Don’t Want to Deal With Trick-or-Treaters? Go See a Spooky Movie on Halloween Instead
Don’t want to go out partying on Halloween — but also have no desire to sit at home punting candy at trick-or-treaters all night? Here’s a suggestion for Saturday: Go hide in a movie theater instead.
There’s an impressive selection of appropriately spooky films playing at the Bay Area’s repertory movie theaters on Oct. 31 this year, not just on Halloween Night itself but during the daytime — including some family-friendly fare, too.
Keep reading for all the movies playing this Saturday to mark the culmination of Spooky Season. Happy Halloween, Bay Area!
- Jump straight to: All the horror movies screening on Halloween night
Daytime movie screenings on Oct. 31
Lark Theater, Larkspur
Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m.
“It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!”
4 Star Theater, San Francisco
Saturday, Oct. 31, 12:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 31, 1 p.m.
Landmark Opera Plaza, San Francisco
Roxie Theater, San Francisco
Saturday, Oct. 31, 1 p.m.
4 Star Theater, San Francisco
Saturday, Oct. 31, 1:45 p.m.
Balboa Theater, San Francisco
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2 p.m.
Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma (yes, the movie location for Woodsboro High)
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2 p.m.
Alamo Drafthouse New Mission, San Francisco
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2:50 p.m. and 3:45 p.m.
Roxie Theater, San Francisco
Saturday, Oct. 31, 3:30 p.m.
Alamo Drafthouse Valley Fair, Santa Clara
Saturday, Oct. 31, 4 p.m.
Roxie Theater, San Francisco
Saturday, Oct. 31, 4 p.m.
Alamo Drafthouse, Mountain View
Saturday, Oct. 31, 4 p.m.
Balboa Halloween Mystery Marathon
Balboa Theater, San Francisco
Saturday, Oct. 31, 4:30 p.m.
“The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch”
New People Theater, Japantown, San Francisco
Saturday, Oct. 31, 4:45 p.m.
Movies screening on Halloween Night
New Parkway, Oakland
Saturday, Oct. 31, 5 p.m.
Alamo Drafthouse Valley Fair, Santa Clara
Saturday, Oct. 31, 6:45 p.m.
National Theatre Live: “Frankenstein”
Lark Theater, Larkspur
- Screening 1 (Jonny Lee Miller as creature): Saturday, Oct. 31, 5 p.m.
- Screening 2 (Benedict Cumberbatch as creature): Saturday, Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m.
(Courtesy of National Theatre Live)
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (with live performance by Bawdy Caste)
Balboa Theater, San Francisco
Saturday, Oct. 31, 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.
New Parkway, Oakland
Saturday, Oct. 31, 7:10 p.m.
Roxie Theater, San Francisco
Saturday, Oct. 31,7:45 p.m.
4 Star Theater, San Francisco
Saturday, Oct. 31, 8:45 p.m.
New Parkway, Oakland
Saturday, Oct. 31, 9:15 p.m.
Alamo Drafthouse New Mission, San Francisco
Saturday, Oct. 31, 9:30 p.m.
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show”
Lark Theater, Larkspur
Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 p.m.