The Darker Side of Austin

Blood Shed Theatre Presents: Luther the Geek
2024-11-29 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | 100 E North Loop Blvd, Austin, TX, United States
A MOVIE WITH A FOWL BITE!This Black Friday, you’ll be hungry for more than your leftovers…..We Luv Video and Blood Shed Theater invite you to recover from thanksgiving with the absolutely unhinged feel-bad horror comedy Luther The Geek. What happens when the worst person imaginable is given parole and a new pair of murder teeth? One of the most gloriously unhinged rural rampages imaginable, of course.
Directed by Carlton Albright of THE CHILDREN and with beautiful gore from William Purcell (EXORCIST 3) and Mike Tristano (EVIL DEAD 2), Fangoria described this as “the most riveting Splatter film since THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE,” and we aren’t going to argue.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1131496815062823/

Sungays: Wigstock: The Movie
2024-12-01 19:00 - 22:00 | 100 E North Loop Blvd, Austin, TX, United States
WILL YOU WEAR WIGS? WHEN WILL YOU WEAR WIGS?Wear your best, silliest, most colorful wig to Sungays for a chance to win some cool WLV swag!Celebrate Queer community, expression, and WIGS with us this December!
Join us for a peak back in time to 1994’s WIGSTOCK festival! Chronicling the performances and behind-the-scenes goings-ons of this iconic NYC drag festival, this doc features Lypsinka, Lady Bunny, RuPaul, drag queens running a lemonade stand, and more wigs than your eyes can handle: tall wigs, small wigs, baby wigs, dog wigs, fern wigs, wigs under wigs. And you know what? Since that’s not enough wigs, we’re also hosting a wig contest!
So if you’ve got a wig, pin her on, and let’s wig out! Did we say wig enough times?
https://www.facebook.com/events/1615824739355065/

BLOODY & BRUISED: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BACK ROOM
2024-12-14 21:15 - 23:15 | Austin Film Society
5th Annual Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival
Austin Film SocietySaturday, December 14, 2024Tickets: $15
8:45 pm Doors // 9:15 pm Movie: Featuring a post screening Q&A with director J. Budro Partida and other crew members.
Co-Presented by: Austin Film Society, KUTX, Liaison Creative Marketing and Frances Modern Inn
Film Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czm44rYy6SI
A documentary feature film that chronicles one of the most notoriously known (and often disregarded) music venues in Austin, Texas. It’s a film that spans the 33 year history of the east Riverside club, from its meager beginnings in the early 70s as a watering hole for country folk and bikers, to its glory years of 80s glam rock and metal, through its 90s grunge and hardcore era, and into the early 2000s punk and hip hop scene, before it’s demise in 2006. The film tells the story of the club through nearly 70 interviews with various musicians, former staff, journalists, and fans, and incorporates thousands of pieces of archive videos, photos, ticket stubs, flyers, and even highly stylized reenactments. (Directed by J. Budro Partida, 104 min., USA, 2024).
https://www.facebook.com/events/8322058311232928/

EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990) at Paramount Theatre
2024-12-16 19:30 - 22:30 | Paramount Theatre
The Paramount Theatre PresentsEdward ScissorhandsThe Paramount TheatreMonday, December 16, 2024
Doors: 6:30pmFilm: 7:30pm
1990 | 105 min. | Color | DCPDirected by: Tim BurtonCast: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Alan Arkin and Vincent Price
Tim Burton’s bittersweet fantasy stars Johnny Depp as the unfinished creation of a scientist (Vincent Price in one of his last on-screen roles) who died leaving him with blades for hands. Taken in by Dianne Wiest’s kindly Avon lady Peg, Edward tries to adapt to suburban life. But despite the support of Peg’s sympathetic daughter (Winona Ryder), his otherworldliness makes it impossible to fit in. A touching and terrifically staged fairytale.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1760856241371519/

