In addition to crazy parties, costumes, candy and haunted houses, Halloween is also synonymous with scary movies. If sitting in a dark theater and taking in a thriller is what you seek this holiday weekend, we’ve put together some options. In the mix are William Friedkin’s The Exorcist screening at MoMA, a terrific film series at the Anthology Film Archives, Ben Wheatley at the Museum of the Moving Image, and more.

PopRally Presents: HallowSCREEN
Nothing like an open bar and a screening of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) to get you in the Halloween spirit. Hosted by PopRally, this MoMA event is costume friendly and also features a trivia contest with prizes awarded. As for the film, the classic stars Linda Blair as a innocent young girl who appears to be seized by satan. Max von Sydow is called in by the church to save the day.
Friday, October 28, 2016
8:30pm –12:30am
The Museum of Modern Art, Theater 1, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019
$18

The Medium is the Massacre
Screen Slate presents this series at the Anthology Film Archives that presents horror films in which cinema, TV or the internet play a role. Among the films screening are Videodrome (1983), Poltergeist (1982), and Demon Seed (1977), as well as films by Cory Arcangel, Takeshi Murata, Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never) & Jon Rafman, and more.
October 28-November 13
at Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003
$11

Halloween Sleep-In Cinema at The Standard
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Friday, October 28 – Monday, October 31
The Standard, High Line, 848 Washington Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY

Trouble Every Day: Halloween at Metrograph
Metrograph and streaming service Shudder have teamed up to bring six ghoulish classics to the big screen this Halloween. Named after Claire Denis’ Trouble Every Day, the series also features screenings of Tales from the Darkside (1990), cult classic Strange Behavior (1981), Roger Corman’s The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Supernatural (1933), and Def by Temptation (1990), which will be introduced by one of the film’s stars, Rony Clanton.
Friday, October 28-Monday, October 31
7 Ludlow Street, New York NY 10003
$15

The Roxy Hotel Cinema: Halloween Weekend
The Roxy Hotel is unspooling a bunch of Halloween-tinged film classics this weekend in their downstairs theater. Drop in for a refresher on Beetlejuice, The Craft, The Witches, Death Becomes Her, Psycho and more.
The Roxy Hotel Cinema – Cellar Level, The Roxy Hotel
2 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013, USA
Friday, October 28 – Monday, October 31
Reservations: 212.519.6661

Midnight Movie: Under the Shadow
Babak Anvari’s thriller Under the Shadow screens in one of IFC Center’s midnight film slots this weekend. Premiering to rave reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the film is set in a Tehran apartment during the terrifying final days of the Iran-Iraq War. Under the Shadow also has the honor of being the UK’s Foreign-Language Oscar entry.
Friday, October 28 & Saturday, October 29
IFC Center, 323 6th avenue, New York, NY 10014
$15

Rocky Horror Picture Show
Spend Halloween with Brad, Janet, Dr. Frank-N-Furter and a cast of unusual characters as The Rocky Picture Show screens at Cinépolis Chelsea. If you’ve ever caught the cult classic in a theater, you know how crazy things can get. Check out this handy dandy list of things to bring along and costumes are optional.
Friday, October 28, Saturday, October 29 & Monday, October 31
Cinépolis Chelsea, 260 West 23rd Street. New York, NY 10011
$10

Ben Wheatley: Confusion and Carnage
It’s Ben Wheatley day at the Museum of the Moving Image on Saturday in honor of Adam Nayman’s new book Ben Wheatley: Confusion and Carnage. Nayman will be on hand to sign copies and give his personal take on Wheatley’s films which tend to be horrific, violent and wickedly funny. Screening will be gangster crime drama Down Terrace (1:30pm) and Wheatley’s slow-burn thriller Kill List (4pm).
Saturday, October 29
$12

The Face of Another, Followed by a talk with Tatsuya Nakadai
The Japan Society presents a 50th anniversary screening of Hiroshi Teshigahara’s The Face of Another with actor Tatsuya Nakadai in person for a post-screening panel discussion. The sci-fi classic is about a businessman, Okuyama, whose is fitted with a prosthetic mask after a work-related accident leaves his face severely burnt and disfigured. This event is presented in conjunction with the Japan Society Gallery exhibition Simon Starling: At Twilight (After W.B. Yeats’ Noh Reincarnation), which explores the impact of noh on art in Western Modernism.
Monday, October 31
7pm
Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017
$15

Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ w/ Dave Harrington Group Live Improvised Score
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 thriller The Birds takes flight on Halloween, elevated by a musical score improvised by Dave Harrington and gang.
Monday, October 31
8pm
San Damiano Mission, 85 North 15th St, Brooklyn, New York 11222
$10

UO Halloween Movie Night: Beetlejuice
Spend Halloween night at Space Ninety 8 for DIY pumpkin painting, Halloween makeovers with Priv, and a screening of Beetlejuice with complimentary boxed water, beer and popcorn. The screening will be on the roof, weather permitting.
Monday, October 31
6pm, screening at 8pm
Space Ninety 8, 98 N. 6th St., Brooklyn, NY 11249
Free with RSVP

Live Score: ‘Nosferatu’
Over at Videology this Halloween, 1922 German Expressionist vampire horror film classic Nosferatu is treated to a live original score by Tenth Intervention (Hajnal Pivnick, violin/Dorian Wallace, piano).
Monday, October 31
7pm & 9:15pm
Videology Bar & Cinema, 308 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11249
$14

‘Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit’
The 1968 horror classic Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit (1968) screens at Spectacle on Halloween night. The film finds the spirit of a cat taking revenge.
Monday, October 31
Spectacle Theater, 124 S 5th Street, Brooklyn, NY
7:30pm
$5

Halloween at Syndicated
Syndicated in Brooklyn has three Halloween-themed films on tap for the holiday. The night kicks off with Michael Dougherty’s Trick ‘R Treat (2007) (6pm), which interweaves five tales of terror and stars Anna Paquin, Brian Cox and Dylan Baker. In the evening’s sandwich spot is Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007) (8:15pm), and closing out the festivities is John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) (10:30pm). Separate admission for each.
Monday, October 31
Syndicated, 40 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206
$3

‘The Monster Squad’ with Andre Gower in Person
1987 horror comedy cult classic The Monster Squad returns the big screen this Halloween thanks to the folks at Alamo Drafthouse. The film finds a young group of monster fanatics attempting to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters. Andre Gower, leader of The Monster Squad will be in person for a post-screening Q&A.
Monday, October 31
7pm
Alamo Drafthouse, 445 Albee Square West, Brooklyn, NY 11201
$15