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Francis Ford Coppolas vampire tale is now revived in cinemas for its 30th anniversary, with Gary Oldman the fierce and anguished count who hundreds of years ago renounced God and embraced an eternity of parasitic horror in his rage at the unjust death of his countess (played by Winona Ryder). Dressed like the Pierrot from hell in his vast Transylvanian castle, Dracula then buys property in Victorian London, and appears there in the style of a sinister young dandy, on the scent of a woman who looks exactly like his late wife: the winsome Mina (Ryder again), fiancee to the equally demure young lawyer who journeyed to Romania to draw up Draculas contracts: Jonathan, played by Keanu Reeves.

This Dracula isnt from Coppolas great 70s/80s period, but it has a melodramatic and operatic energy and draws on the look and feel of Hollywoods pre-Code salaciousness and the silent movie madness of Nosferatu though the expressionist shadows are blood-red, not black. And its also notable for having a cast of male actors who could each quite plausibly play Dracula: Anthony Hopkins, Richard E Grant, Keanu Reeves, and Cary Elwes. Hopkins is Professor Van Helsing, who is to school his young friends in the ways of vampire-killing: Hopkins has great fun with the black comic craziness of the role. Reeves plays Jonathan with that innocent, faintly torpid calm which audiences would come to know and love for the next three decades. Grant is troubled Dr Seward, tending both to Mina and her super-sexy best friend Lucy (Sadie Frost) who is to embrace Dracula. Tom Waits has an eccentric performance as the tormented lawyer Renfield, who dealt with Dracula before Jonathan, and whose moral weakness and vulnerability to temptation made him Draculas slave. Monica Bellucci appears as one of Draculas three brides, writhing in a state of softcore undress around Keanu Reeves, a moral ordeal which turns his hair a fetching shade of grey.

Coppolas brash movie feels more fun now than it did 30 years ago, and Oldmans performance is outstanding. The movie has interesting echoes of The Silence of the Lambs, which had come out the year before, with its dangerous people locked up; but when the count has scruples about condemning Mina to an eternity of vampiric thirst, the film appears to prefigure the romantic world of Twilight. The stylised cinematography from Michael Ballhaus and production design from Thomas Sanders both look great. Theres nothing anaemic about this Dracula. But is it recognisably the work of the director who created The Godfather? Perhaps though it was a few years later that Abel Ferrara with his films The Addiction and The Funeral brought together the ideas of vampirism and gangsterism, both concerning lost souls.

Bram Stokers Dracula is released on 7 October in cinemas.

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This years 125th anniversary of Bram Stokers Dracula signals many things to many audiences. Along with the publics consciousness and willingness to succumb literally and figuratively to blood lust, and all things remotely Gothic (see this space soon for my David J from Bauhaus interview about this very thing), the need to feed, beyond the Halloween holiday is tied to sexuality, homoeroticism and medical issues such as that of tuberculosis in the 19th Century leading to post-mortem identifications of ordinary citizens as vampires.

HBO Maxs Irma Vep, the AMC Networks re-do of Anne Rices Interview with a Vampire, the soon-to-be-released Renfield starring Nicolas Cage as Dracula, the upcoming production of Nosferatu, and a YA reboot of True Blood: the vampire as a cultural touchstone never dies why?

Speaking with curators at the Mtter the world-famous medical museum dedicated to anatomical and pathological specimens, wax models, and antique medical equipment donated by Dr. Thomas Dent Mutter in 1858, and a spiritual home to filmmakers such as David Lynch and the Quay Brothers of Through the Weeping Glass fame in time for its 365-day long celebration, The Year of Dracula, the dissection of myth becomes something of a more physicalized deconstruction.

The Mtter Museum and its Dracula and the Incorruptible Body case exhibit, for instance, features a large blacked-out glass front in the shape of a coffin, and autopsy kit with rib shears, skull chisel, and dissecting scalpel, a glowing vermillion heart and a vampire killing kit with a gun, ivory Crucifix, glass vials, and bullet molds some antique, some contemporary.

