HALLOWEEN POE-A-THON: Vincent Price presents An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1970) — FREE!
October 31 : 6:45 pm – 7:45 pm
This Halloween, we doff our cap to the granddaddy of horror, Edgar Allan Poe, with our all-day POE-A-THON!
Featuring nearly 12 hours of Poe adaptations, we’ve got everything from avant-garde silents to stone-cold classics to a mystery WTF disasterpiece you won’t want to miss. Plus THREE movies starring St. Louis’ beloved hometown horror hero, Vincent Price, and two FREE events.
Each screening is ticketed separately, so come for a movie or two, or stay all day … if your nerves can handle it.
“50+ minutes of Vincent Price reading Edgar Allan Poe shorts in his highly dramatized fashion? …YES PLEASE!! What an incredible work of atmospheric storytelling.” – Matt Winfield, Letterboxd
After Vincent Price gave a dramatic reading of Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart to a mesmerized audience on The Mike Douglas Show, executive producer Ken Johnson approached the actor about enacting that Poe story and three others for a television special. It would prove to be a complete tour de force performance, and one the venerable actor considered his greatest ever. With minimal stage decoration, music by Les Baxter, and an abundance of enthusiasm, Price delivers blistering dramatized readings of The Tell-Tale Heart, The Sphinx, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Pit and the Pendulum, each in distinctly different character (and often two) and a full wardrobe provided by his wife and costume designer, Mary. The results are electrifying—the perfect way to spend an hour of your Halloween night.
The full program runs 54 minutes.
This event is not ticketed. Seats are first come, first served. Doors open around 6:30 pm, after the conclusion of HOUSE OF USHER.
Theater Policies
- All seats are first-come, first-served.
- The theater opens 30 minutes prior to showtime, except for “Happy Hour” events and pre-shows when the theater opens at the listed start time.
- When a screening is sold out, we open a waitlist 30 minutes before showtime. You must physically come to the lobby to get your name on the waitlist. Seats are released as they become available. All remaining seats are released at showtime.
- All ages are welcome at Arkadin except for Drinkolas Cage events, which are restricted to 21+. We follow the MPAA rating guidelines for all other films.
- Tickets can be purchased using the BUY TICKETS link above. Upon ordering, you will receive a confirmation email from Square. Tickets may also be purchased on the day of the show at the concession counter.
- If you’ve purchased advance tickets, when you arrive, please give your name at the concession counter to check in.
- Tickets are returnable by sending a request through the contact form located on our About Us page prior to showtime.
- When an event is sold out, we reserve the right to release open seats to customers on the waitlist. If you have a pre-purchased ticket and arrive late and there is no seat for you, your ticket will be refunded.
- All screenings are held in our indoor theater unless indicated otherwise in the event description above.
- Please respect your fellow movie-goers by remaining quiet and refraining from using your cell phone throughout the screening.