Microcinema in the heart of Bevo | 5228 Gravois Ave. | st. louis, mo 63116
Celebrate St. Louis' favorite spooky son with a double feature of Vincent Price films from the 1970s to kick off Halloween season. Features are $7 each, or $10 for both. Phibes will start at 3:00 pm, and Theatre of Blood…
Vampire Hunter D was largely responsible for introducing adult-horror anime to western audiences in the '80s. Based on the original light novel by Hideyuki Kikuchi (who subsequently produced 40 volumes and sold over 17-million copies making it one of the best-selling…
In the tradition of CORALINE and THE LOVELY BONES, MOON GARDEN presents a dream world that lies just beyond our own. To spin the tale of a young girl fighting to emerge from a coma, director Ryan Stevens Harris employs…
DRINK SPECIALS AND GOOSEBUMPS -- Come out for a spooky good time! Join us before our Basket Case Double Feature for a few hours of GOOSEBUMPS. We'll play our favorite episodes of the 1990s TV show based on R.L. Stine's…
We will be screening the first two films in Frank Henenlotter's whacked-out Basket Case trilogy back to back. Tickets are $7 for one film or just $10 for the double feature! BASKET CASE "An imaginative, twisted gem about the ultimate…
"A forgotten masterpiece...asks questions and presents scenarios that many films dare not touch. Unique, bold and captivating." -E-Film Blog Arkadin is partnering with our friends at Earthbound Beer for the ultimate Indigenous Peoples' Day movie night. Come out for a…
Great care is always taken to choose the perfect film for Halloween season — and this year is no exception! There are so many amazing silent suspense/horror films, and this one is often requested. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is…
Twilight approaches. As the last gasp of sunlight disappears beneath the horizon, a feeling of uncanny unease sets in, and, as you peer through the gathering darkness, you spot two great, blood-red eyes and a white flash of razor-sharp fangs.…
Submitted for the approval of The Midnight Society, a happy hour featuring drink specials and some nostalgic SNICK TV! This Friday the 13th gather around the campfire with the Midnight Society for an ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? happy…
"Not only do you have harpoons flying at your face, you’ve got the fake-out gags like seeing a rat or a snake when you expect to see Jason. You’ve got a joint being passed to you from the screen. Everything you…
Celebrate an October Friday the 13th with (what else!) a Friday the 13th double feature! Following our indoor 3-D screening of Part III, we'll be showing THE FINAL CHAPTER under the stars on our backlot. Though it's title may be…
"Gosh, it's exhilarating to revisit a beloved movie and find that it's just as perfect as you remember...It's Manos by way of Texas Chain Saw except it's not a thing like either. This is its own thing and it's eye-bleeding perfection." -Ian Brooker A…
This Month's Movie Is...NIGHTMARE BEST FRIEND Katy is delighted to reconnect with her old high school friend, Gina. But when Gina’s boyfriend, Ray, also shows up, it turns out that the surprise reunion wasn’t so impromptu after all as the…
Hysteria Fest 2023 kicks off with an introduction to the festival and the French Extremity movement, followed by a guest speaker and then a secret screening of one of the most legendary French Extremity provocations! 7pm – An introduction to…
“A confronting watch about trauma and toxicity wrapped up in slasher-friendly packaging.” -THN A sound engineer is forced to confront her trauma when she and her girlfriend's grunge band are trapped in a recording studio by a shadowy killer.
