Cinematheque Schedule

United States | 2009 | Karyn Kusama

Megan Fox plays a demonically-possessed high school hottie who turns literal man-eater in this feminist cult horror-comedy written by Diablo Cody (Juno). Amanda Seyfried is her nerdy BFF. “A witty, subversive look at the darker side of teen friendship.” –Time Out Film Guide. DCP. 102 min.

Canada | 1980 | Peter Medak

One of Martin Scorsese’s 11 scariest movies of all time, this award-winning chiller follows a grieving composer (George C. Scott) who rents an old Victorian mansion that is haunted by the restless ghost of a child. Trish Van Devere and Melvyn Douglas co-star. DCP. 107 min.

United Kingdom | 1961 | Jack Clayton

A repressed Victorian governess (Deborah Kerr) suspects that her two young charges may be possessed by the evil spirits of dead former servants in this literate, exquisitely photographed adaptation of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw. Screenplay co-written by Truman Capote. “One of the most elegantly beautiful ghost movies ever made.” –Pauline Kael. 4K DCP. 100 min.

United States | 1956 | Mervyn LeRoy

A woman slowly gleans that her pig-tailed, picture-perfect eight-year-old daughter is in fact a holy terror, prone to lying, theft, and much, much worse. What’s a mother to do? This overwrought, outrageous, but vastly entertaining film version of Maxwell Anderson’s stage shocker is both operatic and campy. Stars Nancy Kelly and Patty McCormack re-create their Broadway roles. 35mm. 129 min.

United Kingdom, United States | 1976 | Richard Donner

After a series of unfortunate events, an American diplomat living in London (Gregory Peck) and his wife (Lee Remick) begin to suspect that their unholy terror of a child, Damien, is in fact the Antichrist. (And you thought you had a bad day!) Composer Jerry Goldsmith’s much celebrated score won him his only Oscar. DCP. 111 min.

United Kingdom | 1960 | Wolf Rilla

An unexplained “blackout” in a small English village leaves all the women of child-bearing age pregnant. Eventually they give birth to an eerie race of precocious, blonde-haired, emotionless children with supernatural powers. This tight, haunting, atmospheric chiller was remade, less effectively, by John Carpenter in 1995. 35mm. 78 min.