Current Season:

Halloween at The Garden Cinema

Sat 19 Oct — Sun 03 Nov 2024

Girls and boys, ghouls and goblins, it’s time to venture back into the vaults at The Garden Cinema for another round of hauntingly horrifying Halloween screenings.

Get in the mood with newly restored anniversary screenings of Brian DePalma’s seminal Stephen King adaptation Carrie, perhaps the most inventive slasher ever made, Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, and the the ever-inventive grandfather of modern US horror, John Carpenter’s Halloween. The smaller beings in our audience can enjoy a gently monstrous classic of their own, with pay-what-you-can screenings of Monsters Inc.

Dare to enter our Members’ Halloween quiz? Be forewarned, many players from last year’s quiz have reported peculiar visions as of late, which may have led to one particularly disturbed participant to propose the surrealist underground masterpiece, Carnival of Souls, which will also screen during Allhallowtide.

Even Al Pacino is getting scary, and exposing the truly diabolical side of capitalism in The Devil’s Advocate.

Our resident maestro of the cult and forbidden, Video Bazaar, invites you to the nightmarish mood-piece Next of Kin, a repeat anniversary screening of the terrifying reality that is Threads, before reaching a ritualistic climax on Halloween night itself, with a (potentially) cursed live-scoring of Häxan.

 

Upcoming Screenings

Carnival of Souls 18

This film was suggested by our member James Jalloh, who says: 'A precursor to the likes of Eraserhead and Night Of… Read More
Herk Harvey, USA, 1962, 78m.
Mon 21 Oct
20:00
Tue 29 Oct
18:30

Carrie 15

Brian De Palma's terrifying classic returns to cinemas in a dazzling new digital restoration. An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl’s lonely life… Read More
Brian De Palma, USA, 1976, 100m.
Tue 22 Oct
20:30
Sun 27 Oct
17:00
Mon 28 Oct
15:20

Members' Film Quiz: Halloween 2024 18

Are you the person in your friend group who everyone asks for film recommendations once the end of October approaches? Do… Read More
A night terror, Demonic powers, 2023, 120m.

Halloween 18

John Carpenter's genre defining classic returns... home, in a new digital restoration. On a black and unholy Halloween night years ago,… Read More
John Carpenter, USA, 1978, 93m.
Fri 25 Oct
18:20
Thu 31 Oct
20:50

A Nightmare on Elm Street (40th anniversary) 15

Hailed as 'one of the most intelligent and terrifying horror films of the 1980s' (The Movie Guide), celebrate 40 years of… Read More
Wes Craven, USA, 1984, 91m.
Fri 25 Oct
20:40
Tue 29 Oct
18:00

Video Bazaar x The Nickel Present: Next of Kin 15

Join Video Bazaar and The Nickel this Halloween for a rare screening of Tony Williams’ Next of Kin. An unsettling piece of Australian… Read More
Tony Williams, Australia, 1982, 89m.
Sat 26 Oct
20:30

The Devil's Advocate 18

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) accepts a high-powered position at a New York law firm headed by legal… Read More
Taylor Hackford, USA, 1997, 144m.
Wed 30 Oct
20:00

Video Bazaar Presents: Threads 15

Video Bazaar presents a special anniversary screening of Threads, the harrowing 1984 made-for-TV drama that left audiences across the nation stunned into… Read More
Mick Jackson, United Kingdom, 1984, 100m.
Wed 30 Oct
20:20

Monsters, Inc. U

For Halloween, the smaller beings in our audience can enjoy a gently monstrous classic of their own, with pay-what-you-can screenings of… Read More
Pete Docter, USA, 2001, 92m.
Thu 31 Oct
11:00
Sat 02 Nov
11:00
Sun 03 Nov
11:00

Video Bazaar Presents: Häxan w/ Live Score 15

Join Video Bazaar on Halloween for a night of occult imagery and esoterica with a rare screening of the 1922 silent horror… Read More
Benjamin Christensen, Sweden, 1922, 105m.

Past Screenings

Coco PG

In Disney Pixar’s extraordinary adventure, Miguel, a young boy in Mexico dreams of becoming a great musician. Desperate to prove his… Read More
Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina, USA, 2017, 109m.
This screening has now passed.

Kwaidan PG

This film was proposed by our members Jeremy Sharp and Miguel Zapata who write: 'Kwaidan is an astonishing film, once seen never… Read More
Masaki Kobayashi, Japan, 1964, 183m.
This screening has now passed.

The Exorcist (50th Anniversary) 18

The great, and sadly late, William Friedkin directs one of the most horrifying movies ever made. When a charming 12-year-old girl… Read More
William Friedkin, USA, 1973, 132m.
This screening has now passed.

Video Bazaar: Eyes of Fire 18

Video Bazaar is excited to welcome you to the Garden Cinema on All Hallows' Eve for a special screening of 'the biggest… Read More
Avery Crounse, USA, 1983, 108m.
This screening has now passed.

Focus Hong Kong Halloween: Visible Secret 15

Presented by Focus Hong Kong.   Eason Chan stars as Peter, a hairdresser who meets Shu Qi’s June at a nightclub,… Read More
Ann Hui, Hong Kong, 2001, 98m.
This screening has now passed.

Colour in the Dark: Mystery Film 18

This mystery screening is part of Colour in the Dark, a season for Halloween at The Garden Cinema that explores the brightly lit,… Read More
Riddle, Cloaked, Secret, 100m.
This screening has now passed.

Hocus Pocus- 30th anniversay screening PG

Take some 90s Halloween magic, add a dash of talking cat, and a large helping of Bette Midler, leave to simmer… Read More
Kenny Ortega, USA, 1993, 97m.
This screening has now passed.

The Love Witch 15

The Love Witch is part of Colour in the Dark, a season for Halloween at The Garden Cinema that explores the brightly lit,… Read More
Anna Biller, USA, 2016, 120m.
This screening has now passed.

Christine (40th anniversary) 15

John Carpenter brings Stephen King's best-selling novel to life in this chilling thriller. She was born in Detroit... on an automobile… Read More
John Carpenter, USA, 1983, 110m.
This screening has now passed.

Daughters of Darkness 18

Daughters of Darkness is part of Colour in the Dark, a season for Halloween at The Garden Cinema that explores the brightly lit,… Read More
Harry Kümel, Belgium, France, Germany, 1971, 100m.
This screening has now passed.

The Abominable Dr. Phibes 15

The Abominable Dr. Phibes is part of Colour in the Dark, a season for Halloween at The Garden Cinema that explores the brightly… Read More
Robert Fuest, UK, 1971, 94m.
This screening has now passed.

Members' Film Quiz: Halloween 18

Are you the person in your friend group who everyone asks for film recommendations toward the end of October? Do you… Read More
Demonic powers, A night terror, 2023, 120m.
This screening has now passed.

Cinema Rising: The Empty Man 15

Presented by Cinema Rising as part of our Garden Cemetary Halloween screenings.   Dumped unceremoniously in the midst of the pandemic… Read More
David Prior, USA, South Africa, 2020, 137m.
This screening has now passed.