Now celebrating its second year, the annual Haunting at the SLO Film Center invites locals and its supporters alike to get their costumes ready and be prepared to navigate the haunted hallways of the Palm Theatre. This spooky season celebration at SLO’s beloved hometown theater offers food, drinks, cinema-centric fun and frightful activities along with live music from local horror fans, the alt-rock Ghost / Monster duo. All three theaters at the venue will be part of the action on Wednesday, October 1 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Tickets for the Haunting are priced at $15 and “Palmie” members receive a discount. For more information and tickets, please visit: https://www.thepalmtheatre.com/
In the spirit of the season, SLO Film Center has a full calendar of retrospective thrillers and fright films scheduled for October. The features run the full gambit of genres, from Alien, Zombie, and Gore to Psychological horror. Spine-tingling titles include Scream, Hellraiser and Night of the Creeps. Included in the mix are even a few family-friendly films as well as true originals: The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon and Bride of Frankenstein. For the full schedule, please visit here.
SLO Film Center also presents the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. This year, and alongside its signature categories and competitions, the festival is launching a special award recognizing the Best Genre/Horror Film. Submissions are open through the end of November. Please visit https://filmfreeway.com/slofilmfest for more details. More information on the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival can be found at https://slofilmfest.org.