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas - Film w/ Orchestra
2024-12-17 19:30 - 22:30 | Austin Symphony At The Long Center
One of Tim Burton’s most celebrated films, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, will be projected on the big screen with dialog and effects accompanied by Danny Elfman’s enigmatic score played live by your Austin Symphony Orchestra!
The film follows the earnest-but-misguided adventures of Jack Skellington, Halloween Town’s beloved Pumpkin King. Bored with the same old scare-and-scream routine of Halloween, Jack longs to try something new. Convinced that he can spread the joy of Christmas and against the advice of Sally, a caring and clever ragdoll, Jack enlists three mischievous trick-or-treaters – Lock, Shock, and Barrel – to kidnap Santa Claus. But Jack’s merry mission puts Santa in jeopardy and creates a nightmare for good little boys and girls everywhere.
Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts.® All rights reserved.
https://www.facebook.com/events/550258697719798/

Ethereal Resurrection Film Festival
2025-03-29 12:00 - 15:00 | Kick Butt Coffee, 5775 Airport Blvd. Suite 725, Austin, TX, 78752, United States
Ethereal Resurrection Film FestivalShort and Feature FilmsQ&AsMusic by The Immortalz
https://www.facebook.com/events/1165985502199565/

Austin Ghoul Gang Mystery Movie w/ Finger Jane, Worm Suicide, SHFUX, The Unselected
2025-05-24 19:00 - 22:00 | Kick Butt Coffee, 5775 Airport Blvd. Suite 725, Austin, TX, 78752, United States
Austin Ghoul Gang Presents Cretaceous Bestiality
Mystery Movie & Music Night!
w/ Finger JaneWorm SuicideSHFUXThe Unselected
7p Doors8p Mystery Movie9:30p Music$10All Ages
https://www.facebook.com/events/638625835674062/

PAN'S LABYRINTH (2006) in 35mm
2025-06-08 19:00 - 22:00 | Paramount Theatre
The 51st Annual Paramount Summer Classic Film SeriesPan’s LabyrinthPresented by Hyperreal Film Club in 35mmThe Paramount TheatreSunday, June 8, 2025
Doors: 6pmFilm: 7pm
2006, 118min/color/Spanish w/ English subtitles, 35mmDirected by: Guillermo del ToroCast: Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, and Maribel Verdú
Guillermo del Toro’s modern masterpiece follows a young girl who desperately yearns to escape from her cruel new stepfather. Following a strange fairy-like insect to a nearby mill, she discovers a labyrinth that contains dangerous secrets, many of which are conjured by remarkable makeup and physical effects work.
https://www.facebook.com/events/3929438787386596/

Altercation Film Fest
2025-07-17 19:00 - 2025-07-20 23:45 | Kick Butt Coffee, 5775 Airport Blvd. Suite 725, Austin, TX, 78752, United States
It’s the inaugural Altercation Film Fest!
More details coming soon!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1358355225497723/

POLYESTER in Odorama + CECIL B. DEMENTED With John Waters
2025-10-17 19:00 - 22:00 | Paramount Theatre
The Paramount Theatre PresentsPolyester in Odorama+Cecil B. DementedWith John Waters LIVEThe Paramount TheatreFriday, October 17, 2025
Doors: 7pmPolyester: 8pmCecil B. Demented: 10:30pm
Double Feature: This ticket gets you into both films, but you are also welcome to attend just one. The second film will screen after a brief intermission.
The Pope of Trash himself, John Waters, returns to the Paramount to provide a live, in-person commentary for POLYESTER, screening in glorious Odorama, followed by a live introduction of CECIL B. DEMENTED, celebrating its 25th anniversary! If you joined us for last year’s deliriously filthy double feature of PINK FLAMINGOS and FEMALE TROUBLE – or heard about it later and were filled with punishing regret – you know this is a night you do not want to miss!
Your ticket purchase includes an Odorama card fabricated by Kaleidoscope Concepts, the same company entrusted to create the cards that were included with the Criterion Collection Blu-Ray of Polyester in 2019
POLYESTER in Odorama1981, 86min/color, DCPDirected by: John WatersCast: Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mink Stole, and Stiv Bators.
John Waters reteams with Divine to pay loving tribute – in the darkly comedic way only they could – to the Technicolor melodrama masterpieces of Douglas Sirk (ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION) and the publicity genius of William Castle (13 GHOSTS, THE TINGLER). Divine and Tab Hunter stand in for Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson and skewer 80s suburban domesticity, and the audience is right there with them thanks to Odorama scratch-and-sniff cards that give you 10 reasons to rethink having a sense of smell.
CECIL B. DEMENTED25th Anniversary!2000, 88min/color, DCPDirected by: John WatersCast: Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Mink Stole, Ricki Lake, Michael Shannon, and Patricia Hearst.
John Waters assembles a knockout cast for this riff on the 1974 Patricia Hearst kidnapping, with Melanie Griffith starring as an A-list actress who gets kidnapped by an outlaw filmmaking collective led by the title character (Stephen Dorff) and is forced to star in his increasingly unhinged masterpiece.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1049975287056268/

