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Fright Nights

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Infinity Castle

Director: Haruo Sotozaki
Length: 155min.

The Demon Slayer Corps are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where Tanjiro and the Hashira face terrifying Upper Rank demons in a desperate fight as the final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji begins.

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Tanjiro Kamado — a boy who joined an organization dedicated to hunting down demons called the Demon Slayer Corps after his younger sister Nezuko was turned into a demon. While growing stronger and deepening his friendships and bonds with fellow corps members, Tanjiro has battled many demons with his comrades — Zenitsu Agatsuma and Inosuke Hashibira. Along the way, his journey has led him to fight alongside the Demon Slayer Corps’ highest-ranking swordsmen, the Hashira, including Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku aboard the Mugen Train, Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui within the Entertainment District, as well as Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito and Love Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji at the Swordsmith Village. As the Demon Slayer Corps members and Hashira engaged in a group strength training program, the Hashira Training, in preparation for the forthcoming battle against the demons, Muzan Kibutsuji appears at the Ubuyashiki Mansion. With the head of the Demon Corps in danger, Tanjiro and the Hashira rush to the headquarters but are plunged into a deep descent to a mysterious space by the hands of Muzan Kibutsuji. The destination of where Tanjiro and Demon Slayer Corps have fallen is the demons’ stronghold — the Infinity Castle. And so, the battleground is set as the final battle between the Demon Slayer Corps and the demons ignites.

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The Addiction

Director: Abel Ferrara
Length: 84 min.

A New York philosophy grad student turns into a vampire after getting bitten by one, and then tries to come to terms with her new lifestyle and frequent craving for human blood.

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A New York philosophy grad student turns into a vampire after getting bitten by one, and then tries to come to terms with her new lifestyle and frequent craving for human blood.

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Blood for Dracula

Director: Paul Morrissey
Year: 1974
Length: 106min.
Country: Italy

A sumptuously depraved Euroshocker that tows the line between art and bad taste. Desperate for virgin blood, Count Dracula (Kier) journeys to an Italian villa only to discover the family’s three young daughters are also coveted by the estate’s Marxist stud.

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Immediately after completing FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN, filmmaker Paul Morrissey and star Udo Kier created BLOOD FOR DRACULA, a sumptuously depraved Euroshocker that tows the line between art and bad taste. Desperate for virgin blood, Count Dracula (Kier) journeys to an Italian villa only to discover the family’s three young daughters are also coveted by the estate’s Marxist stud (Joe Dallesandro of Morrissey’s FLESH, TRASH, and HEAT). Stefania Casini (SUSPIRIA) and BICYCLE THIEVES director Vittorio De Sica co-star in one of the most unique and outrageous vampire films in history, now scanned uncut in 4K from the original negative for the first time ever.

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Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Director: Stephen Chiodo
Year: 1988
Length: 88min.

When strange lights appear in the night sky, a quiet American town becomes the unexpected stage for an uncanny encounter. What follows is a blend of science fiction spectacle and creature-feature chills, presented with striking visuals and a surreal sense of style. A cult favorite, the film stands as a unique entry in the tradition of classic alien invasion tales.

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When strange lights appear in the night sky, a quiet American town becomes the unexpected stage for an uncanny encounter. What follows is a blend of science fiction spectacle and creature-feature chills, presented with striking visuals and a surreal sense of style. A cult favorite, the film stands as a unique entry in the tradition of classic alien invasion tales.

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Phantom of the Paradise

Director: Brian De Palma
Year: 1974
Length: 92 min.

A tormented composer becomes entangled with a ruthless music producer, unleashing a nightmarish chain of events filled with dark humor and eerie spectacle. Brian De Palma’s cult classic blends horror, suspense, and a rock-infused score to create a chilling and unforgettable tale of obsession and revenge.

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A tormented composer becomes entangled with a ruthless music producer, unleashing a nightmarish chain of events filled with dark humor and eerie spectacle. Brian De Palma’s cult classic blends horror, suspense, and a rock-infused score to create a chilling and unforgettable tale of obsession and revenge.

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Baxter

Director: Jerome Boivin
Year: 1989
Length: 83min.
Country: France
Language: French with English subtitles

Told from the perspective of a domesticated yet increasingly disturbed dog, this darkly psychological tale explores obsession, violence, and the hidden darkness lurking beneath suburban life. With a chilling atmosphere and unsettling humor, Baxter is a unique entry in cult horror cinema, blending suspense, satire, and existential dread.

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Told from the perspective of a domesticated yet increasingly disturbed dog, this darkly psychological tale explores obsession, violence, and the hidden darkness lurking beneath suburban life. With a chilling atmosphere and unsettling humor, Baxter is a unique entry in cult horror cinema, blending suspense, satire, and existential dread.

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Mandy

Director: Panos Cosmatos
Length: 121 min.

Somewhere in the primal wilderness near the Shadow Mountains in the year 1983, Red Miller (Nicolas Cage) has fallen deeply for the deceptively charming Mandy Bloom (Andrea Riseborough). However, the life he has made for himself comes crashing down suddenly and horrifyingly, when a vile band of ravaging cultists and supernatural creatures desecrate his idyllic home with vicious fury. A broken man, Red now lives for one thing only—to hunt down these maniacal villains and exact swift vengeance.

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Somewhere in the primal wilderness near the Shadow Mountains in the year 1983, Red Miller (Nicolas Cage) has fallen deeply for the deceptively charming Mandy Bloom (Andrea Riseborough). However, the life he has made for himself comes crashing down suddenly and horrifyingly, when a vile band of ravaging cultists and supernatural creatures desecrate his idyllic home with vicious fury. A broken man, Red now lives for one thing only—to hunt down these maniacal villains and exact swift vengeance.

