If you're looking for cinematic spookiness this season and you live in the Chicago area, you're kinda spoiled for choice.
This Saturday (October 20th) is The Masscre, a 24-hout marathon of classic horror that features some really great films. The marathon looks to be quite the event, with vendors and a charity auction and, best of all, appearences and autograph sessions from Jack "Spider Baby" Hill and horror icon Linnea Quigley!
Looks like the entire Portage Park area will be celebrating Halloween this weekend, with arts & crafts and a treasure hunt for the kiddies, live entertainment, and more on Saturday. On Sunday, the legendary Svengoolie will be presenting a screening of Beetlejuice,once again at the Portage.
Speaking of Sven, he will also be hosting a 3-D presentation of The Creature From the Black Lagoon at the Muvico Theater in Rosemont on Sunday, October 28th. Keen!
Also on Sunday is the kick-off of Halloween Havoc 5, a week long festival of horror favorites at, you guessed it, the Portage.
Personally, I'd love to attend the Saturday screening of Return of the Living Dead, but I'm going to a party that night all the way out in Naperthrill. The whole line-up for the Massacre is pretty solid, and it looks like most if not all of the films will be presented on 35mm film. I might swing by the first day of HH5, but I'm pretty sure the group that organizes it shows digital projections of DVD's; as I own pretty much all of the films on disc already the screenings lose a lot of appeal for me.
Finally, I'm tempted to make the long drive from the family Halloween part in Indiana all the way to Elgin for Nightmare on Chicago Street. It's not a movie, but a zombie-themed block party with live entertainment and precious, precious booze. Based in the photos from last year's event, it looks like a lot of fun.
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