2025/09-10-11 B&Z (october - halloween)

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Trick or Treat ?
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Straight from the obscure corners of the collection come hilarious B-movies, blood-curdling thrillers, gialli, slashers, and other exploitation films. This is a moment of alternative film history not to be missed, presented on the last Friday of every month. The series offers a two-for-one ticket: two films centered around the same theme for the price of a single ticket.

October: Trick or Treat ?

Halloween III: Season of the Witch is the black sheep of the Halloween franchise. Michael Myers, the franchise's iconic figure, was not invited back, as producers John Carpenter and Debra Hill believed the film series had the potential to evolve into an anthology where each film would have its own characters, setting, and plot. The film was a flop, snubbed by fans outraged by Michael Myers' absence, who would later regain his role as the series’ killer. For those tired of repetitive adolescent massacres, this terrifying exception is a breath of fresh air in the form of a dark conspiratorial thriller.

The Sentinel stands as a return to the classics of satanic horror, in the vein of The Exorcist and The Omen. It’s a renewal of the satanic horror film, featuring all the typical genre codes of the 1970s: a deluge of macabre images, stunning special effects and makeup (by Dick Smith), a constellation of Hollywood stars including Chris Sarandon, Ava Gardner, José Ferrer, Burgess Meredith, Beverly D’Angelo, and John Carradine, all under the direction of Michael Winner. After Death Wish, Winner made increasingly cruel and bizarre films, often bordering on excess, and delivers a bone-chilling film here.