
11/14/23 – Kim Jee-woon’s A TALE OF TWO SISTERS*
Every family has its dark secrets.
11/21/23 – Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE** x TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2**
A pre-Thanksgiving feast with the Sawyer family.
11/28/23 – THE CHANGELING**
George C. Scott is haunted by ghosts & grief!
12/5/23 – DEEP RED** (at Lower Manhattan)
Dario Argento’s wintry slashterpiece in 4k.
12/12/23 – SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 2***
The nightmare is about to begin… again!
12/19/23 – DIAL CODE: SANTA CLAUS***
Your new favorite Holiday slayride.
Weird Wednesday
11/1/23 – O.C. & STIGGS*
Robert Altman goes to war with ’80s suburbia.
11/8/23 – S.S. Rajamouli’s EEGA
Rated RRR for Reincarnation Revenge Rampage.
11/15/23 – THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN
Not even death can stop Bruce Lee!
11/22/23 – DELICATESSEN*
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s breakthrough comic rampage in 4k.
11/29/23 – STONE COLD*
A high-water mark of sweaty ‘90s actioners.
12/6/23 – SHREDDER ORPHEUS (at Lower Manhattan)
What if Jean Cocteau knew how to grind a half-pipe?
12/13/23 – Gus Van Sant’s TO DIE FOR*
Nicole Kidman shines in tabloid trash turned high art.
12/20/23 – MUTE WITNESS
The most underrated wintry thriller of the ‘90s.
*Screening in 35mm
**4k Restoration
***2k Restoration
RALEIGH
Terror Tuesday
11/7/23 – TALES FROM THE HOOD
Rusty Cundieff’s essential anthology.
11/14/23 – DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004)*
Zack Snyder and James Gunn resurrect this all-timer for the 21st century.
11/21/23 – Tobe Hooper’s TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2**
A pre-Thanksgiving feast with the Sawyer family.
11/28/23 – THE CHANGELING**
George C. Scott is haunted by ghosts & grief!
12/5/23 – Dario Argento’s DEEP RED**
Dario Argento’s wintry slashterpiece in 4k.
12/12/23 – SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 2***
The nightmare is about to begin… again!
12/19/23 – DIAL CODE: SANTA CLAUS***
Your new favorite Holiday slayride.
*Screening in 35mm
**4k Restoration
***2k Restoration
Weird Wednesday
11/1/23 – Jim McBride’s BREATHLESS (1983)*
Richard Gere bebops through LA in Jim McBride’s essential remake.
11/8/23 – S.S. Rajamouli’s EEGA
Rated RRR for Reincarnation Revenge Rampage.
11/15/23 – THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN
Not even death can stop Bruce Lee!
11/22/23 – DELICATESSEN*
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s breakthrough comic rampage in 4k.
11/29/23 – Olivier Assayas’ IRMA VEP*
Maggie Cheung slinks her way through Parisian cinema.
12/6/23 – Tsui Hark’s THE BLADE*
A chopped (not slopped) take on the One-Armed Swordsman mythos.
12/13/23 – Gus Van Sant’s TO DIE FOR***
Nicole Kidman shines in tabloid trash turned high art.
12/20/23 – MUTE WITNESS**
The most underrated wintry thriller of the ‘90s.
*Screening in 35mm
**4k Restoration
***2k Restoration
SAN FRANCISCO
Terror Tuesday
11/7/23 – TALES FROM THE HOOD***
Rusty Cundieff’s essential anthology.
11/14/23 – [REC]
Ground zero for found footage magnificence.
11/21/23 – Tobe Hooper’s TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2**
A pre-Thanksgiving feast with the Sawyer family.
11/28/23 – EVILSPEAK* w/ Another Hole in the Head
Clint Howard hits up Satan on What’s App. Chaos ensues.
12/5/23 – DEEP RED**
Dario Argento’s wintry slashterpiece in 4k.
12/12/23 – SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 2**
The nightmare is about to begin… again!
12/19/23 – DIAL CODE: SANTA CLAUS*
Your new favorite holiday slayride.
*Screening in 35mm
**4k Restoration
***2k Restoration
Weird Wednesday
11/1/23 – HIGHLANDER II: THE QUICKENING*
A sword-swinging dystopian eco-crisis fantasy!
11/8/23 – S.S. Rajamouli’s EEGA
Rated RRR for Reincarnation Revenge Rampage.
11/15/23 – THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN
Not even death can stop Bruce Lee!
11/22/23 – DELICATESSEN**
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s breakthrough comic rampage in 4k.
11/29/23 – HEAT (1986)*
No, it’s the one with Burt Reynolds. Trust us, it’s just as good.
12/6/23 – Hal Hartley’s FAY GRIM
Where in the world is Parker Posey?
12/13/23 – I COME IN PEACE (aka DARK ANGEL)*
Dolph Lundgren vs. an alien junkie? Christmas came early.
12/20/23 – MUTE WITNESS**
The most underrated wintry thriller of the ‘90s.
*Screening in 35mm
**4k Restoration
***2k Restoration