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Join us the night before Athens Halloween Block Party for a terrifying double feature.

The first two features written and directed by Jordan Peele have been knockouts: intelligent, terrifying, and a ton of fun.

Back-to-back showings of Get Out and Us at the Athena this October will give you the perfect chance to introduce your friends to some of the best horror films of the decade. And if you have seen them, you’ll get a well-deserved chance to pick up on all the clues and hidden meanings you completely missed the last time you watched (hint: there are A LOT.)

Get Out

Now that Chris and his girlfriend, Rose, have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate with Missy and Dean. At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he could have never imagined.

Us

Haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide feels her paranoia elevate to high-alert as she grows increasingly certain that something bad is going to befall her family. After spending a tense beach day with their friends, the Tylers (Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon), Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home. When darkness falls, the Wilsons discover the silhouette of four figures holding hands as they stand in the driveway. Us pits an endearing American family against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgängers of themselves.

Admission is $10 and includes both films.

*Free Student Admission*

Thanks to the Multicultural Center, Black Student Cultural Programming Board, and School of Film there are a limited number of free student tickets available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Students must get tickets in-person at the theater and present OU ID to get passes. Limit of one ticket per student ID.

Runtime for event is 240 minutes and includes a 15 minute intermission.

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An unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, NOSFERATU is the quintessential silent vampire film, crafted by legendary German director F. W. Murnau.

Rather than depicting Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau’s Graf Orlok (as portrayed by Max Schreck) is a nightmarish, spidery creature of bulbous head and taloned claws — perhaps the most genuinely disturbing incarnation of vampirism yet envisioned.

Musical accompaniment will be performed live by Sean Parsons, whose previous silent film performances at the Athena include The Phantom of the Opera in June of 2018 and Buster Keaton’s The General in May of 2019.

Free Admission sponsored by OU Performing Arts.

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81 MIN

Bring the little ones, costumes and all to this year’s AUBA Uptown Trick-or-Treat Night movie!

The 1991 Addams Family revisits everyone’s favorite freaky family with a scary-good cast and trademark one-liners that will have you howling. Snap your fingers and come along with Morticia, Gomez, Uncle Fester, Wednesday, Pugsly, Thing, Lurch, and the rest for a ghoulishly good time this Halloween!

Free Admission sponsored by the Ohio University Credit Union!

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99 MIN

A young couple’s car breaks down outside the mansion of the eccentric transvestite scientist, Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Give yourself over to absolute pleasure and experience The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a strange psychedelic cinematic wonder. While critics and audiences initially failed to see this film’s charm, it has since gained a massive following and holds the record for longest theatrical release, since it technically has not left movie theaters since its premiere in 1975.

Whether it’s for the little ghouls and witches or the late show zombies, the Athena has tricks and treats in store for all walks of life… including the walking dead, of course.

No outside props, props packets will be available for purchase. Regular admission applies.

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100 MIN

Join us for our 1st ever Uptown Trick-or-Treat night movie! Costumes encouraged!

In the pantheon of nostalgic films, you would be hard-pressed to find a more fun Halloween throwback than 1993’s Hocus Pocus. Featuring peak performances from Bette Midler, Kathy Najimi, & Sarah Jessica Parker as three snippy witch sisters resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween night 300 years after their trial, all the ingredients are there for a hilarious brew of triple toil and trouble.

Free Admission sponsored by Ohio University Credit Union and the Athena Cinema.

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96 MIN

This fall, the Athena presents Déjà View: Cult Classics Film Series. Shock value may have put these films on the map but their lasting relevance is a testament to a deeper resonance. There is more to these films than sex, violence and potty humor. These films are about, by and for the outsiders. Each in its own way, these films celebrate the freak and delight in the different. And they do so with pride, triumph and joy, and a fair amount of filth and fun.

The sixth film in this series is The Rocky Horror Picture Show. A young couple’s car breaks down outside the mansion of the eccentric transvestite scientist, Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Give yourself over to absolute pleasure and experience The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a strange psychedelic cinematic wonder.While critics and audiences initially failed to see this film’s charm, it has since gained a massive following and holds the record for longest theatrical release, since it technically has not left movie theaters since its premiere in 1975.

Hosting and appearances by the Lost Flamingo Theatre Company’s Rocky Horror cast and crew! Outside props are prohibited to the Athena screening. Props packages will be available for sale for $3.

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100 MIN

THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (released in 1920) defined what it meant to be a horror movie. At a carnival in Germany, Francis (Friedrich Feher) and his friend Alan (Rudolf Lettinger) encounter the crazed Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauss). The men see Caligari showing off his somnambulist, Cesare (Conrad Veidt), a hypnotized man who the doctor claims can see into the future. Shockingly, Cesare then predicts Alan’s death, and by morning his chilling prophecy has come true — making Cesare the prime suspect. However, is Cesare guilty, or is the doctor controlling him?

The Athena Cinema will show THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI on Oct. 29 at 9:00, with live music performed by the NOBROW.collective (score by Aaron Michael Butler). It’s the perfect movie to see just before Halloween, and tickets are free!

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67 MIN

Rating: Unrated