Little Art Theatre

Horror Marathon

Saturday, October 24. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m.

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Movies

The Birds

THE BIRDS

Starts at about 9:30 p.m. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Chic socialite Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the local bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay. (1963, 2 hrs., 35mm)

The House of the DevilWatch the trailer

THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL

Starts at about 11:55 p.m. Area premiere. Sam is a pretty college sophomore, so desperate to earn some cash for a deposit on an apartment that she accepts a babysitting job even after she finds out there is no baby. Mr. and Mrs. Ulman are the older couple who lure Sam out to their creeky Victorian mansion deep in the woods, just in time for a total lunar eclipse. Megan is Sam's best friend, who gives her a ride out to the house, and reluctantly leaves her there despite suspecting that something is amiss. Quickly it becomes clear that Sam will end this night in a bloody fight for her life. (2009, 1 hr. 33 min., 35mm)

Re-Animator

RE-ANIMATOR

Starts at about 1:50 a.m. If you like blood, guts, horror, mayhem and dismemberment — served up with a great sense of humor — then you'll love Stuart Gordon's H. P. Lovecraft adaptation that has built a faithful cult following over the years. Re-Animator is about a crazed medical student's experiments to bring the dead back to life. If you love to scream, then laugh, then scream again, Re-Animator is the movie for you. (1985, 1 hr. 26 min., 35mm)

Shaun of the Dead

SHAUN OF THE DEAD

Starts at about 3:30 a.m. This modern cult classic is a romantic zombie comedy follows the bloody funny adventures of underachiever Shaun (Simon Pegg) and his best mate Ed (Nick Frost) as they cope with a zombie invasion of North London and attempt to rescue Shaun's girlfriend Liz and his Mum. Directed by Edgar Wright. Written by Pegg and Wright. (2004, 1 hr. 37 min., High-def Digital Projection)

Repulsion

REPULSION

Starts at about 5:20 a.m. In Roman Polanski's 1964 horror classic (and first English-language picture), strange things start to happen when her sister and her sleazy boyfriend leave virginal, repressed manicurist Catherine Deneuve alone in their London apartment. (1 hr. 44 min., 35mm)

Friday the 13th

FRIDAY THE 13TH

Starts at about 7:15 a.m. In 1957, at Camp Crystal Lake, a young boy named Jason Voorhees drowned. A year later, two camp counselors were murdered. In 1962, fires and bad water thwarted the camp's reopening. Now, in 1979, Steve Christy finally reopens Camp Crystal Lake with the help of a few new counselors. Ignoring the warnings from a local wacko, the murders start once again while a mysterious stalker prowls the area. (1980, 1 hr. 35 min., High-def Digital Projection)

Night of the Living Dead

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

Starts at about 9 a.m. The dead come back to life and eat the living in George Romero's groundbreaking, low budget, black and white film. Several people barricade themselves inside a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse in an attempt to survive the night after the mysterious reanimation of the recently dead. Legendary critic Pauline Kael praised the film as "one of the most gruesomely terrifying movies ever made." (1968, 1 hr. 36 min., High-def Digital Projection)

Little Art auditorium

50 TRAILERS + COSTUME CONTEST

Always a crowd-pleaser at the marathon, at least 10 minutes of horror movie trailers new and old will show before each feature. Plus, we'll have another of our annual costume contests around 1:30 a.m. (before Re-Animator) and plenty of prizes for the winners, plus other random giveaways throughout the night!

About the Event

Photo by Carrie LandersThe Little Art Theatre in Yellow Springs, Ohio, presents its third annual all-night Halloween horror movie marathon.

This year's horror marathon will showcase seven feature films, including rare 35mm screenings of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, Roman Polanski's Repulsion, and the '80s cult classic Re-Animator.

Also in the lineup is the area premiere of Ti West's much-anticipated The House of the Devil (also from 35mm), the contemporary favorite Shaun of the Dead, Sean Cunningham's original Friday the 13th, and George Romero's masterpiece Night of the Living Dead.

The Little Art Theatre is located at 247 Xenia Avenue, Yellow Springs, OH. The theatre is about 20 miles east of Dayton, Ohio; 55 miles west of Columbus, Ohio; and 70 miles north of Cincinnati, Ohio. Map & Directions »

Notice (10/16): Unfortunately, Night of the Creeps has been canceled. Making lemonade out of lemons, however, we were able to book a 35mm print of Stuart Gordon's classic Re-Animator to complete our schedule. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Photo of 2007 marathon marquee by Carrie Landers.


 
 

Parking

Free street parking on and around Xenia Avenue (the street in front of the theater) will be available the night of this event.

Your other options for parking that are closest to the Little Art are Mills Lawn parking lot and along Walnut St. However, patrons are also welcome to use the John Bryan Center parking lot where the police department is. The Cemetery St. parking lot is also available — it's just a little bit farther away.

In the event that any streets or spaces are restricted the night of the event, Yellow Springs is very good about marking those areas, so just beware of any signs. If your car is parked in a "No Parking" space, it will be towed.