Friday, October 15, 2010

Halloween Season at Everyman Cinemas, London

From 29 to 31 October, Everyman Cinemas are celebrating Halloween with a line-up of the very best in scary thrillers. Everyman Scream (!) on the Green and Everyman Hampstead will celebrate ghosts, vampires, witches and poltergeists for one weekend only! So sit tight and hide behind your popcorn if you have to – these films are not for the faint hearted.

- FULL LISTINGS BELOW -

Everyman Scream on the Green:
Friday 29th October 11:00pm - Dawn of the Dead
In this first sequel to Night of the Living Dead, a group of four people take up residence in a deserted mall while trying to stay alive amidst the armies of the dead and a vicious gang of militant bikers
Cast:
David Emge – Stephen
Ken Foree – Peter
Scott H. Reiniger – Roger
Gaylen Ross – Francine
Director: George A. Romero

Saturday 30th October 11:00pm - Evil Dead II
A sequel/remake of the film The Evil Dead. A young man named Ash takes his girlfriend Linda to a secluded cabin, and plays back a professor's tape recorded recitation of passages from the Book of the Dead. The spell calls up an evil force from the woods which turns Linda into a monstrous Deadite, and threatens to do the same to Ash. When the professor's daughter and her entourage show up at the cabin, the night turns into a non-stop, grotesquely comic battle with chainsaw and shotgun on one side, demon horde and flying eyeball on the other.
Cast:
Bruce Campbell – Ashley ‘Ash’ J.Williams
Sarah berry – Annie Knowby
Dan Hicks – Jake
Denise Bixler – Linda
Director:
Sam Raimi

Sunday 31st October 11:00pm - The Exorcist
Something beyond evil is happening in a little girl's room. Regan has brutally changed both in the way she looks and the way she acts, with violent outbursts on everyone who comes in contact with her. Her worried mother gets in contact with a priest who comes to the conclusion that Regan is possessed. The top priest who can deal with an exorcism, Father Merrin, is called in to help save Regan from the demon inside her.
Cast:
Ellen Burstyn – Chris MacNeil
Max von Sydow – Father Merrin
Lee. J. Cobb – Lt Kinderman
Kitty Winn – Sharon
Linda Blair – Regan
William O’Malley – Father Dyer
Director:
William Friedkin

Everyman Hampstead: 
Friday 29th October 9:00pm Let the Right One In

Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other people's blood to live he's faced with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982.

Cast:
Kåre Hedebrant – Oskar
Lina Leandersson – eli
Per Ragnar – Håkan
Hanrik Dahl – Erik
Karin Bergquist – Yvonne
Director:
Tomas Alfredson

Saturday 30th October 9:00pm - The Shining
A man, his son and wife become the winter caretakers of an isolated hotel where Danny, the son, sees disturbing visions of the hotel's past using a telepathic gift known as "The Shining". The father, Jack Torrance, is underway in a writing project when he slowly slips into insanity as a result of cabin fever and former guests of the hotels ghost's. After being convinced by a waiter's ghost to "correct" the family, Jack goes completely insane. The only thing that can save Danny and his mother is "The Shining"

Cast:
Jack Nicholson – Jack Torrance
Shelly Duvall – Wendy Torrance
Danny Lloyd – Danny Torrance
Scatman Crothers – Sick Hallorann
Director:
Stanley Kubrick

Sunday 31st October 9:00pm – Dracula
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.

Cast:                                                                                                                                                   
Peter Cushing – Doctor Van Helsing
Christopher Lee – Count Dracula
Michael Gough – Arthur
Melissa Stribling – Mina
Carol Marsh – Lucy
Director: Terence Fisher

TICKET PRICES: Premier £10.50, Standard £8.00
BOX OFFICE:  0871 906 9060 or online at www.everymancinema.com