Old, new, bloody and blue, Dracula reigns supreme, again.

For an expert opinion on all things vampire, I spoke with Meredith Sellers, the Mtter Museums Arts & Accessibility Programs Coordinator and one of the exhibit curators for Year of Dracula.

A.D. Amorosi: The 125th anniversary of Bram Stokers Dracula how does the novel speak to audiences in 2022, pop culturally and beyond?

Meredith Sellers: We are in an interesting moment, emerging slowly from a global pandemic. Horror is a way that many of us use to process traumas or fears through metaphorical means and I think it is particularly apt in this moment. The figure of the vampire speaks to fears around death and disease. As we explore in our case exhibit, the misunderstanding of disease and a distrust of science led to Vampire panics like the one in New England in the 1800s. Disease and mass death tends to breed panic and misinformation, no matter what era youre talking about or how enlightened people might believe themselves to be. Dracula itself is an incredible melding of the new world and the old, wherein the protagonists are using cutting-edge technology like audio journals and typewriters, but they are ultimately beholden to old forms of knowledge to defeat the monster. In a time when we can pull out our phones and Google any question that pops into our heads, I think there is a lot of appeal in the idea that there are some things that remain shadowy and unknowable.

A.D. Amorosi: How would you say that Stokers Dracula speaks to ways that relate to the Mtter Museum its curators, its audience enough so to build, and gear a year around him, and a series of exhibitions?

Meredith Sellers: There are so many connections between horror and medicine, especially when youre looking at the nineteenth century. It was a time of unparalleled advancements in scientific understanding and technology, but also a time where old ideas, superstitions and folklore still had a strong hold on society. While medicine came to understand the causes of many diseases in that time period, it still had relatively few cures, leaving gaps for more sinister solutions to take hold in times of desperation. There is an incredible wealth of material and topics related to Dracula, and the vampire is such an enduring pop-cultural icon that it seemed obvious we needed to do more. So, weve expanded beyond our small case exhibit and are using multiple events and programming to explore various ideas including the novels use of physiognomy, the discredited 19th century pseudo-science of reading faces, which my colleague Kevin Impellizeri will talk about in a virtual happy hour on October 12th; the intersection of medicine and the occult, as exemplified by the character Abraham Van Helsing, which well discuss in our screening of Hxan on October 16th; pop-ups on diseases that may have informed the vampire myth, a blood drive on January 7th, and additional screenings of two vampire films, Thirst and Interview with the Vampire in February and May, respectively.

A.D. Amorosi: What can you say about this case, the coffin-shaped exhibit where people in the Victorian era would be able to identify a body as a vampire? What it looks like and what it says about Draculas legend?

Meredith Sellers: Our case exhibit features a large glass front, which has been blacked out the create the shape of a coffin. Inside, an autopsy kit is open, its rib shears, skull chisel, and dissecting scalpel and hook splayed out. A vermillion heart glows at chest level, and a Vampire Killing Kit, on loan from the Mercer Museum is displayed at the foot of the case. The exhibit examines what people were looking for when they exhumed corpses in search of a vampire. An obvious one is an uncanny state of preservation, but they would also often do a crude autopsy, open up the chest cavity, and look for blood in the heart or other organs. Most of the assumed signs of vampirism can be explained by factors of natural decomposition or weather.

A.D. Amorosi: How real is the Vampire Killing Kit? It looks intense.

Meredith Sellers: The Vampire Killing Kit, it should be noted, is fascinating but likely not an actual antique. Rather, due to some compounds found in the paper, adhesives, and other objects, we believe it contains some antique items, such as the gun, the ivory crucifix, glass vials, and bullet mold, but it was probably assembled at some time in the second half of the twentieth century and passed off as authentic. The exhibit, however, really deals with the power of belief, so it seemed appropriate to include the Vampire Killing Kit as a testament to the continued pop-cultural fascination with vampires.

A.D. Amorosi: Such mournful but fascinating diseases like tuberculosis, led to post-mortem identifications of ordinary citizens as vampires in the 19th Century. I know that panic accompanied this. Can you tell me a little bit about what this phenomenon held, and how It is portrayed in the exhibition?