Ghost Almanac
2025-10-31 19:00 - 22:00 | Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex
What if the devil was a VJ? This film screening and live music performance features the best scenes from classic horror films soundtracked live by the vintage synthesizer enthusiasts of Montopolis. Tales from the Crypt meets VH1 in this 80 minute roller coaster ride of terror and old school beats. This will be the (hopefully) triumphant return of Montopolis to Austin after 2 months on the road. They should have their performance pretty dialed in. Gonna be a fun night! Come in costume of course!
Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/rm11ZWhhjBU?si=tRp4C-keQkjdRHI0
Here is a list of the film excerpts that will be included in this year’s show: The Skeleton Dance (1929)Haxan (1922)The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)The Haunted House, Buster Keaton (1921) (the complete short film) L’Inferno (1911)Betty Boop’s Halloween Party (1933)The Vanishing Lady (1896)Nosferatu (1922)
https://www.facebook.com/events/2579116802429602/

Austin Ghoul Gang Presents: "That's Not Cranberry Sauce!"
2025-11-14 19:00 - 22:00 | Kick Butt Coffee, 5775 Airport Blvd. Suite 725, Austin, TX, 78752, United States
Austin Ghoul Gang Presents: “That’s Not Cranberry Sauce!”A Night of Mystery, Mayhem, and Mosh Pits
Get ready to carve into the holiday season… and maybe something else. The Austin Ghoul Gang is serving up a full-course evening of terror and tunes at Kick Butt Coffee.
We’re starting with a MYSTERY MOVIE at 8pm sharp. What’s on the menu? It’s a secret. But we promise it’s a cult classic horror film that perfectly matches our… theme. Is it a family dinner gone wrong? A holiday horror? You’ll have to come to find out what’s really in the sauce.
Then, we unleash a savage triple threat of Austin’s finest live music:
CULTBURNER | GIRL DINNER | COBRA STRIKE
This is a sonic feast you won’t forget. Prepare for a night of pummeling riffs, sinister grooves, and raw energy.
🕯️ EVENT DETAILS 🕯️Date: Friday, November 14thLocation: Kick Butt Coffee (Austin, TX)Doors: 7:00 PMMystery Movie: 8:00 PMBands: 9:30 PMCover: $10Age: 18+
Don’t be late for dinner. This is one meal that fights back.
#AustinGhoulGang #ThatsNotCranberrySauce #KickButtCoffee #ATXMusic #ATXHorror #AustinEvents #PunkShow #HorrorMovie
https://www.facebook.com/events/24741770482126538/

