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Altered States

A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder In an attempt to experience higher mental and physical states, psychology professor Edward Jessup (William Hurt) combines... READ MORE

Directed by: Ken Russell

Runtime: 102 mins

Format: Digital

American Psycho

Serial Killer Sundays Feature | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder Despite Gloria Steinem’s disagreements, director Mary Harron and screenwriter Guinevere T... READ MORE

Directed by: Mary Harron

Runtime: 101 mins

Format: Digital

Arachnophobia

A Part of MUSIC BOX OF HORRORS 2021 A movie that's a proven favorite with those deathly afraid of our eight-legged friends the arachnids, Arachnophobia is a creepy, crawly comedy best watched wit... READ MORE

Directed by: Frank Marshall

Runtime: 103 mins

Format: 35mm

Asia

Opens Friday, September 24th Asia’s motherhood has always been an ongoing struggle rather than an obvious instinct. Becoming a mother at a very early age has shaped Asia’s relationship... READ MORE

Directed by: Ruthy Pribar

Runtime: 85 mins

Format: Digital

The Bad and the Beautiful

Unscrupulous movie producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) is a child of Hollywood who ruthlessly toils his way to the top of the studio system, discarding movie star Georgia (Lana Turner), director... READ MORE

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli

Runtime: 118 mins

Format: 35mm

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Screening in the Music Box Garden | Extremely Limited Seating Available Lifelong friends Barb and Star embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they decide to leave their small Midwestern town... READ MORE

Directed by: Josh Greenbaum

Runtime: 105 mins

Format: Digital

Blood Feast + Scum of the Earth

Screening in the Music Box Garden | Extremely Limited Seating Available Windy City Double Feature Picture Show, hosted by film historians Adam Carston and Mike Vanderbilt, is a bi-weekly podcast... READ MORE

Directed by: Herschell Gordon Lewis

Runtime: 145 mins

Format: Digital

Bowfinger

On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includ... READ MORE

Directed by: Frank Oz

Runtime: 97 mins

Format: 35mm

Bride of Chucky

Nü-Metal Mondays Feature | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder Seven years after Child's Play 3, Chucky returned to the big screen horny, self-aware, and itc... READ MORE

Directed by: Ronny Yu

Runtime: 89 mins

Format: Digital

Calvaire

A Part of MUSIC BOX OF HORRORS 2021  After finishing his gig at a retirement home, traveling singer Marc Stevens heads back on the road. It’s just before Christmas, the weather is terrible a... READ MORE

Directed by: Fabrice du Welz

Runtime: 88 mins

Format: 35mm

Clerk - The Kevin Smith Documentary

With Post-Show Q&A Featuring Kevin SmithMonday, November 8th 2021 at 6pm (Doors at 5:30pm)Fresh off a South by Southwest premiere comes this star-studded, heartwarming, comprehensiv... READ MORE

Directed by: Malcolm Ingram

Runtime: 112 mins

Format: DCP

Dan Savage's HUMP! Film Festival

CLICK HERE to Purchase Tickets | *Please Read COVID Notice Below* Back in Action! The 2021 HUMP! Film Festival is screening in theaters this fall. Watch the newest lineup of sexy short films... READ MORE

Runtime: 90 mins

Format: DCP

Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde

A Part of MUSIC BOX OF HORRORS 2021 | Director William Crain in Attendance for a Post-Film Q&A Dr. Henry Pryde (Bernie Casey) is a noteworthy scientist who is working on an experimental... READ MORE

Directed by: William Crain

Runtime: 87 mins

Format: 35mm

Evil Dead II + Bach ke Zaraa

Rip-Off Saturdays Double Feature | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder The granddaddy of all one-up-yourself sequels, Sam Raimi's Evil Dead II doubled down w... READ MORE

Directed by: Sam Raimi (EVIL DEAD II), Salim Raza (BACH KE ZARAA)

Runtime: 183 mins

Format: Digital

The Exorcist + Beyond the Door

Rip-Off Saturdays Double Feature | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented By Shudder  The scariest movie of all time. Not many films could seriously try to take on th... READ MORE

Directed by: William Friedkin (THE EXORCIST), Ovidio G. Assonitis (BEYOND THE DOOR), Robert Barrett (BEYOND THE DOOR)