Meredith Sellers: Vampire panics, in the US and elsewhere, were often preceded by cases of tuberculosis circulating in the community. Pulmonary tuberculosis, the kind that resides in the lungs, presents as a kind of wasting away, where the sick person becomes very pale, weak, and coughs up blood. It happens slowly, usually over a period of several years. The symptoms of tuberculosis essentially mirror the languid wasting away that the supposed victim of a vampire experiences as the monster feeds upon them. By the time Dracula was published in 1897, fifteen years had passed since Robert Koch definitively proved that tuberculosis was caused by a bacterial infection, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, however, there wasnt an effective cure for the disease until the 1950s. So, although nineteenth century doctors could correctly diagnose someone with tuberculosis, they werent able to offer any cure. If your neighbors, your friends, and your family are all dying and your doctor tell you he has no cure, you might not have much use for his diagnosis. To understand the vampire panic, you have to understand the desperation people must have felt in order to desecrate the grave of a loved one in the hopes of saving another. Where science falls short, other explanations and solutions will arise to fill the vacuum. In lieu of a physical object representing tuberculosis, in the exhibit weve used an 1858 image by Henry Peach Robinson called Fading Away. It shows a young girl dying of tuberculosis, surrounded by her grieving family. The image itself is a staged composite photograph but it is such a powerful depiction of the romantic beautiful death that tuberculosis represented to Victorians, and it also shows how the disease impacted families.

A.D. Amorosi: HBO Maxs Irma Vep, the AMC Networks re-do of Interview with a Vampire, Renfield starring Nicolas Cage as Dracula, the upcoming production of Nosferatu: the vampire as a cultural touchstone never dies why?

Meredith Sellers: The Vampire has a shape-shifting qualityit has been a metaphor for disease, for sexuality, for the Otherits ambiguity makes it a potent symbol that continues to embody our fears and our fantasies. And, of course, the vampire itself is immortal, so, naturally, it never dies.

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Keanu Reeves and Gary Oldman in Bram Stokers Dracula. ( 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

Lots of people have wanted to put the story of Bram Stoker's Dracula(back in UK cinemas in 4K now for its 30th anniversary) on the big screen, but at the beginning of the 1990s, James V Harts screenplay was languishing in development torpor when Winona Ryder read it and decided it had to be made.

She took it to Francis Ford Coppola, possibly to build bridges after quitting The Godfather III just before filming. Coppola liked Harts take baroque, expansive, authentic and set about making it.

Cary Elwes was forging a Hollywood career after breaking out in 1987s The Princess Bride, which hed followed up with Tom Cruise vehicle Days of Thunder and 1991s Top Gun spoof Hot Shots!.

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I read it had been greenlit and that Francis was doing it and Winona was attached, the now-59-year-old Brit tells Yahoo.

I called my agent, I said, you got to get me on this picture, I have to work with Francis. We were fairly relentless. It turns out Francis was amenable to the idea.

Elwes was cast as Lord Arthur Holmwood, posh fianc of Lucy (Sadie Frost), the best friend of Ryders character (and Dracula love interest) Mina Harker.

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He set about rehearsing with co-stars Anthony Hopkins as Van Helsing, Keanu Reeves and fellow Englishman Gary Oldman, who was playing the iconic vampire.

Cary Elwes in 1992 at Las Vegas Convention Center. (Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

[Francis] brought tons of material for us to look at, remembers Elwes. What he wanted was for his actors to immerse themselves in that world.

"He set all of us little tasks to help us find the character. He arranged for me to go hunting on his property, he wanted me to live the lifestyle of an aristocrat, which was very fun. We went ballooning and all kinds of things no expense spared when it comes to Francis.

He certainly had a more enjoyable preparation than Oldman.

We were having a great time poor Gary spent most of the time sleeping in a coffin.