2026 Pride Movie & Music Series - Times Square & Maien Mother Crone
2026-06-03 19:00 - 23:00 | Barrett’s Too
The Bloody Rose Boutique Pride Movie & Music Series returns! We are back on North Loop at Barrett’s Too (formerly Double Trouble) with one film and one punk band and vendors every Wednesday night in June!
_Films_June 3 – Times SquareJune 10 – Psycho Beach PartyJune 17 – Slumber Party MassacreJune 24 – Elvira Mistress of the Dark
_Bands_June 3 – Maiden Mother CroneJune 10 – TEMPTRIXJune 17 – Naga BrujoJune 24 – Dednamez
_Vendors_Bloody Rose Boutique – dark things for dark peopleQueeriosities – Original handcrafted t-shirts, hats, stickers + more.Sara Froelich – VHS and more
_Location_Barrett’s Too103 N Loop Blvd E, Austin, TX 78751
ALL AGESFREE ADMISSION
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__Times Square__
In his 1999 monograph Times Square Red, Times Square Blue, Samuel R. Delany describes the cross-class sexual and social contact that made Times Square central to his and other gay men’s lives. The civic and commercial redevelopment projects targeting the neighborhood meant, he argues, “major demolition, destruction, and devastation in what had established itself not only in the American psyche, but in the international imagination, as one of the world’s most famous urban areas.” – Screen Slate
__Psycho Beach Party__Originally a 1987 stage play by Charles Busch, a drag performer and PBP screenwriter, Psycho Beach Party is the quintessentially queer horror comedy satire and parody of the early-2000s, and we don’t talk about it enough. This could be due to the popularity of another horror comedy parody of the same year: Scary Movie (2000). However, while Scary Movie has queer characters, they are marred by extremely pervasive stereotypes that have persisted in film, especially horror, for decades. Psycho Beach Party, on the other hand, has more to offer horror queers than Scary Movie. It was created by a queer individual and satirizes 1950s/1960s conservatism and family values. This campy summer flick that draws from films like Psycho (1960) and Surf Party (1964) deserves more recognition for its creativity and proud queerness. – Horror Press
__Slumber Party Massacre__Amy Holden Jones’ Slumber Party Massacre (1982) is like a queer-coded haunted house, with jumpscares and gags around every corner.
In many ways, this fast-paced 80s slasher doesn’t seem to deviate from the tropes and stereotypes prevalent in the genre at the time. Trish (Michele Michaels) and her group of friends throw a slumber party while her parents are out of town, but of course, a murderer is on the loose. Girls stay home alone for the first time, break their parent’s rules, and get punished for their moral delinquencies by a blindly murderous man with a drill. However, once you consider that it was directed, produced and written by women (the screenwriter is queer feminist author Rita Mae Brown), you start to see the movie through a queer lens. Also, once you learn that it was originally written to be a parody but later changed to be a straight-up slasher, you can see the elements of comedy and self-awareness. The inclusion of subtle queer subtext subverts these overplayed tropes and adds a layer of camp over the film. Plus, it’s always fun to play ‘find the queer subtext’, sometimes even inserting a bit of your own. -Queer Fear Film Festival
__Elvira Mistress of the Dark__Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, is an utter delight, the perfect Halloween film. The premise concerns a local-TV horror host who longs to parlay her talents into a Vegas showgirl career (which is Peterson’s career trajectory, only in reverse). In an effort to scrape together the money for her show, she lands in the tiny conservative town of Falwell, Massachusetts, where her mysterious recently departed aunt may have left behind the resources Elvira needs. The story vibrates with queerness — not explicitly, but so plainly in the subtext I don’t know how heterosexuals can even make sense of what they’re seeing. There’s name of the town, of course (a reference to the anti-gay preacher Jerry Falwell), and then there are the villains of the piece, a self-appointed club of moral crusaders who consider Elvira to be a poor influence on the local kids due to her sexuality, and they want to expel her by any means necessary. What queer person can’t identify with that? – The Stranger
https://www.facebook.com/events/891111523979979/

Synths & Sock Hops: Summer Horror Screening Series
2026-06-08 19:00 - 22:00 | Oddwood Brewing, 3108 Manor Rd, Austin, TX, 78723, United States
Summer Horror Movies at Oddwood Brewing!
SYNTHS AND SOCK HOPS
1950s Horror Attacks the 1980s
For a generation of horror fans, summer meant staying up too late with friends, discovering creature features, drive-in classics, and anything weird enough to leave a lasting impression.
This summer, Goremet Cinema Gang and The Night Owl Podcast invite you to revisit that feeling with Synths and Sockhops: 1950s Horror Attacks the 1980s—a celebration of three films that took the monsters, paranoia, and Americana of 1950s horror and transformed them into something bigger, stranger, and uniquely 80s.
From a haunted 1958 Plymouth Fury to alien parasites and a flesh-devouring blob, these films capture a decade when horror was having fun—pushing practical effects to new heights, embracing wild concepts, and delivering the kind of unforgettable movie moments that are best experienced with a crowd.
Each film will be presented in stunning 4K at Oddwood Brewing. Every screening will also feature a unique 13×19 event poster created exclusively for the series by local artist Jose Ramirez, with a signed print raffled off to a lucky ticket holder in attendance.
So grab a beer, bring a friend, and join us for three summer nights celebrating the movies that kept us up late, blew our minds, and made us lifelong horror fans.
JUNE 8 — CHRISTINE
JULY 13 — NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
AUGUST 10 — THE BLOB (1988)
Going down at Oddwood Brewing • Austin, Texas
Tickets at link in bio or www.eventbrite.com/o/121214731889

