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LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (1971) — $7

October 5, 2025 : 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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“THE PERFECT MOOD. Eeriness that bathes in a transient vampire lake of surreal dread, deliberately paced, and oozing with psychological macabre madness.” – Ian West

Inspired by Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, John D. Hancock’s LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH is the ultimate early-70s slow-horror jam. This moody, dreamlike tale of a woman recently released from a mental institution who finds herself haunted either by a woodland vampire or her own madness is drenched in floral-patterned dread. Featuring a twitchy, deeply felt performance by Zohra Lampert and an eerily spare synthesizer score, JESSICA upends so many clichés of horror filmmaking, finding terror in small moments: an enigmatic smile, a farmhouse obscured by mist, the reflection of the sun on a lake. With its quietly feminist depiction of mental illness and its jaded embodiment of post-hippie malaise, JESSICA is at once a time capsule of early-70s America and a timeless tale of terror.

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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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