Halloween Horror: Screenings, Revivals, and New Comics

This Halloween season features a broad lineup of horror across media and cities. In the Bay Area, the Golden Gate Stereoscopic Society and the Internet Archive are presenting a free polarized 3-D screening of the cult classic Robot Monster (1953), and Philadelphia programming includes screenings from Frankenstein (1910) to contemporary indie selections at Cherry Street Pier and the Philadelphia Film Festival. Toronto revival theatres are staging curated series — including The Exorcist, Practical Magic, a Rocky Horror 50th anniversary run, and Tobe Hooper titles such as Eaten Alive — while programmers explain their thematic choices. The 30 Days of Night comic returns with Falling Sun, written by Rodney Barnes with Steve Niles, reviving the vampire saga around newcomer Jalen James. Fresno Filmworks is launching a full-day indie horror event, and critics are reappraising works like the BBC’s Threads as a painfully relevant depiction of nuclear apocalypse.