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This month, for our Folk Horror Around The World series, we bring you several interpretations of the creepiest fairy tale of them all, Hansel and Gretel. Famously collected by the Brothers Grimm, this story tells of a brother and sister…
"I had, so to speak, seen it all. And then I saw Caniba." - John Semley, The Globe & Mail A hugely controversial documentary from the pioneering filmmakers behind the also-incredible Leviathan, Caniba just might be the scariest movie ever made. It's…
"A surreal genre mash-up that opens like an Agatha Christie-style locked-room mystery before shifting gears during its last act to an otherworldly bit of sci-fi strangeness." - Slant Magazine A dazzling, paranoid mixture of locked-room mystery, 1970s Euro giallo, classic noir…
This month, Arkadin is serving up a thick slice of deep-cut eco-horror strangeness. A comically corny idea directed with an over-the-top muscularity, this underseen gem mixes up elements of folk horror, domestic thriller, and madcap Evil Dead-style effects to create…
“A beautifully tender and haunting ghost story.” - Moria Reviews Willowpoint Falls is a quiet hamlet in upstate New York, an idyllic landscape of Norman Rockwell homesteads and stunning scenic beauty. It’s also a small town with a secret: For…
“A dark, delicious fairytale fantasy brought to life with profound emotional integrity... breathes new life into the vampire movie” - AWFJ Adapted from a novella by Russian author A. K. Tolstoy that predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by over half a…
“Cockroach demons who turn into princesses, creepy lecherous soap with human souls, and giant hell demons. What's not to love?” - CouchTraveler, Letterboxd Two rival Taoist schools, one all-female, the other one all-male, must become allies to fight a demon…
“One for Hitch fans, one for thriller fans, one for cinema fans. DO NOT MISS.” - Little White Lies Alfred Hitchcock’s silent masterpiece The Lodger is often considered the first true “Hitchcock” film, from which his trademark cinema of suspense…
We will be playing a mystery VHS tape, and it’s up to YOU what we’ll see! For this Spooky Season edition of VHS Night, we highly encourage you to bring in something scary. DOORS OPEN @ 6 PMSUBMISSIONS CLOSED @…
“A chilling romp! Expertly orchestrated scares with a humorous camp undertow” - Little White Lies With The Old Dark House, James Whale—the brilliant director of Frankenstein (playing on the Arkadin Backlot later this month)—turned J.B. Priestley’s novel Benighted into a…