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It’s October, which means the cinemas of Manchester and the north have one thing on their mind: Halloween!
In Manchester, HOME present FilmFear, their own season of macabre films, whilst over at The Albert Hall John Carpenter is in town for one night only. The Village Screen pops up at Victoria Baths for some Halloween themed screenings before relocating to the wooded grounds of Sheffield’s Kenwood Hall Hotel for the night itself.
Away from the scary stuff, Altincham Little Theatre celebrate Italian cinema, while in Liverpool, FACT present a new Vintage Sundays strand dedicated to astronauts, both real and imagined.
Here are our picks
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1. FilmFear at HOME
Image courtesy of HOME FilmFear at HOME Manchester, Manchester, 26–31 October 2018, from £5.00 - Book now
For six days and nights, FilmFear sees HOME supplement their regularly scheduled programming with a series of horror, cult and extreme cinema screenings and events curated by Film4 Channel Editor, David Cox.
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2. Cinema on Sundays: Italian Film Season at Altrincham Little Theatre
Cinema on Sundays: Italian Film Season at Altrincham Little Theatre, 2 September 2018–24 February 2019, from £7 - Visit now
Explore fifty years of Italian cinema history with this curated nine film season at Altrincham Little Theatre.
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3. Vintage Sundays presents Sci-Fi at FACT, Liverpool
Vintage Sundays presents Sci-Fi at FACT, City Centre, 30 September–4 November 2018, from £8 - Book now
From Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon to Damien Chazelle’s First Man, filmmakers have always been obsessed with taking audiences to the outer reaches of the universe. FACT’s Vintage Sundays season celebrates the cinematic exploration of the unknown.
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4. The Village Screen presents Halloween screenings at Victoria Baths
Village Screen The Village Screen presents Halloween screenings at Victoria Baths at Victoria Baths, Manchester, 25–27 October 2018, from £10 - Book now
The Village Screen enhance the Edwardian eeriness of Victoria Baths for a Halloween weekend full of horror films, food and drink.
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5. Safety Last! with Live Piano Accompaniment at Royal Northern College of Music
Image courtesy of Park Circus/Harold Lloyd Safety Last! Silent Film with Live Piano Accompaniment at Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), Manchester, 26 October 2018, from £15 - Book now
Royal Northern College of Music invite Darius Battiwalla to provide an improvised piano score to iconic silent comedy, Safety Last!
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6. The Village Screen presents Halloween screenings at Kenwood Hall Hotel
Village Screen The Village Screen presents Halloween screenings at Kenwood Hall Hotel at Kenwood Hall Hotel, Sheffield, 31 October 2018, from £10 - Book now
A pop-up cinema in the woods? On Halloween? Sounds terrifying. The Village Screen present a spooky, family-friendly screening followed by something a little scarier for the adults.
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7. Widows at HOME
HOME Widows at HOME Manchester, Manchester, 6–23 November 2018, from £5 - Book now
Viola Davis brings together a group of women who inherit their criminal husbands’ debt in director, Steve McQueen’s riveting follow-up to 12 Years a Slave.
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8. Artist Film Weekender 2018 at HOME
Image courtesy of HOME Artist Film Weekender 2018 at HOME Manchester, Manchester, 30 November–2 December 2018, from £5.00 - Book now
HOME continue to champion Artist Film with their annual weekender. Expect special guests, cutting edge transgressive works and a Jarman Awards screening which brings together works from the artists at the forefront of experimentation in filmmaking today.
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9. Symphonic Cinema: Stravinsky | Ravel at The Bridgewater Hall
BBC Philharmonic Symphonic Cinema - Stravinsky/Ravel at The Bridgewater Hall, City Centre, 19 January 2019, from £12.5 - Book now
A first for the BBC Philharmonic and The Bridgewater Hall, this unusual concert under the banner of Symphonic Cinema pairs sound with vision in a way rarely heard or seen in the classical concert hall.
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Blending fantasy, thriller, drama and horror, this genuinely surprising film is based on a story by John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of Let the Right One In.
One Cut of the Dead at HOME
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Mandy at HOME
A wild and grandiose story of love, revenge and the supernatural.
They Live at HOME
Conspiracy theory sci-fi from John Carpenter that’s a firm fan favourite thanks to its mix of goofy B-movie stylings and subversive satire.
Preview/ Let the Corpses Tan at HOME
The directors of Giallo tributes Amer and The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears return with a ferocious take on Euro Westerns and the Italian ‘Poliziotteschi’ genre.
The Room Halloween Special with Greg Sestero Q&A at Gorilla, Manchester
After the success of the Oscar nominated adaptation of The Disaster Artist & RAD Screenings’ sell out events in May; Greg Sestero, the star of The Room and the writer of The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, is back in the North West This time he’ll also be bringing the Regional Premiere of BEST F(R)IENDS PART 2 with him.
Greg will be with us for Q&A’s + a triple bill featuring THE ROOM and both chapters of his and Tommy Wiseau’s post-The Room project BEST F(R)IENDS!
Preview/ Assassination Nation at HOME
A clique of high school girlfriends find their lives exposed when a stranger starts revealing their online secrets to the world, forcing them to take no prisoners in an attempt to calm the storm of scandal.
Preview/ Videoman at HOME
One of the stand-out discoveries at August’s FrightFest, this mystery-thriller will strike a chord with anyone who’s ever collected VHSs, DVDs or any form of physical media.
Book Signing/ The New Uncanny: Tales of Unease at HOME
The New Uncanny: Tales of Unease, is a new anthology of horror fiction featuring some of the best British horror authors. Matthew Holness, writer of one of the short stories Possum, will join us for a book signing before the screening.
Culture Guides
Tours and Activities
In this month’s top picks of Tours and Activities in Manchester, we are featuring the guides who take you into the darker underbelly of the city, as well as some of the more macabre activities.
Exhibitions
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Literature
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