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Gary Oldman in Bram Stokers Dracula. ( 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

As part of the vampire-hunting gang, Elwes got to a spend a lot of screen time with Hopkins, only recently off his Oscar-winning breakout Hollywood role in The Silence of the Lambs.

Hes very playful, Elwes reveals of Hopkins. He would try to get me to giggle during a take. He was very naughty.

Anthony Hopkins (centre) in Bram Stokers Dracula. ( 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

Lavish and spectacularly designed (it was Oscar-nominated for Art Direction and won for Costume Design, Sound Editing and Makeup), the movie has also had an amusing afterlife thanks to Keanus meme-worthy English accent and the story that he and Winona were accidentally married for real during a wedding reshoot.

I know that Francis really had a Romanian wedding, says Elwes. I dont know whether they said and wife. I wouldnt be surprised if they were actually married.

Cary Elwes (centre) appears in Bram Stoker's Dracula with Gary Oldman (l) and Keanu Reeves (r). ( 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

The actor has since gone on to a slew of cinema and TV roles, including Saw and Stranger Things. But we were particularly interested in his reunion with Tom Cruise in the pandemic-shot and much-anticipated Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One.

So, can he tell us anything about it? Not much, he admits. Not even a little? [It was] great fun, so Im excited for the fans.

Bram Stokers Dracula is back in UK cinemas in 4K for its 30th anniversary now.

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Mike Mignola is a horror legend. His whole career has been spent playing with cryptids, freaks, and monsters, and Hellboy is one of the greatest horror comics of all time. Here, he gets to play around with a new world and remix vampire mythology alongside Rachele Aragno, a terrific artist who looks a lot like Mignolas regular stable of collaborators.

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We love a good horror anthology. Hell, we love a bad horror anthology. But once a year, DC puts together a roster of great talent for some throwback horror tales, but this time, the unifying theme istime travel? An 80 page giant!

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Jeremy Haun and Jason Hurley do psychological horror very well (see The Beauty). In The Approach, the pair teams with Jess Hervs to tell a story about monsters ushered into a closed airport in a snowstorm. If its Newark, it will be the scariest comic ever, but even if it takes place at a good airport, this one should be a chiller.

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8. Dracula 3000

Alright, Ill admit Im pushing it on this one. Dracula 3000 is not part of an established franchise, such as the Universal horrors. Its a new story, written by Ivan Millborrow and director Darrell Roodt, that puts a vampire on a spaceship in the year 3000. Furthermore, it operates as something of a reboot, with Caspar Van Dien playing Captain Abraham Van Helsing, Alexandra Kamp as Mina Murray, and Langley Kirkwood as Draculas German non-union equivalent Count Orlok. However, the movie doesnt work without audiences bringing their knowledge of previous Dracula stories.

That said, Dracula 3000 doesnt really work in any way at all. Roodt has a reputation as a prolific South African director, but he cant wring anything worthwhile from this lackluster cast and cheap production design. Like so many of the bad entries on this list, Dracula 3000 relies on references to Aliens and fails to use its budget limitations to any effect. Perhaps worst of all, it is incredibly boring, a movie that mistakes bad actors staring in horror with actual horror.

Space aliens played major roles in the original Cloverfield and its excellent sequel 10 Cloverfield Lane, but those were alien invasion movies, which took place on Earth. The direct-to-Netflix third film breaks the model by focusing on scientists on a research station. When the scientists use a particle accelerator, they open the door to a parallel universe, resulting in all manner of strange phenomena.

Helmed by future Captain America: New World Order director Julius Onah, The Cloverfield Paradox boasts an impressive cast, including Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Daniel Brhl, and Elizabeth Debicki. Even better, the movie includes some striking sequences, such as a person manifesting in the middle of a steel wall. However, despite these attributes, The Cloverfield Paradox remains a surprisingly inert movie, one that recognizes the potential of a story set in space but never manages to convey urgency. Its worth putting on for background noise while you do your laundry, but does not reward careful viewing.

