October 24 – 31, 2026

Halloweek

Halloweek returns to Astoria and LIC.

Get spooky with your neighbors the entire week leading up to Halloween at all of our free events. We have something going on for anyone who loves All Hallows Eve, from Saturday October 24th all the way through to the big day, Saturday October 31st.

This is the second year Zero Vision Cinema is putting together a Halloweek series, and we were so excited with how last year's went that we have even more going on. Check out the lineup below.

Eight Nights

The Schedule

Scary Streets
Saturday, October 24 · Opening Night

Scary Streets

Stephen King's It

If you've been to our movies on 31st Ave Open Street in years past, you know how much fun it was seeing Poltergeist, The Final Girls, and Halloweentown. This year we are moving up to Ditmars Open Streets and showing Stephen King's It. Starring the late, great Tim Curry, this made-for-TV movie will fill you with childhood nostalgia and dread.

  • Outdoor screening
Horror Brunch: Video Tape Terror
Sunday, October 25

Horror Brunch: Video Tape Terror

All-VHS marathon · you pick the movies

One of our most beloved local events is back. Horror Brunch at The Gaf is a longstanding series that pairs the weirdest horror movies we can find, and the best takeout brunch you can order. Come and vote on what we watch throughout the day. This time, every movie in this marathon will be screened on glorious, low-fi VHS — so bring your own tapes.

Time1:00 PM
WhereThe Gaf
  • BYO VHS
  • Audience vote
Astoria Horror Club
Monday, October 26

Astoria Horror Club

Halloween II · on VHS

This is the one that started it all. Come out to The Ditty for a special screening of Halloween II (also on VHS). Since we started the Club back in 2021, we've shown a Michael Myers movie every year in October. This time we are going back to a true fan favorite.

Time7:00 PM
WhereThe Ditty
  • VHS
  • Club night
Astoria Horror Book Club
Tuesday, October 27

Astoria Horror Book Club

The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery — Clarence A. Haynes

There's more than just movies for the Halloween season. Get your copy of The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery by Clarence A. Haynes and come out to Medusa Art Studio for a lively discussion. This is a cozy ghostly tale about the barrier between the living and the dead growing thin. The perfect read to pair with your pumpkin spice latte.

  • Book club
Spooky Sounds
Wednesday, October 28

Spooky Sounds

Strawberry Blonde · Powdermaker · and more

A true ZVC celebration, we are bringing you an evening of live music with some phenomenal local bands. Hear Strawberry Blonde, Powdermaker and more! Join us at SingleCut as the bands take the stage to videos of classic horror. It's a night of rock right here in Astoria.

Time7:00 PM
WhereSingleCut
  • Live music
Brewscares
Thursday, October 29

Brewscares

90s horror TV + live comedy

This one brings you comics and good old 90s horror TV. Join us at QED where we will be watching spooky episodes of kids television, while a comedian prepares to riff on what we just watched. It's an evening of thrills and laughs that your inner child would die for.

Time7:30 PM
WhereQED
  • Live comedy
Scaryoke
Friday, October 30

Scaryoke

Halloween karaoke

A new addition to this year's Halloweek, we are partnering with Sissy McGinty's for karaoke, Halloween style. Come dressed up and join your hosts as we belt out our favorite tunes. Expect some classics with some Halloween tunes thrown in the mix. It's the perfect event to start Halloweekend!

  • Karaoke
  • Costumes welcome
5th Annual Halloween Party
Saturday, October 31 · Halloween Night

5th Annual Halloween Party

Costume contest + scary movie power hour

Our biggest event of the year is our annual Halloween party! Join us at Focal Point Beer Co as we kick the night off with our costume contest. Top prizes include picking a film for a future Astoria Horror Club and 2 tickets to A Ghost in Your Ear. The main event is a scary movie inspired power hour: 60 minutes with 60 second clips designed to delight, horrify, and scare even the most dedicated horror fans.

  • Costume contest
  • Power hour
  • Prizes
With Thanks To

Sponsors

We’re so excited to announce that we have multiple amazing sponsors this year for Halloweek, and we hope you check them out.

Museum of the Moving Image

Museum of the Moving Image

A true local gem. This Halloween season, MoMI is presenting a buffet of monster-pieces that run the gamut from hilarious to horrifying, from beautiful to blasphemous, but which all revel in the tactile: vampires, werewolves, amphibious monsters, and hell-raising demons always ready to play.

Members of the Zero Vision Cinema community can enjoy a special Halloweek discount of 20% off all screenings and museum entries from October 25th to October 31st.

Promo code

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Audible's A Ghost In Your Ear

Audible's A Ghost In Your Ear

NOW EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND through November 22 only, see Lucas Iverson (HBO’s The Pitt) and Owen Campbell (A24's X) take the stage in A GHOST IN YOUR EAR, the “truly terrifying headphone horror” (The Guardian) from the darkly brilliant mind of Tony Award® nominee Jamie Armitage (Six), created in collaboration with Ben and Max Ringham (ANNA, National Theatre).

Immersive, groundbreaking and just the right amount of chilling, the story follows an actor who enters a sound studio to record a ghost story — but soon, the horrors begin coming to life all around him. Audience members wear headphones during the performance, with binaural sound technology making every whisper, footstep and creak feel startlingly close. And at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre — one of New York’s most intimate venues — there’s no escaping the frights.

Enter if you dare. Use code GHOST20 for a discount.

Promo code

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We've Got Spirit

We've Got Spirit

From Sleepaway Camp to A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, horror has always been laced with queer culture. WE'VE GOT SPIRIT is a 90 minute horror play inspired by queer figures of 1980s horror.

See the show live on October 24th at 2pm and receive a special discount when you use the promo code below. We’ll be hosting a special talkback with the cast and creators after the show, with plenty of time to get to Ditmars for our Scary Streets movie later that night.

Synopsis

In 2004 rural Tennessee, the employees of a Spirit Halloween store welcomed new member Damien, a conservative young male whose family previously owned the building when it was a church. When a member of the team becomes the center of a hate crime, they barricade themselves in the store. We’ve Got Spirit explores the fears of southern LGBTQ+ communities and the instilled paranoia surrounding the end of days.

Special discount for the ZVC community.

Promo code

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Before You Come

Good To Know

Do I need a ticket?

No. Every Zero Vision Cinema event in the Halloweek lineup is free — just show up. (Our sponsors run their own ticketed shows; those links and discount codes are above.)

How early should I get there?

Halloweek is the busiest week of our year. Come early if you want a good seat — and you’ll get time to hang out with the rest of the neighborhood’s horror crowd, which is half the reason we do this.

Should I come in costume?

Yes for Scaryoke on Friday the 30th, and absolutely for the 5th Annual Halloween Party on the 31st, which opens with our costume contest. Top prizes include picking a film for a future Astoria Horror Club and 2 tickets to A Ghost in Your Ear.

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