2026 Pride Movie & Music Series - Psycho Beach Party & Temptrix
2026-06-10 19:00 - 23:00 | Barrett’s Too
The Bloody Rose Boutique Pride Movie & Music Series returns! We are back on North Loop at Barrett’s Too (formerly Double Trouble) with one film and one punk band and vendors every Wednesday night in June!
_Films_June 3 – Times SquareJune 10 – Psycho Beach PartyJune 17 – Slumber Party MassacreJune 24 – Elvira Mistress of the Dark
_Bands_June 3 – Maiden Mother CroneJune 10 – TEMPTRIXJune 17 – Naga BrujoJune 24 – Dednamez
_Vendors_Bloody Rose Boutique – dark things for dark peopleQueeriosities – Original handcrafted t-shirts, hats, stickers + more.Sara Froelich – VHS and more
_Location_Barrett’s Too103 N Loop Blvd E, Austin, TX 78751
ALL AGESFREE ADMISSION
*************************************
__Times Square__
In his 1999 monograph Times Square Red, Times Square Blue, Samuel R. Delany describes the cross-class sexual and social contact that made Times Square central to his and other gay men’s lives. The civic and commercial redevelopment projects targeting the neighborhood meant, he argues, “major demolition, destruction, and devastation in what had established itself not only in the American psyche, but in the international imagination, as one of the world’s most famous urban areas.” – Screen Slate
__Psycho Beach Party__Originally a 1987 stage play by Charles Busch, a drag performer and PBP screenwriter, Psycho Beach Party is the quintessentially queer horror comedy satire and parody of the early-2000s, and we don’t talk about it enough. This could be due to the popularity of another horror comedy parody of the same year: Scary Movie (2000). However, while Scary Movie has queer characters, they are marred by extremely pervasive stereotypes that have persisted in film, especially horror, for decades. Psycho Beach Party, on the other hand, has more to offer horror queers than Scary Movie. It was created by a queer individual and satirizes 1950s/1960s conservatism and family values. This campy summer flick that draws from films like Psycho (1960) and Surf Party (1964) deserves more recognition for its creativity and proud queerness. – Horror Press
__Slumber Party Massacre__Amy Holden Jones’ Slumber Party Massacre (1982) is like a queer-coded haunted house, with jumpscares and gags around every corner.
In many ways, this fast-paced 80s slasher doesn’t seem to deviate from the tropes and stereotypes prevalent in the genre at the time. Trish (Michele Michaels) and her group of friends throw a slumber party while her parents are out of town, but of course, a murderer is on the loose. Girls stay home alone for the first time, break their parent’s rules, and get punished for their moral delinquencies by a blindly murderous man with a drill. However, once you consider that it was directed, produced and written by women (the screenwriter is queer feminist author Rita Mae Brown), you start to see the movie through a queer lens. Also, once you learn that it was originally written to be a parody but later changed to be a straight-up slasher, you can see the elements of comedy and self-awareness. The inclusion of subtle queer subtext subverts these overplayed tropes and adds a layer of camp over the film. Plus, it’s always fun to play ‘find the queer subtext’, sometimes even inserting a bit of your own. -Queer Fear Film Festival
__Elvira Mistress of the Dark__Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, is an utter delight, the perfect Halloween film. The premise concerns a local-TV horror host who longs to parlay her talents into a Vegas showgirl career (which is Peterson’s career trajectory, only in reverse). In an effort to scrape together the money for her show, she lands in the tiny conservative town of Falwell, Massachusetts, where her mysterious recently departed aunt may have left behind the resources Elvira needs. The story vibrates with queerness — not explicitly, but so plainly in the subtext I don’t know how heterosexuals can even make sense of what they’re seeing. There’s name of the town, of course (a reference to the anti-gay preacher Jerry Falwell), and then there are the villains of the piece, a self-appointed club of moral crusaders who consider Elvira to be a poor influence on the local kids due to her sexuality, and they want to expel her by any means necessary. What queer person can’t identify with that? – The Stranger
https://www.facebook.com/events/937503032454292/

