Halloween movie night

The nights are growing longer and the days are becoming rainy and dreary... the perfect setting for a horror story! Freezing fog in the morning, steamy pumpkin soup to warm ourselves on cold evenings, plastic skulls in every shop window: the Halloween season is upon us. Want to celebrate Halloween with a scary movie, but too chicken to watch one all alone? Yeah, we are too. Come be a chicken with us at our Halloween movie night!

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When? Wednessday, November 3rd, 19:00

Where? HOG 01.85 for the movie, HOG 00.10 for a steaming cup of pumpkin soup or a mug of glühwein afterwards

How much? not a dime (but we may feed one or two of you to HOG's resident zombies)

And most importantly.... which movie? That's up to you! We've made a selection of a few scary movies, but we leave the choice to you. Vote in the poll below for the movie you'd most like to see. We'll announce the result before October 30th. After the movie screening, we'll give away the dvd to one lucky moviegoer!

Here are the possibilities:

The Exorcist

The Exorcist is a 1973 American horror film directed by William Friedkin, dealing with the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother’s desperate attempts to win back her daughter through an exorcism conducted by two priests. The film is one of a cycle of 'demonic child' movies produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Rosemary's Baby and The Omen. The film became the most profitable horror film of all time and one of the highest earning movies in general, proving a huge effect on popular culture. It earned ten Academy Award nominations—winning two, one for Best Sound and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

A group of friends passing through are stalked and hunted down by a deformed killer with a chainsaw in order to sustain his poor family who can only afford to eat what they kill. This family of cannibals more than make up in power tools what they lack in social skills. There are precious few movies that can actually scare the crap out of you, and this 1974 classic is definitely one of them.

The Nightmare before Christmas

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 American stop motion musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, who discovers Christmas Town, but doesn't quite understand the concept.

The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American thriller film, which blends elements of the crime and horror genres. It is based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Harris, his second to feature Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. In the film, Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, seeks the advice of Hannibal Lecter, an imprisoned cannibal, for help in apprehending a serial killer known only as "Buffalo Bill". When The Silence of the Lambs was released on February 14, 1991, it received much critical acclaim. The film won the top five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The Corpse Bride

When Victor, a shy groom, practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, Emily, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her. Corpse Bride is a 2005 musical stop-motion-animation fantasy film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton. It is set in a fictional Victorian era village in Britain. Johnny Depp led an all-star cast as the voice of Victor, while Helena Bonham Carter (for whom the project was specially created) voiced Emily, the title character. The film was nominated in the 78th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature.

Psycho

Psycho is a 1960 psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film depicts the encounter between a secretary, Marion Crane, who is in hiding at a motel after embezzling from her employer, and the motel's owner, Norman Bates, and the aftermath of their encounter. Psycho initially received mixed reviews, but outstanding box office returns prompted a re-review which was overwhelmingly positive and led to four Academy Award nominations. Psycho is now considered one of Hitchcock's best films and is highly praised as a work of cinematic art by international critics.

Alien

Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature which stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship. Alien garnered both critical acclaim and box office success, receiving an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. It has remained highly praised in subsequent decades, being inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2002 for historical preservation as a film which is "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and being ranked by the American Film Institute in 2008 as the seventh-best film in the science fiction genre.