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The Exorcist

Director: William Friedkin
Year: 1973
Length: 121 min.

William Friedkin directs one of the most horrifying movies ever made. When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others, doctors say there is nothing they can do. As people begin to die, the girl’s mother realizes her daughter has been possessed by the devil–and that her daughter’s only possible hope lies with two priests and the ancient rite of demonic exorcism. Based on the novel by William Peter Blatty.

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William Friedkin directs one of the most horrifying movies ever made. When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others, doctors say there is nothing they can do. As people begin to die, the girl’s mother realizes her daughter has been possessed by the devil–and that her daughter’s only possible hope lies with two priests and the ancient rite of demonic exorcism. Based on the novel by William Peter Blatty.

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A Bay of Blood

Director: Mario Bava
Year: 1971
Length: 1hr 25 mins
Country: (Italy)
Language: Italian with English subtitles
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New 4K restoration by Severin Films! After establishing the giallo genre with BLOOD AND BLACK LACE in ’64, Mario Bava revolutionized horror again with ’71’s A BAY OF BLOOD. This primal scream of a film doesn’t merely hint at what’s to come with TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and HALLOWEEN. Rather, it bursts onto the scene as the first slasher, fully formed, no “proto-” prefix needed. It delivers the goods in the slasher thrills department, and was the source material for two of the greatest kills in FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2. Whether you’re a first-time or repeat viewer of A BAY OF BLOOD, you owe it to yourself to luxuriate in this newly-restored masterpiece of Italian horror.

Severin Films is offering free “vintage movie barf bag” giveaway at screenings of A BAY OF BLOOD to the first 75 ticket purchasers.

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Horror of Dracula

Director: Terence Fisher
Year: 1958
Length: 1hr 22 mins
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WHO WILL HIS BRIDE BE TONIGHT?

After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker’s fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker’s friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.

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Brotherhood of the Wolf

Director: Christophe Gans
Year: 2001
Length: 2hrs 31mins
Country: (France)
Language: French, German, Italian with English subtitles
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Grégoire de Fronsac (Samuel Le Bihan) and his companion Mani (Mark Dacascos) are sent to the countryside by the King of France to hunt the Beast of the Gevaudan, an unknown monster said to be responsible for the murder of hundreds. They soon find themselves embroiled in petty local politics and supernatural conspiracies as they use their unique skills to end the slaughter.

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28 Days Later…

Director: Danny Boyle
Year: 2002
Length: 1hr 53 mins
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Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs — and it’s absolutely impossible to contain.

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Backrooms

Director: Kane Parsons
Length: 1hr 51 mins
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A strange doorway in the basement of a furniture showroom leads somewhere it shouldn’t. What begins as an unsettling discovery opens into a seemingly endless world of uncanny spaces, where the familiar becomes increasingly disorienting.

Inspired by the viral web series created by Kane Parsons, Backrooms marks Parsons’ feature directorial debut and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve. The film is written by Will Soodik and released by A24.

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Hadestown: The Musical

Director: Brett Sullivan
Year: 2026
Length: 2hrs 21mins
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The timeless myth of Orpheus and Eurydice comes to life in Hadestown, intertwining their tragic love story with the complicated relationship of Hades and Persephone. When Eurydice is drawn into the industrial underworld of Hadestown, Orpheus must journey below to find her and bring her home.

Filmed live at London’s Lyric Theatre, this special presentation features the five original principal cast members from the Broadway production.

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Director: Jim Sharman
Year: 1975
Length: 1hr 40mins
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THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

Don’t just watch the movie. Be part of it!

The Rocky Horror Picture Show returns to Cinestudio for a night of outrageous fun, audience participation, and all the wonderfully weird energy that has made it a cult classic.

Whether you know every moment by heart or you’re experiencing it for the first time, come ready to join in and enjoy Rocky Horror with a theater full of fellow fans.

Want to be part of the action? $8 prop bags are available to add at checkout.

To help us protect our historic theater, outside prop bags and outside props are not permitted. Only Cinestudio-provided prop bags may be used in the theater.

Come ready to participate, and let’s do the Time Warp again!

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Carrie

Director: Brian De Palma
Year: 1976
Length: 1hr 38mins
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Some nightmares never get old.

Sissy Spacek stars as Carrie White, a shy, isolated teenager pushed to the margins by her classmates and controlled at home by her fanatically religious mother. But Carrie is beginning to discover that she possesses a terrifying power of her own.

Directed by Brian De Palma and based on Stephen King’s first published novel, Carrie blends supernatural horror with the cruelty of high school life to create one of the defining horror films of the 1970s. Spacek and Piper Laurie both received Academy Award nominations for their performances.

Nearly 50 years later, Carrie still has the power to shock.

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Messiah of Evil

Director: Gloria Katz
Year: 1973
Length: 1hr 30 mins
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A young woman arrives in a sleepy seaside town searching for her missing father, only to find herself drawn into an increasingly strange and sinister world.

Written and directed by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, Messiah of Evil transforms the zombie film into something surreal, dreamlike, and deeply unsettling. Its striking visuals and eerie small-town atmosphere have helped the film grow from an overlooked oddity into a true cult favorite, rediscovered and celebrated by generations of horror fans.

Stylish, strange, and unlike just about anything else from the era, Messiah of Evil is a haunting piece of 1970s American horror.

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