Horror fans unite! Creepy Cinema at The Cary returns with “Influencers of Horror: Films that Changed the Genre.”  Join guest curators, Glen Haley (host of “Indies by the Decade”) and Kaitlin Suggs, for a viewing party like no other. Learn how each film trailblazed its way into becoming a horror film game changer. Come in costume, enjoy some treats, and prepare yourself for all the jump scares you can handle.
October 5, 2024 – 8:00 PM
Nosferatu With Radiohead: A Silents Synced Film
Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music. The first film will feature Radiohead’s “KID A (2000) / Amnesiac (2001),” paired with Nosferatu (1923).
October 19, 2024 – 5:00 PM
Psycho
One of the most shocking films of all time, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho changed the thriller genre forever. Join the Master of Suspense on a chilling journey as an unsuspecting victim (Janet Leigh) visits the Bates Motel and falls prey to one of cinema’s’ most notorious psychopaths – Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins).
October 19, 2024 – 8:00 PM
Paranormal Activity
Soon after moving into a suburban tract home, Katie (Katie Featherston) and Micah (Micah Sloat) become increasingly disturbed by what appears to be a supernatural presence. Hoping to capture evidence of it on film, they set up video cameras in the house but are not prepared for the terrifying events that follow.
October 23, 2024 – 7:30 PM
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
50 years ago, five youths on a weekend getaway in the Texas countryside fell prey to a butcher in a mask made of human skin and his cannibalistic family, and horror cinema would never be the same. Violent, confrontational, and shockingly realistic, director Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE terrified audiences in a way never thought possible. This masterpiece of horror has stood the test of time to become a landmark motion picture and cultural milestone.
October 24, 2024 – 7:30 PM
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of flesh-eating ghouls newly arisen from their graves.
October 26, 2024 – 5:00 PM
Rosemary’s Baby
Possibly the best horror film ever made, this brilliant adaptation of Ira Levin’s best-selling novel is the story of a loving young New York City couple who are expecting their first child. Like most first-time mothers, Rosemary (Mia Farrow) experiences confusion and fear. Her husband (John Cassavetes), an ambitious but unsuccessful actor, makes a pact with the Devil that promises to send his career skyward.Â
October 30, 2024 – 7:30 PM
Halloween
In the original film (Halloween), the villain, Michael Myers, has spent the last 15 years locked away inside a sanitarium under the care of child psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis after brutally killing his sister, Judith. On the night of October 30, 1978, Myers escapes and makes his way back to Haddonfield – the night HE came home – turning a night of tricks and treats into something much more sinister for three young women, including Laurie Strode, the star-making role for Jamie Lee Curtis.Â