Runtime: 229 mins

Format: Digital

The Faculty

A Part of MUSIC BOX OF HORRORS 2021  When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: t... READ MORE

Directed by: Robert Rodriguez

Runtime: 104 mins

Format: 35mm

Fire in the Sky + The McPherson Tape

Friday Night Double Feature | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder Although it plays like a TV movie of the week for most of its run time, its heart-stopping... READ MORE

Directed by: Robert Lieberman (FIRE IN THE SKY), Dean Alioto (THE MCPHERSON TAPE)

Runtime: 175 mins

Format: Digital

From Dusk Till Dawn + Perdidta Durango

Friday Night Double Feature | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder We’re heading down to the border for a wild night of vampire motorcycle gangs, bloody occul... READ MORE

Directed by: Robert Rodriguez (FROM DUSK TILL DAWN), Álex de la Iglesia (PERDITA DURANGO)

Runtime: 237 mins

Format: Digital

The Hands of Orlac

A Part of MUSIC BOX OF HORRORS 2021 | Featuring a Live Score by Maxx McGathey Reuniting the star and director of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Hands of Orlac is a deliciously twisted thri... READ MORE

Directed by: Robert Wiene

Runtime: 93 mins

Hellraiser + Roh

Rip-Off Saturdays Double Feature | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder In 1987, Clive Barker burst onto the horror scene with Hellraiser. Adapting his own no... READ MORE

Directed by: Clive Barker (HELLRAISER), Susilo S.W.D (ROH)

Runtime: 167 mins

Format: Digital

Her Call

HER CALL is short film that follows Mala, a recovering gambling addict and former poker hustler, as she's pulled back into the life she fought to escape. The series centers around the struggles of a y... READ MORE

Directed by: Ewa Bielska

Runtime: 18 mins

Format: DCP

Hollywood Shuffle

Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor (Robert Townsend) catches the ire of his grandmother (Helen Martin) for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivet... READ MORE

Directed by: Robert Townsend

Runtime: 78 mins

Format: 35mm

House of Wax + Waxwork

Friday Night Double Feature | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder Every generation gets the wax museum horror movie it deserves, and in 2005 horror-loving te... READ MORE

Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra (HOUSE OF WAX), Athony Hickox (WAXWORK)

Runtime: 208 mins

Format: Digital

In the Mouth of Madness

When horror novelist Sutter Cane (Jürgen Prochnow) goes missing, insurance investigator John Trent (Sam Neill) scrutinizes the claim made by his publisher, Jackson Harglow (Charlton Heston), and endea... READ MORE

Directed by: John Carpenter

Runtime: 95 mins

Format: 35mm

Little Girl

Opens Friday, October 1st LITTLE GIRL is the moving portrait of 7-year-old Sasha, who has always known that she is a girl. Sasha’s family has recently accepted her gender identity, embracing... READ MORE

Directed by: Sébastien Lifshitz

Runtime: 88 mins

Format: DCP

Mimic

Screening in the Music Box Garden | Extremely Limited Seating Available | A Part of A Bug's Life with THE FLY When a cockroach-spread plague threatens to decimate the child population of New... READ MORE

Directed by: Guillermo del Toro

Runtime: 105 mins

Format: Digital

Morocco

World-weary chanteuse Amy Jolly (Marlene Dietrich) arrives in Morocco on the same ship as wealthy playboy La Bessiere (Adolphe Menjou). Amy gets a job at a local club and attracts the attention of wom... READ MORE

Directed by: Josef von Sternberg

Runtime: 92 mins

Format: 35mm

Mulholland Drive

Featuring a Pre-Show Musical Set and Post Film Q&A with Rebekah Del Rio Plus Autograph Session | Please Read Our Covid Notice Below Before Purchasing TicketsBlonde Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) has onl... READ MORE

Directed by: David Lynch

Runtime: 147 mins

Format: 35mm

My Name is Pauli Murray

Opens Friday, September 24th Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat, a full decade before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned separate-but-equal legislation, Pauli Murray... READ MORE

Directed by: Betsy West, Julie Cohen

Runtime: 91 mins

Format: DCP

Oasis Knebworth 1996

On 10th & 11th August 1996, 250,000 young music fans converged on Knebworth Park to see Oasis play two record breaking, era defining shows. The landmark concerts sold out in under a day with over... READ MORE