2026 Pride Movie & Music Series - Slumber Party Massacre & Naga Brujo
2026-06-17 13:00 - 16:00 | Barrett’s Too
The Bloody Rose Boutique Pride Movie & Music Series returns! We are back on North Loop at Barrett’s Too (formerly Double Trouble) with one film and one punk band and vendors every Wednesday night in June!
_Films_June 3 – Times SquareJune 10 – Psycho Beach PartyJune 17 – Slumber Party MassacreJune 24 – Elvira Mistress of the Dark
_Bands_June 3 – Maiden Mother CroneJune 10 – TEMPTRIXJune 17 – Naga BrujoJune 24 – Dednamez
_Vendors_Bloody Rose Boutique – dark things for dark peopleQueeriosities – Original handcrafted t-shirts, hats, stickers + more.Sara Froelich – VHS and more
_Location_Barrett’s Too103 N Loop Blvd E, Austin, TX 78751
ALL AGESFREE ADMISSION
*************************************
__Times Square__
In his 1999 monograph Times Square Red, Times Square Blue, Samuel R. Delany describes the cross-class sexual and social contact that made Times Square central to his and other gay men’s lives. The civic and commercial redevelopment projects targeting the neighborhood meant, he argues, “major demolition, destruction, and devastation in what had established itself not only in the American psyche, but in the international imagination, as one of the world’s most famous urban areas.” – Screen Slate
__Psycho Beach Party__Originally a 1987 stage play by Charles Busch, a drag performer and PBP screenwriter, Psycho Beach Party is the quintessentially queer horror comedy satire and parody of the early-2000s, and we don’t talk about it enough. This could be due to the popularity of another horror comedy parody of the same year: Scary Movie (2000). However, while Scary Movie has queer characters, they are marred by extremely pervasive stereotypes that have persisted in film, especially horror, for decades. Psycho Beach Party, on the other hand, has more to offer horror queers than Scary Movie. It was created by a queer individual and satirizes 1950s/1960s conservatism and family values. This campy summer flick that draws from films like Psycho (1960) and Surf Party (1964) deserves more recognition for its creativity and proud queerness. – Horror Press
__Slumber Party Massacre__Amy Holden Jones’ Slumber Party Massacre (1982) is like a queer-coded haunted house, with jumpscares and gags around every corner.
In many ways, this fast-paced 80s slasher doesn’t seem to deviate from the tropes and stereotypes prevalent in the genre at the time. Trish (Michele Michaels) and her group of friends throw a slumber party while her parents are out of town, but of course, a murderer is on the loose. Girls stay home alone for the first time, break their parent’s rules, and get punished for their moral delinquencies by a blindly murderous man with a drill. However, once you consider that it was directed, produced and written by women (the screenwriter is queer feminist author Rita Mae Brown), you start to see the movie through a queer lens. Also, once you learn that it was originally written to be a parody but later changed to be a straight-up slasher, you can see the elements of comedy and self-awareness. The inclusion of subtle queer subtext subverts these overplayed tropes and adds a layer of camp over the film. Plus, it’s always fun to play ‘find the queer subtext’, sometimes even inserting a bit of your own. -Queer Fear Film Festival
__Elvira Mistress of the Dark__Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, is an utter delight, the perfect Halloween film. The premise concerns a local-TV horror host who longs to parlay her talents into a Vegas showgirl career (which is Peterson’s career trajectory, only in reverse). In an effort to scrape together the money for her show, she lands in the tiny conservative town of Falwell, Massachusetts, where her mysterious recently departed aunt may have left behind the resources Elvira needs. The story vibrates with queerness — not explicitly, but so plainly in the subtext I don’t know how heterosexuals can even make sense of what they’re seeing. There’s name of the town, of course (a reference to the anti-gay preacher Jerry Falwell), and then there are the villains of the piece, a self-appointed club of moral crusaders who consider Elvira to be a poor influence on the local kids due to her sexuality, and they want to expel her by any means necessary. What queer person can’t identify with that? – The Stranger
https://www.facebook.com/events/1267389938901689/

