Halloween listings 2024

Corpse Bride, among this year's Halloween highlights

During the rest of the year, you have to travel to festivals to see classic horror films on the big screen. At Halloween, they come to you. We've put together a list of screening highlights around the country so that wherever you are, you can find something fun to scare yourself with nearby.

Aberdeen

• 28th - Halloween (free), Aberdeen Cineclub, Aberdeen Students’ Union, 18:45
• 31st - The Addams Family (2019), Boys and Girls’ Club of Aberdeen, 15:45

Aberystwyth

• 31st - Nosferatu (with live score), Bank Vault, 19:30

Belfast

• 29th - Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite, Children’s Theatre, 11:00 & 13:00
• 29th - Mars Attacks!, the Black Box, 15:00
• 30th - Monsters Inc, the Belfast Barge, 10:30
• 30th - The Little Vampire (with fancy dress), the Belfast Barge, 13:00
• 30th - Coco (with face painting), the Belfast Barge, 15:00
• 31st - The Addams Family (1991) (with fancy dress), the Black Box, 10:45
• 31st - Hotel Transylvania, the Belfast Barge, 13:00
• 31st - Hocus Pocus (with fancy dress), the Black Box, 13:10
• 31st - Fréwaka, Belfast Film Festival, Cineworld, 19:00

Birmingham

• 31st - The Conjuring, Lapwoth Museum, 19:00
• 31st - The Lost Boys (with wine), Mockingbird Cinema, 19:00
• 2nd - Disney villain drag, Gosta Green, 11:30
• 3rd - two mystery films (free), Gosta Green, 19:00

Cardiff

• 28th - Beetlejuice, Carmarthen Showground, 18:00
• 29th - The Orphanage, Insole Court, 17:00
• 29th - Gremlins, Carmarthen Showground, 18:00
• 29th - The Lost Boys, Carmarthen Showground, 20:00
• 30th - Scream, Carmarthen Showground, 20:00
• 31st - Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Cardiff Castle, 15:45
• 31st - Ghostbusters, Carmarthen Showground, 18:00
• 31st - The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Esplanade, Penarth, 19:30
• 31st - Bones And All, Carmarthen Showground, 20:00
• 31st - Halloween, Carmarthen Showground, 22:15

Dundee

• 29th - Hollywood 90028, Dundead, DCA, 20:30
• 31st - A Nightmare On Elm Street, Dundead, DCA, 20:30

Edinburgh

• 28th - Carrie (1976), the Scotsman Picturehouse, 17:30
• 28th - The Thing, the Scotsman Picturehouse, 20:00
• 29th - Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the Scotsman Picturehouse, 17:00
• 29th - Ghostbusters, Edinburgh Airport, 18:30
• 29th - The Shining, the Scotsman Picturehouse, 20:00
• 29th - The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Edinburgh Airport, 22:00
• 30th - The Lost Boys, Edinburgh Airport, 18:30
• 30th - Donnie Darko, Edinburgh Airport, 22:00
• 31st - Coco, Edinburgh Airport, 10:30
• 31st - E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial, Edinburgh Airport, 14:00
• 31st - A Nightmare On Elm Street, the Scotsman Picturehouse, 15:15 & 17:30
• 31st - Jaws, Edinburgh Airport, 18:00
• 31st - Scream (with costume competition and beer), Moonwake Beer Co., 19:00
• 31st - Horror Classics film-inspired drag, Leith Arches, 19:30
• 31st - The Evil Dead & Evil Dead 2, the Scotsman Picturehouse, 20:00
• 31st - Halloween, Edinburgh Airport, 22:00
• 1st - Hocus Pocus, Edinburgh Airport, 10:30
• 1st - Labyrinth, Edinburgh Airport, 14:00
• 1st - Jurassic Park, Edinburgh Airport, 17:30

Glasgow

• 31st - Halloween movie marathon, including Scream, Halloween and more, Union Bar & Grill, 10:00 to 17:00
• 31st - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (with drag), Oran Mor, 19:00
• 31st - The Woman In Black (with cocktails), Kimpton Blythswood Square, 19:00
• 1st - The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Websters Theatre, 19:30
• 1st, 2nd & 3rd - The Dark Knight Rises, IMAX, Glasgow Science Centre, all day