THE ONCE AND FUTURE SMASH “Totally cool, hysterically funny” -Screen Zealots In 1970, Mikey and William both portrayed football cannibal Smash-Mouth in the influential cult hit, End Zone 2. Now, 50 years later, only one can wear the mask. END…
A shorts block containing the best slasher films currently on the festival circuit, along with some films of stalking killers. Films included: NIGHTMARE AT CAMP BLOODBATH, FLAPPY, THAT’S OUR TIME, CRINGE, TROUBLE FOLLOWS, GLOVEBOX, IN THE MEANTIME, SLIP, CART RETURN,…
THE ONCE AND FUTURE SMASH “Totally cool, hysterically funny” -Screen Zealots In 1970, Mikey and William both portrayed football cannibal Smash-Mouth in the influential cult hit, End Zone 2. Now, 50 years later, only one can wear the mask. END…
“The best horror anthology I’ve seen in recent memory. Crazy, creepy and concise.” -Horror Society Filmed in three different states by three acclaimed genre short film directors all making their feature debut. Three tales of vacation-themed horror adapted from the…
“An oddly charming, uber-violent, gross-out funny slice of teenage coming-of-age nostalgia.” -THN On a weekend campout, a dark monster terrorizes a group of campers who fall prey to an ancient legend and conspiring local townsfolk. For pre-teen Dug, Mel and…
A short film block containing the most haunting, the spookiest and the just plain wildest short films currently on the festival circuit. Film included: THE KNOWING, SUPREME CLAWS OF JUSTICE, BRUJA, GREETINGS, LIKENESS, THE PERFECT JUMP SCARE, THE DREAD, ‘NEATH,…
This block of short films is made of some of the more challenging works currently on the festival circuit. Extreme violence, human cruelty and sexual assault is displayed in some of these films. As the title of the block suggest,…
"Challenging, nightmarish, and visually haunting" -Screen Zealots (about AGATHA) This block of short films includes some of the best animated horror works, along with an insane live-action short about killer gnomes, all capped off by an hour-long animated feature (AGATHA).…
"The cast is strong...The originality of the story is impressive." -Film Threat True crime documentarian Olivia Brandreth was nine years old when her father disappeared. The official police statement was suicide though no body was ever recovered. Twenty five years…
Drinkolas Cage! A monthly Nic Cage movie and drinking game event only at Arkadin Cinema & Bar. The last Wednesday of each month we show a mystery Nic Cage movie with an accompanying drinking game hand-written by us! Tickets are…
"As much as politics has always been embedded in Dante’s work, The Howling is rightly remembered as a model of low-budget horror, turning the forest setting into a Grimm storybook of dense canopies and creepy cottages, and giving effects artist…
"ONE OF THE GREATEST HORROR FILMS OF ALL TIME ... Pulse is the closest a film has come to fully capturing the paradoxical and deceptively empowering trap of online societies that allow you to indulge an illusion of socialization alone in…
Come party with the Crypt Keeper and enjoy some cheap drinks! The Crypt Keeper summons you to a happy hour with his favorite tales before the Zombies descend on Arkadin on October 27. We'll play some of our favorite episodes…
Creep through Bevo at the second annual Bevo Zombie Walk! So get in costume and join us for a scary good time. We’ll be visiting several Bevo businesses throughout the evening culminating with several entertainment options for the post-crawl-party! End…
Q&A with director Mike McCarthy in-person following the screening. Mike will also be signing copies of his brand-new coffee table book published by Fantagraphics (also titled Teenage Tupelo), dedicated to the film. In 1995, TEENAGE TUPELO became the first new…
In October, our monthly VHS night turns into a Halloween-themed costume party! Prizes not only for the winning tape but also the best costume! We will be playing a mystery VHS tape, and it’s up to you what we’ll see!…
"An underground classic! The most complicated, intriguing, subtle, sophisticated and passionate black film of the '70s." -James Monaco, American Film Now Flirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and horror, Bill Gunn’s revolutionary independent vampire film Ganja & Hess is a highly stylized…
“The most prolific of Euro-Cult directors, Jess Franco wrote and directed at least 200 films in a career that spanned 57 years: 1955-2013. Franco was a compulsive filmmaker with a scattered filmography that presents a daunting challenge to scholars trying…
"★★★★★ -- At its heart, Candyman terrifies because of its ideas. It sinks its horrific foundations very much in the real world of poverty and racial alienation." -Adam Smith, Empire WE DARE YOU TO SAY HIS NAME FIVE TIMES. Haunting,…
Buffalo '66 is the directorial debut of controversial filmmaker Vincent Gallo. Filmed entirely in his hometown of Buffalo, New York, Gallo plays Billy Brown, a recently released convict returning home from prison for the first time in five-years to visit his indifferent parents.…
“This is a movie that glides past cheap shock and chills the intelligence.” -Desson Howe, The Washington Post Released in the immediate wake of The Sixth Sense, Stir of Echoes got all but lost in the mix, disappearing from screens even as its box office rival…
Enjoy some big monsters battling it out on the big screen while enjoying some cheap drinks and specialty cocktails! Godzilla! Mothra! Rodan! King Ghidorah! Gigan! Mecha-Godzilla! See all your favorite big monster battles on the big screen while enjoying some…
“Trippy, nightmarish, and altogether groovy...There’s literally no other Godzilla movie quite like this.” -Variety Celebrate World Godzilla Day with us! The first GODZILLA film was released in Japan on November 3, 1954. Nearly 70 years later there are more than…
Hard-boiled dialogue, deep dark shadows, and icy femmes fatales, Arkadin presents the ultimate double-shot of classic film noir. DOUBLE INDEMNITY "The greatest film noir of all time...Double Indemnity retains its awesome power and fascination over 70 years since its release. An…