Honestly, the most shocking part of Critters 4 occurs during the opening credits, when the words Angela Bassett pop up on screen. Just two years before her Oscar-nominated performance in Whats Love Got To Do With It?, Bassett plays Fran, pilot of a ship transporting Crit eggs off of Earth. Sadly, Bassett doesnt get much to do, and thus makes much less of an impact than her co-stars, which include Anders Hove as a surly captain and Brad Dourif as a irritable, but well-meaning scientist.

Sadly, Dourif might be the only worthwhile thing about Critters 4. The Chiodo Brothers designs of the Critters remain great, but theyre still tiny puppets who dont look terribly menacing when on the attack. Previous entries in the series have addressed that problem by putting them in crazy scenarios, but this entry chooses to largely ignore the monsters. In its place, director Rupert Harvey relies on character development for franchise regulars Charlie and Ug (Don Keith Opper and Terrence Mann, respectively). Even superfans would have to admit that none of Critters 4s charms come from its space setting.

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A GUEST on Antiques Roadshow was left dumbfounded after learning how much their third edition Bram Stoker book could be worth at auction.

Book specialist Matthew Haley was presented with a copy of The Mystery of the Sea on a recent episodefilmed in Scotland.

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The author was most famous for his 1897 vampire novel Dracula.

Matthew's guest was keen to know how much her book, which was priced at 1 in a charity shop, would fetch at auction.

"Bram Stoker was most famous for Dracula, of course," Matthew said, before questioning: "How did you come to have it?"

The guest explained she used to run six charity shops in Yorkshire and the book was handed into one of her shops.

Matthew said: "Well, you will obviously know about Whitby where Bram Stoker set Dracula and, very interestingly, he loved coming to Scotland on holiday.

"So he was inspired by this to write The Mystery of the Sea and it's a really strange story."

He went on to say how Dracula is a book which can make 10,000 or 20,000 when it comes up at auction.

He then revealed how much The Mystery of the Sea could make at auction which is "slightly less well-known" than the iconic novel Dracula.

"It's not quite the first edition, it's actually the third impression of the book," Matthew added.

"As it is the third printing, it's still the first year it came out in print, and I would expect more like 150 to 200."

The thrilled guest replied: "That's good and better than costing 1 in a charity shop."

Matthew laughed and agreed with her and the crowd giggled as they followed the pair through the valuation.

Antiques Roadshowepisodes are available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

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If you are anything like me, you are always looking for an excuse to head to the theater.

From the big screen, to the semi-comfortable seating, and even the sense of community you get when the crowd is fully engrossed in what they know is something special, despite all their recent hardships, movie theaters still hold a particular magic that just cant be recreated at home.

Source: Halloween (1978), Compass International Pictures

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Luckily, with October freshly here and the spooky season starting in full, various event providers and movie theaters are offering us the chance to experience this magic courtesy of some horror classics.

Below are some of the best special screenings that you can catch at a theater near you to help enhance your fright-levels this Halloween.

Source: Terrifier 2 (2022), Bloody Disgusting

1. Universal Monsters The Mummy, Bride of Frankenstein, The Creature of the Black Lagoon, and Phantom of the Opera

Admittedly a bit of a cheat to start things off, October will see Universals classic Monster properties continue their march into high-definition.

Source: The Bride of Frankenstein (1954), Universal Pictures

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Even despite their titular studios variety of attempts to remake and reimagine them, theres a reason these original incarnations continue to thrive.

As a property, the Universal Monsters have always been consistently present in the pop-culture zeitgeist, to the point where even if youve never seen a single frame of each creatures respective movies, you likely know practically everything about them.

Source: The Mummy (1932), Universal Pictures

For those who havent, now youll get the chance to change that, as like Dracula and Wolfman in years past, Universal will be hosting holiday screenings for a quartet of their iconic monster films in honor of their upcoming 4K home video releases.

While The Mummy and Bride of Frankenstein have already seen their October 1st , one-night only engagement come and pass, The Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Phantom of the Opera will close things out with their own one-night showing on October 29th .

Source: The Phantom of the Opera (1943), Universal Pictures

2. Bram Stokers Dracula

Another legend making its way back to theaters, in honor of its 30th anniversary, this season will see Bram Stokers Dracula hit the silver screen in glorious 4K.

