Horror Fest 2026

Horror Fest 2026

Join us for Horror Fest at Penn Cinema, two full-weekends of horror featuring cult favorites, modern hits, iconic classics, animated frights, musical mayhem, and some of the genre’s most unforgettable nightmares.

(RE)ANIMATED - Friday, October 23

ParaNorman, Coraline, and Corpse Bride

Master of Horror - Saturday, October 24

Vertigo, The Birds, Rear Window, Psycho

Deadly Encores - Sunday, October 25

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Little Shop of Horrors, Rocky Horror Picture Show Movie Party*

Fresh Blood - Friday, October 30

Obsession, Weapons, Sinners

Original Nightmares - Saturday, October 31

Friday the 13th, The Shining, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Scream

A24 After Dark - Sunday, November 1

X Trilogy (X, Pearl, MaXXXine), Hereditary, Midsommar

Festival Pricing

Go all in with a Horror Fest Festival Pass for $66, giving you access to every regular Horror Fest screening. Excludes Rocky Horror Picture Show Movie Party.

Prefer to create your own lineup? Individual movie tickets are just $6.66 each when purchased in advance at penncinema.com or $8 when purchased in-theater.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Movie Party

Horror Fest gets even stranger with a special Rocky Horror Picture Show Movie Party on Sunday, October 24. This isn’t just a screening—it’s an interactive celebration of the ultimate cult classic featuring a live cast, audience participation, props, callbacks, and all the wonderfully weird traditions that have made Rocky Horror a midnight-movie phenomenon for generations.

Come dressed up, come ready to participate, and prepare to do the Time Warp again.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Movie Party is a separately ticketed special event and is not included with the Festival Pass.