MANIACAL MONDAYS – $5 Surprise Horror Film (10/17)
Mondays in October we’re showing deep-cut horror films! We’ll announce the subgenre each week, but we’re keeping the feature a surprise up until the moment it appears on the screen.
$5
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VINCENT PRICE DOUBLE FEATURE: The Tingler (1959) + The Raven (1963)
Celebrate the Halloween season with a double feature of films starring St. Louis's favorite son, the inimitable Vincent Price! THE TINGLER "How any red-blooded American could hear 'Vincent Price's acid trip,' and not fall over themselves rushing to find a…
$5
HYSTERIA FEST – Horror Film Shorts Program
St. Louis's brand-new horror film festival debuts on the Arkadin Backlot with a night of terrifying shorts! Featuring films that have played at major genre festivals such as Panic Fest, Grimmfest, and the Chattanooga Film Festival, HYSTERIA FEST presents a…
$10
HYSTERIA FEST – Horror Film Shorts Program
St. Louis's brand-new horror film festival debuts on the Arkadin Backlot with a night of terrifying shorts! Featuring films that have played at major genre festivals such as Panic Fest, Grimmfest, and the Chattanooga Film Festival, HYSTERIA FEST presents a…
$10
DEADLY PREY GALLERY Pop-Up Sale — Hand-Painted Posters from Ghana!
Before Drinkolas Cage on Wednesday, October 26, our friends at Deadly Prey Gallery will be holding a pop-up sale on the backlot, displaying their collection of eye-popping original movie posters hand-painted by artists from Ghana. Come out early and bring…
Free
DRINKOLAS CAGE: A Monthly Nicolas Cage Movie Drinking Game Event (10/26)
Before Drinkolas Cage, our friends at Deadly Prey Gallery will be holding a pop-up sale on the backlot, displaying their collection of eye-popping original movie posters hand-painted by Ghanian artists. Come out early and bring some cash because once you…
$5
WILD ZERO (1999) presented by Strange Brew — with pre-film Zombie Walk & DJ set by Tilda Sweatin
Creep down Gravois from Das Bevo (the windmill) to the Arkadin Backlot in our first-annual BEVO ZOMBIE WALK! First, we’ll dress up like a zombie, grab a few drinks at Das Bevo. Then together we’ll stalk down Gravois to the Arkadin for a zombie…
$9
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)
"The great horror maestro Wes Craven, as both writer and director, gave a generation of teens (of all ages) terminal insomnia with this imaginative and intense slasher scare fest." (Library of Congress) Behold the horror epic that started the Krueger craze…
$9
FREAKED (1993) presented by Strange Brew – SOLD OUT!
"t’s a miracle Freaked exists at all and more miraculous still that its capacity to entertain, antagonize, and disgust remains as unlimited as ever almost thirty years after its brief theatrical run... Freaked is an absurdist, acid-soaked fever dream." -Collider The manic writing-directing…
$9
THURSDAY SURPRISE – $5 Surprise Erotic Thriller Movie (3/2)
Thursdays in March we’re showing some deep-cut erotic thrillers films! Think Basic Instinct or Fatal Attraction only more loony, lascivious, and downright ridiculous. We’ll announce a few teasers each week, but we’re keeping the feature a surprise up until the…
$5
Showgirls (1995)
"Gleefully inspiring audiences everywhere to challenge conventional definitions of 'good' and 'bad' cinema, Showgirls is undoubtedly the think-piece object d’art of its time." -Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine"A trash masterpiece...a masterpiece of shit" -Adam Nayman, It Doesn't Suck: Showgirls Unfairly dismissed upon its…
$9
Network (1976)
"The movie caused a sensation in 1976. It was nominated for 10 Oscars, won four (Finch, Dunaway, supporting actress Beatrice Straight, Chayefsky), and stirred up much debate about the decaying values of television. Seen a quarter-century later, is like prophecy. When…
$9
Showgirls (1995)
"Gleefully inspiring audiences everywhere to challenge conventional definitions of 'good' and 'bad' cinema, Showgirls is undoubtedly the think-piece object d’art of its time." -Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine"A trash masterpiece...a masterpiece of shit" -Adam Nayman, It Doesn't Suck: Showgirls Unfairly dismissed upon its…
$9
A New Leaf (1971)
"A marvel of comic invention—and, more surprisingly, of astringent romance. The essence of the film is a love story that rises from mutual delusion, and that perspective makes this uproarious and antic comedy, in its moral soul, an essential work…
$9
Network (1976)
"The movie caused a sensation in 1976. It was nominated for 10 Oscars, won four (Finch, Dunaway, supporting actress Beatrice Straight, Chayefsky), and stirred up much debate about the decaying values of television. Seen a quarter-century later, is like prophecy. When…
$9
STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. presented by Silents, Please! STL
“Steamboat Bill, Jr. may be Keaton’s most mature film, a fitting if too early farewell to his period of peak creative independence .. its relationship to the rest of its creator’s work has been compared to that of Shakespeare’s last play, The…
Free
CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS —THURSDAY SURPRISE – $5 Surprise Erotic Thriller Movie (3/9)
This event has been canceled due to the Arkadin proprietors' illness. All ticket holders have been refunded. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thursdays in March we’re showing some deep-cut erotic thrillers films! Think Basic Instinct or Fatal Attraction only more…
$5
An Evening of WORLD WIDE MAGAZINE (SOLD OUT!)
50,000 HOOSIERS CAN'T BE WRONG! Hosted by journalist Devin Thomas O'Shea and by World Wide Magazine archivist Jim Varagona, it's a night celebrating St. Louis's gone-but-not-forgotten public access masterpiece, World Wide Magazine. Expect special guests and lots of wild fun!…
Free
314 Day STL Films Open House
Celebrate our city’s community of local filmmakers at our STL Films Open House! In honor of 314 Day, we’re hosting an open house on March 11 from 2-5 pm. We’ll screen short films show right here in St. Louis and…
Free
Le Bonheur (1965)
"Like nothing else: a horror movie wrapped up in sunflowers, an excoriating feminist diatribe strummed to the tune of a love ballad. It’s one of the most terrifying films I’ve ever seen." -Jenny Chamarette Though married to the good-natured, beautiful…
$9