Source: Bram Stokers Dracula (1992), Columbia Pictures

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A rare example of a successful reimagining, Bram Stokers Dracula is considered to be the most faithful adaptation of the original legend, hence why his name is a part of its full title you have to recognize him every time you reference his work.

Source: Bram Stokers Dracula (1992), Columbia Pictures

Bram Stokers Dracula is considered the most faithful adaptation of the original story that kicked off the legend of Dracula, which is why the authors is even part of the title. You have to say it every time, the whole thing.

However, it still does take a few liberties, most notably depicting its eponymous character as played by Gary Oldman of Lost in Space and Christopher Nolans Batman trilogy fame into more of a tragic and romantic rigure instead of just a 2D monster-man.

Source: Bram Stokers Dracula (1992), Columbia Pictures

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Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Bram Stokers Dracula combines incredibly creative practical and in camera effects and a genuinely creepy atmosphere to bring something special to the film, and regardless of its minor hiccups Keanu Reeves attempting a English accent, to name one its still a must-watch for any fan of the genre.

Bram Stokers Dracula comes to theaters on October 23rd and 27th by way of Fathom Events.

Source: Bram Stokers Dracula (1992), Columbia Pictures

3. Trick r Treat

Originally released as a straight-to-DVD flick you may have seen in Wal-Marts bargain bins, Trick r Treat has since evolved into such a cult classic that its finally getting a proper theatrical release nationwide.

Source: Trick r Treat (2007), Warner Bros.

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Presented as an anthology of loosely-connected horror stories, Trick r Treat as a whole introduces the world to Sam, a creepy little boy in footie-pajamas and wearing a burlap sack on his head who serves as an avenging holiday spirit, punishing all who break the rules of Halloween.

Trick r Treatmakes is set to makle the leap to theaters with select showings on October 6th , 8th, and 11th.

Source: Trick r Treat (2007), Warner Bros.

4. Terrifier 2

Like any good Halloween, its time to send in the clowns or at least one clown, to be specific, as Art is ready for another bloody good time.

Source: Terrifier 2 (2022), Bloody Disgusting

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Starting life as a character in the horror anthology All Hallows Eve, Art the Clown was popular enough to get his own spin-off movie in Terrifier. And now, this relateive horror newcome is not only getting a sequel, but also set to have its first proper theatrical debut.

With help of a recent Indiegogo Campaign, writer and director Damien Leone is bringing back his iconic creep to wreak further havoc on even more victims.

Source: Terrifier 2 (2022), Bloody Disgusting

Notably, AEW superstar current Ring of Honor champion Chris Jericho will feature in the films cast. An outspoken fan of the entire spectrrum of horror, Jericho even once said that 1976s Bloodsucking Freaks holds a spot amongst his top films.

Between Jerichos star power and the chance to catch a new slasher icon on the rise, Terrifier 2 will be a must-see when it hits theaters for a limited run on October 6th-8th.

Source: Terrifier 2 (2022), Bloody Disgusting

5. Scream 2

Celebrating both its 25th anniversary and riding the hype of both its recently released and upcoming sequels, Scream 2 is back to stab terror into the hearts of moviegoers.

Source: Scream 2 (1997), Dimension Films

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Originally released in 1997, Wes Cravens meta-slasher-sequel returns to the concept in a new way by having the events of the first film being turned into an in-universe horor film called Stab.

The production of this film in turn sets off a chain of events that results in the appearance of another Ghostface and leads its protagonists into a classic race to figure out the mystery of the man behind the mask.

Source: Scream 2 (1997), Dimension Films

Returning to theaters in 4K ahead of its similar-definition home release, interested viewers can check out Scream 2 for two-nights only on October 9th and 10th .

Source: Scream 2 (1997), Dimension Films

6. The Lost Boys

Coming by way of director Joel Schumacher, who many may know for his work behind the camera onThe Incredible Shrinking Woman and Batman & Robin, The Lost Boys is one of the most memorable vampire reimaginings to ever come out of Hollywood.