2026 Pride Movie Series - Elvira: Mistress of the Dark & Dednamez
2026-06-24 19:00 - 23:00 | Barrett’s Too
The Bloody Rose Boutique Pride Movie & Music Series returns! We are back on North Loop at Barrett’s Too (formerly Double Trouble) with one film and one punk band and vendors every Wednesday night in June!
_Films_June 3 – Times SquareJune 10 – Psycho Beach PartyJune 17 – Slumber Party MassacreJune 24 – Elvira Mistress of the Dark
_Bands_June 3 – Maiden Mother CroneJune 10 – TEMPTRIXJune 17 – Naga BrujoJune 24 – Dednamez
_Vendors_Bloody Rose Boutique – dark things for dark peopleQueeriosities – Original handcrafted t-shirts, hats, stickers + more.Sara Froelich – VHS and more
_Location_Barrett’s Too103 N Loop Blvd E, Austin, TX 78751
ALL AGESFREE ADMISSION
*************************************
__Times Square__
In his 1999 monograph Times Square Red, Times Square Blue, Samuel R. Delany describes the cross-class sexual and social contact that made Times Square central to his and other gay men’s lives. The civic and commercial redevelopment projects targeting the neighborhood meant, he argues, “major demolition, destruction, and devastation in what had established itself not only in the American psyche, but in the international imagination, as one of the world’s most famous urban areas.” – Screen Slate
__Psycho Beach Party__Originally a 1987 stage play by Charles Busch, a drag performer and PBP screenwriter, Psycho Beach Party is the quintessentially queer horror comedy satire and parody of the early-2000s, and we don’t talk about it enough. This could be due to the popularity of another horror comedy parody of the same year: Scary Movie (2000). However, while Scary Movie has queer characters, they are marred by extremely pervasive stereotypes that have persisted in film, especially horror, for decades. Psycho Beach Party, on the other hand, has more to offer horror queers than Scary Movie. It was created by a queer individual and satirizes 1950s/1960s conservatism and family values. This campy summer flick that draws from films like Psycho (1960) and Surf Party (1964) deserves more recognition for its creativity and proud queerness. – Horror Press
__Slumber Party Massacre__Amy Holden Jones’ Slumber Party Massacre (1982) is like a queer-coded haunted house, with jumpscares and gags around every corner.
In many ways, this fast-paced 80s slasher doesn’t seem to deviate from the tropes and stereotypes prevalent in the genre at the time. Trish (Michele Michaels) and her group of friends throw a slumber party while her parents are out of town, but of course, a murderer is on the loose. Girls stay home alone for the first time, break their parent’s rules, and get punished for their moral delinquencies by a blindly murderous man with a drill. However, once you consider that it was directed, produced and written by women (the screenwriter is queer feminist author Rita Mae Brown), you start to see the movie through a queer lens. Also, once you learn that it was originally written to be a parody but later changed to be a straight-up slasher, you can see the elements of comedy and self-awareness. The inclusion of subtle queer subtext subverts these overplayed tropes and adds a layer of camp over the film. Plus, it’s always fun to play ‘find the queer subtext’, sometimes even inserting a bit of your own. -Queer Fear Film Festival
__Elvira Mistress of the Dark__Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, is an utter delight, the perfect Halloween film. The premise concerns a local-TV horror host who longs to parlay her talents into a Vegas showgirl career (which is Peterson’s career trajectory, only in reverse). In an effort to scrape together the money for her show, she lands in the tiny conservative town of Falwell, Massachusetts, where her mysterious recently departed aunt may have left behind the resources Elvira needs. The story vibrates with queerness — not explicitly, but so plainly in the subtext I don’t know how heterosexuals can even make sense of what they’re seeing. There’s name of the town, of course (a reference to the anti-gay preacher Jerry Falwell), and then there are the villains of the piece, a self-appointed club of moral crusaders who consider Elvira to be a poor influence on the local kids due to her sexuality, and they want to expel her by any means necessary. What queer person can’t identify with that? – The Stranger
https://www.facebook.com/events/2378782815967166/