Leeds

• 29th - Messiah Of Evil, Outlaws Yacht Club, 19:00
• 31st - Coraline (with spooky crafting), Hyde Park Picture House, 14:00
• 31st - The Rocky Horror Picture Show & Hairspray, Smokestack, 18:30

Liverpool

• 31st - The Nightmare Before Christmas (with costume competition), Plaza Community Cinema, 18:00

London

• 28th - The Silence Of The Lambs, Prince Charles Cinema, 12:30
• 28th - The Bride Of Frankenstein, Prince Charles Cinema, 12:45
• 28th - The Shining, Prince Charles Cinema, 13:10
• 28th - Carrie (1976), Prince Charles Cinema, 18:30
• 28th - The Lost Boys, Rivoli Ballroom, 19:00
• 29th - The Wolf Man, Prince Charles Cinema, 13:45
• 29th - Scream 3, Prince Charles Cinema, 15:45
• 29th - A Nightmare On Elm Street, Garden Cinema, 18:00
• 29th - Sleepy Hollow, Prince Charles Cinema, 18:30
• 29th - Carnival Of Souls, Garden Cinema, 18:30
• 29th - Carrie (1976), Rivoli Ballroom, 19:00
• 30th - Creature From The Black Lagoon, Prince Charles Cinema, 13:15
• 30th - Videodrome, Prince Charles Cinema, 15:35
• 30th - Mandy, Prince Charles Cinema, 18:15
• 30th - The Blair Witch Project, Prince Charles Cinema, 18:35
• 30th - The Shining, Rivoli Ballroom, 19:00
• 30th - Threads, Garden Cinema, 20:20
• 31st - Monsters Inc (pay what you can afford), Garden Cinema, 11:00
• 31st - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Prince Charles Cinema, 12:30
• 31st - Hocus Pocus, Rivoli Ballroom, 17:00
• 31st - Jennifer’s Body, Prince Charles Cinema, 18:15
• 1st - The Nightmare Before Christmas, Rooftop Film Club, 17:30
• 1st & 2nd - Frightfest, Prince Charles Cinema, full days
• 2nd - The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Clapham Grand, 18:00

Manchester

• 28th - The Nightmare Before Christmas, King Street Townhouse, 20:00
• 29th - The Exorcist, King Street Townhouse, 20:00
• 31st - The Life And Deaths Of Christopher Lee, HOME, 18:00
• 31st - The Exorcist, Cultplex, 19:30
• 31st - The Devil Rides Out, HOME, 20:40
• 31st - Alien, Cultplex, 22:00
• 1st - The Craft (1996), HOME, 20:40
• 2nd - Death Becomes Her, Cultplex, 16:00
• 2nd - Carrie (1976), HOME, 20:30

Newcastle

• 28th - Casper, Newcastle Quays Retail Park Car Park, 18:00
• 28th - A Nightmare On Elm Street, Newcastle Quays Retail Park Car Park, 21:00
• 30th - Frankenweenie, Labyrinth & Hocus Pocus (with creative monster workshop), Hadrian Square, 12:00 to 19:00
• 30th - Corpse Bride, Newcastle Quays Retail Park Car Park, 18:00
• 30th - The Lost Boys, Newcastle Quays Retail Park Car Park, 21:00
• 31st - Witchfinder General, Star & Shadow Cinema, 19:00
• 31st - Scream, Newcastle Quays Retail Park Car Park, 21:00
• 31st - Shaun Of The Dead (free), Ouseburn Garden, 22:00

Nottingham

• 28th - Scream, Wollaton Hall, 18:30
• 29th - Hocus Pocus, Nottingham Trent Students’ Union, 18:30
• 30th - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Broadway, 20:00
• 31st - Halloween, Broadway, 20:00

Sheffield

• 28th - The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Light, 20:30
• 29th - A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Light, 21:00
• 31st - Hocus Pocus, The Light, 13:50
• 31st - The Shining, Steamworks, 19:00
• 31st - Halloween, The Light, 20:30
• 31st - The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Samuel Worth Chapel, 20:30

If you’re going to be stuck at home this Halloween, don’t despair: there’s a selection of recently released spooky delights you can catch online. Shudder has Azrael, MadS, Daddy’s Head and V/H/S/Beyond to offer, and Hulu is premiering killer pumpkin romp Carve. Epic Pictures has Ghost Game, The Jester and the fantastic Satanic Hispanics.