Directed by: Jake Scott

Runtime: 108 mins

Format: DCP

Office Killer

Serial Killer Sundays Feature | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder Mousy copy editor Dorine Douglas, played with frightening abandon by Carol Kane, begins v... READ MORE

Directed by: Cindy Sherman

Runtime: 82 mins

Format: Digital

The People Under the Stairs

A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder After exploring voodoo rituals, robotic best friends, and electrified serial killers, in 1991 Wes Craven returned to one... READ MORE

Directed by: Wes Craven

Runtime: 102 mins

Format: Digital

Rancho Notorious

Vern Haskell (Arthur Kennedy) is pushed to revenge when his fiancée is killed during a general store robbery. Intent on punishing those responsible, Vern manages to find one of the thieves, who is mor... READ MORE

Directed by: Fritz Lang

Runtime: 89 mins

Format: 35mm

Ringu + Dark Water

J-Horror Night | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder Japan has a long and rich history of horror storytelling. But when someone talks about “J-Horror,” they’... READ MORE

Directed by: Hideo Nakata

Runtime: 197 mins

Format: Digital

Shadow of the Vampire

F. W. Murnau (John Malkovich) is struggling to create his silent classic “Nosferatu” on location in Eastern Europe. The director is obsessed with making this the most authentic vampire movie ever. To... READ MORE

Directed by: E. Elias Merhige

Runtime: 92 mins

Format: 35mm

The Shakedown

Live Musical Accompaniment by House Organist Dennis Scott | Presented by Chicago Film Society In the 1920s Universal Pictures promoted its expensive films as “Jewels” and termed its very exp... READ MORE

Directed by: William Wyler

Runtime: 65 mins

Slither

Wheelsy is a small town where not much happens and everyone minds his own business. No one notices when evil slips in quietly but, when people find mutilated livestock and a woman goes missing, Sherif... READ MORE

Directed by: James Gunn

Runtime: 95 mins

Format: 35mm

Strait-Jacket

A Part of MUSIC BOX OF HORRORS 2021 When a convicted axe-murderer is released from her twenty year stay at a mental institution, she reconnects with family for a shaky homecoming. But when the ch... READ MORE

Directed by: William Castle

Runtime: 93 mins

Format: 35mm

Surge

Opens Friday, September 24th Joseph works in security at a London airport. His life proceeds in an orderly fashion but, in spite of his contact with other people during the course of his job, he... READ MORE

Directed by: Aneil Karia

Runtime: 105 mins

Format: Digital

Suspiria + Terror

Rip-Off Saturdays Feature | A Part of Music Box of Theatre: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder A masterwork of sight and sound, Suspiria has been terrifying audiences for over four decades... READ MORE

Directed by: Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA), Norman J. Warren (TERROR)

Runtime: 182 mins

Format: Digital

Tenebre

A Part of MUSIC BOX OF HORRORS 2021 Argento’s return to his giallo roots after veering off into gonzo horror/fantasy, Tenebre features Anthony Franciosa as an American author of potboiler thrille... READ MORE

Directed by: Dario Argento

Runtime: 110 mins

Format: 35mm

Titane

Opens Friday, October 1st TITANE: A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys, often used in medical prostheses due to its pronounced biocompatibility.In Fre... READ MORE

Directed by: Julia Ducournau

Runtime: 104 mins

Traffic in Souls

Live accompaniment by Music Box house organist Dennis Scott | Programmed and co-presented by the Chicago Film SocietyThe earliest feature films to grace American screens were adaptations of stage... READ MORE

Directed by: George Loane Tucker

Runtime: 75 mins

Format: 35mm

The Velvet Vampire

Thirsty Thursdays Feature | A Part of Music Box of Horrors: Dawn of the Drive-In Presented by Shudder Vampires don’t generally do very well in daylight. But Diane LeFanu, the title character of g... READ MORE

Directed by: Stephanie Rothman

Runtime: 80 mins

Format: Digital

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) gets hired by cartoon producer R.K. Maroon (Alan Tilvern) to investigate an adultery scandal involving Jessica Rabbit (Kathleen Turner), the su... READ MORE

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis

Runtime: 104 mins

Format: DCP