AUSTIN GHOUL GANG PRESENTS: HO HO CHRISTMAS IN JULY!!!
2026-07-24 19:00 - 22:00 | Kick Butt Coffee, 5775 Airport Blvd. Suite 725, Austin, TX, 78752, United States
🎄🔪 AUSTIN GHOUL GANG PRESENTS: HO HO CHRISTMAS IN JULY!!! 🔪🎄
Austin Ghoul Gang is turning the summer heat into a horror-filled Christmas nightmare at Kick Butt Coffee on Thursday, July 24th. Expect a full night of creepy visuals, heavy music, underground horror culture, and chaotic holiday energy.
The night starts with a mystery horror movie screening at 8PM followed by live performances from:
🎤 Faetrap🎤 Severed Birth🎤 Stitched Up
Whether you’re into horror punk, death metal, slashers, gore, or just weird underground events, this one is built for you. Come dressed festive, creepy, or somewhere in between.
📍 Kick Butt Coffee5575 Airport Blvd STE 725Austin, TX
🕖 Doors: 7PM🎬 Mystery Movie: 8PM🎸 Bands: 9:30PM🎟️ Cover: $10🔞 18+🅿️ Free Parking📡 Streaming live on Facebook & YouTube
Coffee shop by day. Full bar & live music venue by night.
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Ethereal Horror Fest
2026-10-16 08:00 - 2026-10-18 17:00 | Violet Crown Cinema
Ethereal Horror Fest 2026 Lands in Austin This October
Austin, TX — Ethereal Horror Fest (EHF) returns October 16–18, 2026, taking over Violet Crown Cinema in downtown Austin for a three-day celebration of bold, boundary-pushing horror.
This year, EHF leans into an otherworldly edge, where the strange, the cinematic, and the unknown collide. From standout indie films to immersive experiences and filmmaker connections, the festival continues its mission to spotlight emerging voices and elevate the genre.
EHF has landed. Austin is the host.
Tickets & submissions info coming soon.

Paul Bielatowicz’s NOSFERATU LIVE
2026-11-01 19:00 - 22:00 | Come and Take It Live, 2015 E Riverside Dr, Bldg 4, Austin, TX, 78741, United States
Paul Bielatowicz’s Nosferatu Live is a multimedia musical experience that breathes new life into the iconic 1922 silent horror film. Bielatowicz, an accomplished English composer and musician, has recorded and toured with some of the biggest names in progressive rock, including Carl Palmer, Dream Theater, Yes, and more.
He describes himself as “a classical pianist trapped in a rock guitarist’s body” and brings his passion for music to life with the diverse range of instruments he plays on stage. The live event will thrill audiences as he is joined by Michael Dutko (Gary Hoey) on bass and Leah Bluestein (Eagles of Death Metal) on drums. The mesmerizing multimedia production is further enhanced by virtual all-star guest appearances on three video screens, including Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Arthur Brown (Crazy World of Arthur Brown), Dave Bainbridge (Strawbs, Iona), Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (Guns N’ Roses, Sons of Apollo, Asia), Peter Zay (New Bedford Symphony Orchestra), and Simon Fitzpatrick (ELP Legacy, Jennifer Batten).
Intentionally embracing the Halloween season, the all-ages audience is encouraged to dress in Halloween costumes.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2026 (Rescheduled from October 2025)COME AND TAKE IT LIVE7:00 PM DOORSSEATED AND STANDING TICKETS: $25-40
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