#FIRSTLOOK: CINEPLEX ANNOUNCES HALLOWEEN 2024 LINEUP

From creepy classics to new nightmares, Cineplex has genre fans covered with a spooktacular Halloween lineup. Kicking off with the 50th anniversary of Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the late, great Shelley Duvall’s final film, The Forest Hills, Cineplex will also screen the 40th anniversary of Wes Craven’s timeless slasher A Nightmare on Elm Street, the 20th anniversary of the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead, the 10th anniversary of the supernatural horror It Follows, before wrapping up Halloweekend with the 65th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock’s gripping North by Northwest.

Continuing to honour the master of suspense, Cineplex will present additional Hitchcock classics with the 70th anniversaries of Dial M for Murder and Rear Window on the big screen throughout Noirvember, as well as the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles’ memorable performance in The Third Man.

See below for a full list of titles, synopses and showtimes. Tickets are available on Cineplex.com, the Cineplex App and in-theatres. Stay up to date by following Cineplex on Instagram (@cineplexmovies), on X (@cineplexmovies) and like on Facebook (@Cineplex).

50th Anniversary
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Select screenings from Oct. 4 – Oct. 10
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50 years ago, five youths on a weekend getaway in the Texas countryside fell prey to a butcher in a mask made of human skin and his cannibalistic family, and horror cinema would never be the same. Violent, confrontational, and shockingly realistic, director Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre terrified audiences in a way never thought possible when it was unleashed on a politically and socially tumultuous America in 1974.

The Forest Hills (2024)
Select showings from Oct. 4 – Oct. 10
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Rico (Chiko Mendez) descends into madness in the Catskill mountains. Fueled by fear and isolation, as well as struggling with a strained relationship with Mama (Shelley Duvall), Rico attempts to find solace in his friendship with Billy (Edward Furlong), in an attempt to fight his demons.

40th Anniversary
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Select showings from Oct. 11 – Oct. 17
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The original A Nightmare on Elm Street from 1984! Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. When the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen, the murderer won’t lose any chance to kill them as soon as they fall asleep.

20th Anniversary
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Select showings from Oct. 18 – Oct. 24
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Shaun’s life is stuck in a rut. He’s a twenty nine year old who lives with his two best friends Ed and Pete. Shaun’s girlfriend Liz is sick of the same old, boring nights down their local pub. So when Shaun breaks his promise to organize a special anniversary meal for them both, Liz decides to break it off with him. Unfortunately for Shaun ‘the dead’ have risen in London and soon a full Zombie apocalypse has exploded onto the streets.

10th anniversary
It Follows (2014)
Select showings from Oct. 25 – Oct. 31
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For 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe), the fall should be about school, boys and weekends at the lake. Yet after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter she suddenly finds herself plagued by nightmarish visions; she can’t shake the sensation that someone, or something, is following her.

65th Anniversary
North by Northwest (1959)
Select Screenings from Nov. 1 – Nov. 7
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While leaving New York’s Plaza Hotel, advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) has the misfortune of standing just as the name “George Kaplan” is paged–starting a lethal case of mistaken identity and a nonstop game of cat and mouse as he is pursued across North America by espionage agents trying to kill him–and by police who suspect him of murder.

70th Anniversary
Rear Window (1954)
Select Screenings from Nov. 8 – 14
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The story of a recuperating news photographer who believes he has witnessed a murder. Confined to a wheelchair after an accident, he spends his time watching the occupants of neighbouring apartments through a telephoto lens and binoculars and becomes convinced that a murder has taken place.

70th Anniversary
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Select Screenings from Nov. 15 – 21
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Ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) wants to have his wealthy wife, Margot (Grace Kelly), murdered so he can get his hands on her inheritance. When he discovers her affair with Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings), he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her.