Forget about romantic comedies, scary movies are just as ideal for date night. What other movie genre warrants consecutive hours of clutching each other for dear life through jump scares and extra spooky scenes? Rather than waiting until October 31 for a marathon, build the anticipation all season long by catching screenings of classic horror movies all around town. We've put together this guide to Halloween movies in Orlando, happy haunting!
Top picks for Halloween movies in Orlando:
Enzian Theater
Enzian Theater celebrates Halloween all month with their annual 13 Films of Halloween program. Over the course of the month, the theater screens an assortment of scary flicks ranging from cult classics to midnight movies and even a free outdoor movie in Winter Park's Central Park. 2024 also marks the return of the much loved Wednesday Night Pitcher show: a free movie outdoors next to Eden Bar. Each film has an accompanying cocktail to enjoy, concocted by Eden Bar especially for the evening.
Tickets range on average of $11.00/person.
Don't miss the annual Halloween Party on Saturday, October 26, 2024.
Here's the lineup for 2024:
- Tuesday, October 1: The Craft
- Wednesday, October 2: Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
- Tuesday, October 8: Three…Extremes
- Thursday, October 10: Children of the Damned
- Saturday, October 12: Suspiria (1977)
- Saturday, October 12: Near Dark
- Monday, October 14: Phantom of the Paradise
- Tuesday, October 15: Interview with the Vampire
- Wednesday, October 16: Bones
- Saturday, October 19: Ginger Snaps
- Saturday, October 19: The Mist: Black & White Director’s Cut
- Sunday, October 20: Frankenweenie
- Tuesday, October 22: Maniac (1980)
- Saturday, October 26: The Burning
- Tuesday, October 29: Phantasm
- Wednesday, October 30: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
À La Cart SoDo – Outdoor Halloween Movies
Halloween movies are a hit at À La Cart and we can't wait for their 2024 lineup to be announced, stay tuned!
Movies are always free to attend. No outside food or beverage is allowed. Movies are every Monday starting at 7:30 all month.
Silver Moon Drive-In
It's a bit far to technically be Halloween movies in Orlando, but how fun would it be to watch Halloween movies at a drive-in? Get ready for a night of thrills and chills with Silver Moon Drive-In in Lakeland
October 11, 2024 – annual Halloween movie marathons $35 per car
Oct 6 marathon
- Side one: Corpse Bride, Gremlins, Little Shop of Horrors, Lost Boys, Nightmare on Elm Street
- Side two: Hotel Transylvania, The Labyrinth, Ghostbusters , Christine, I know what you did Last Summer
Oct 14 – Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadow cast featuring Hell On Heels
Oct 20 marathon
- Side one: Megan, Black Phone, Belko experiment, Split, The Hunt
- Side two: Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Wolfman, Wolfman meet’s
- Frankenstein
Hocus Pocus at Eolaween
Saturday, October 25, 4-9pm (Movie at 7:30pm)
Lake Eola Park
Eolaween promises a bewitching time with a lineup of exciting activities, including games, a DJ, a craft station to awaken your artistic spirit, and trick-or-treating. Don't miss the Halloween movie feature, “Hocus Pocus,” once darkness falls.
Moonlight Movie at Night Market with Zombietoberfest
Saturday, October 26, 5-10pm
Audubon Park
3000 Corrine Drive, Orlando, FL, 32803
Visitors will enjoy a night market with the best in local and regional artists, food trucks, multiple craft beer gardens, DJ, costume contests for humans and puppers, storytellers from Phantasmagoria, free outdoor showing of GREMLINS, fine wine, craft cocktails, kids Halloween crafts and games, and more
Garden Theatre
Garden Theatre in Downtown Winter Garden sometimes offers Halloween-worthy interactive movies.
- Oct. 29: Carrie at 7 p.m. & Scream at 10 p.m.
- Oct 30: Young Frankenstein at 7:30 p.m. & The Blair Witch Project at 10 p.m.
- Oct. 31: Get Out at 7:30 p.m.
Weirdo Market & Movie Night – Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company
2024 TBA
Enjoy a spooky night of shopping and movies at Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company! Bazaar Botanica's – Misfit Exchange Monthly Alternative Market will have 15 Local Alternative Shops & Artisans with an Eclectic mix of original art, hand-made wares, vintage and alternative clothing, oddities, and all kinds of cool things. Grab food from one of the food trucks at the event and then settle in for the double feature! (Don't forget your blankets and chairs for the movies!)
Film Festivals
Spooky Empire’s Horror Film Festival
October 11 – 13, 2024
Hyatt Regency Orlando
This year Spooky Empire brings you the goriest, spookiest and most frightening short and feature-length horror films for your viewing pleasure.
16th Annual Freak Show Horror Film Festival
October 18-20, 2024
EPIC Theaters at Lee Vista
The FREAK SHOW Horror Film Festival is the Largest Horror Genre Film Festival in the State of Florida
Tickets on sale soon
Worth the drive to Tampa Bay…
Gigglewaters
737 Main St #104, Safety Harbor, FL 34695
We love all the movies that are shown at Gigglewaters. While most Halloween movies in Tampa Bay are a one-time thing, the movies at Gigglewaters are shown multiple times a day! This place is worth the trip to Safety Harbor.
Show times can vary, but most are usually 12:00 PM, 03:00 PM, 06:00 PM, 8:30 PM – be sure to check their schedule because showtimes do vary based on the movie's length and other factors.
Halloween Movies at Gigglewaters will be announced soon, check back for details!
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50+ Events to Celebrate Halloween in Orlando
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