Source: The Lost Boys (1987), Warner Bros. Pictures

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Set in a fictional California beach town, this 1987 cult classic follows two kids, Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim), who find themselves caught up in a youth biker gang which in reality is nothing more than a front for a group of vampires led by the mysterious David Powers (Keifer Sutherland).

Source: The Lost Boys (1987), Warner Bros. Pictures

Eventually, the two team up with self-proclaimed vampire hunters The Frog Brothers (Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander) to rid the town of the vampire threat before they themselves fall victim to their appetities.

Fans can catch the inveitable showdown for the first time or relive it when The Lost Boys screens in theaters on October 9th and 12th.

Source: The Lost Boys (1987), Warner Bros. Pictures

7. Halloween

A no-brainer entry, Halloween seems to have made it a yearly-tradition to release in theaters around the time of its eponymous holiday.

Source: Halloween (1978), Compass International Pictures

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However, this years screenings will hold just a bit more significance as the end of the franchises most recent trilogy will also premiere near the end of the month.

Whether youre looking to catch up on the story of Michael Meyers before witnessing the supposed End of his story or if youre just in the mood to rewatch what is arguably the perfect slasher film, youll have a trio of opportunities across October.

Source: Halloween (1978), Compass International Pictures

Halloween makes its annual trip to public view on October 7th, 10th and 13th.

Source: Halloween (1978), Compass International Pictures

8. Dawn of the Dead 3D

And finally, the arguably most exciting screening you can catch this October comes in the form of a fantastic undertaking which I personally thought would forever be relegated to specialty theaters.

Source: Dawn of the Dead (1978), United Film Distribution Company

The most well-known and reference zombie movie in the history of cinema, George A. Romeros seminal horror outing has been painstakingly restored to 4K and converted to 3D, resulting in the aptly named Dawn of the Dead 3D.

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to see this version via a local screening set up by a friend of mine with experience in hosting independent horror fests.

Source: Dawn of the Dead (1978), United Film Distribution Company

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Sitting in that packed house, we were informed that we were some of the first people to see this version of Romeros work. Suffice to say, it was a treat.

Many consider 3D to be a cheap gimmick, and in many cases, it is, especially when used hapharzardly or lazily (Hollywoods focus on things flying right at you being the worst example of these twin philosophies).

Source: Dawn of the Dead (1978), United Film Distribution Company

But when used right, such as to emphasize a scenes depth, 3D effects can bolster an already amazing experience.

Personally, I know a 3D conversion was done right when I feel more compelled to reach into the scene than worried about which on-screen item will be the next to jump out at me.

Source: Dawn of the Dead (1978), United Film Distribution Company

And thankfully, thats exactly what youll find here.

Screening exclusively via Regal Cinemas, Dawn of the Dead 3D closes out the spooky season with a high note on October 28th-31st.

Source: Dawn of the Dead (1978), United Film Distribution Company

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Abbyr Shen Reesht - Say That Again

Sunday, October 9th, 2022 - 42 minutes

Ayns 'Shiaght Laa' ta Maralyn Crellin ginsh dooin mychione club son thummeyderyn. Va three gammanyn er-nyn-son ayns 'Jamys Jeheiney' choud's va barney goll er lhieeney reesht, as Daniel Quayle assaaragh. Cha row meer er-lheh 'sy Ghaelg ayns 'Goll as Gaccan', myr shoh ta shin goll roin dy jeeragh gys meer elley ass Dracula liorish Bram Stoker 'sy chyndaays 'sy Ghaelg ayns 'Claare ny Gael'.

In 'Shiaght Laa' Maralyn Crellin tells us about a club for divers. There were three games for us in 'Jamys Jeheiney' whilst a gap was filled again, in the absence of Daniel Quayle. There wasn't a specific piece in the Manx Gaelic in 'Goll a Gaccan', so we move on directly to another extract from Dracula by Bram Stoker in the translation into the Manx Gaelic in 'Claare ny Gael'.

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