Halloween movie favorites at the Roxy this Oct.
As the air turns crisp and the leaves begin to change color, get in the spirit of the Halloween season with the return of the Planters Bank Presents... film series at the Roxy Regional Theatre.Movies slated for October include a host of spooky -- and sometimes silly -- fan favorites:
Hocus PocusSunday, Oct. 9 @ 2 p.m. Halloween night will never be the same after three 17th century witches (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy), hanged for their murderous crimes, are accidentally conjured up in present-day Salem, where they brew a hilarious cauldron of mischief and mayhem!Rating: PGRunning time: 95 minutesRelease year: 1993Director: Kenny OrtegaCast: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora BirchLicensing: Swank Motion Pictures---------------Sleepy HollowSunday, Oct. 16 @ 2 p.m. Ichabod Crane (played by Johnny Depp), a detective with unconventional methods of investigation, is sent to probe a series of gruesome murders in which the victims’ heads have been lopped off, thus strengthening the local legend of a Headless Horseman. Christina Ricci is Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful and mysterious girl with secret ties to the supernatural terror.Rating: RRunning time: 106 minutesRelease year: 1999Director: Tim BurtonCast: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Casper Van Dien, Michael GambonLicensing: Swank Motion Pictures---------------BeetlejuiceSunday, Oct. 23 @ 2 p.m. A happy couple (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin) with a lovely country house die in a car accident and must haunt their old home while waiting to be processed into heaven. Too nice to be scary, they befriend the new tenants’ daughter (Winona Ryder). But when they fail to prevent the girl’s parents from ruining the house, they ask a devilish spirit (Michael Keaton) for help in Tim Burton’s spooky comedy classic.Rating: PGRunning time: 93 minutesRelease year: 1988Director: Tim BurtonCast: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Wynona Ryder, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O’HaraLicensing: Swank Motion Pictures---------------GhostbustersSunday, Oct. 30 @ 2 p.m. After the members of a team of scientists (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis) lose their cushy positions at a university in New York City, they decide to become “ghostbusters” to wage a high-tech battle with the supernatural for money. After stumbling upon a gateway to another dimension, a doorway that will release evil upon the city, the Ghostbusters must now save New York from complete destruction.Rating: PGRunning time: 107 minutesRelease year: 1984Director: Ivan ReitmanCast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie HudsonLicensing: Swank Motion PicturesTickets are $10 (adults) and $5 (10 and under) and may be reserved online at www.roxyregionaltheatre.org/filmseries, by phone at (931) 645-7699, or at the theatre during regular box office hours (9:00am to 2:00pm, Monday through Friday, and one hour prior to show times). Popcorn, assorted candy and drinks are available as concessions.
This article originally appeared on Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle: The Roxy Regional Theatre unveils its 2022 film series
