Scary Month at Dormont's Hollywood Theater

Halloween will be the over-riding theme at the Hollywood Theater at 1449 Potomac Avenue in Dormont this month. 

Alfred Hitchcock’s classic The Birds is featured on October 16 and 20. Friday the 13^th will be shown October 22 and John Carpenter’s Halloween is set for October 27. 

Silent Movie Sunday on October 23 features Nosferatu, made in 1922, Phantom of the Opera made in 1927, and Metropolis first screened in 1925. 

Sci-Fi Horror Nights, which feature horror movies from the 1960’s, cartoons, and a Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe serial preceding each movie, runs 7 p.m., Wednesdays, October 12, 19, and 26. 

On Friday and Saturday, October 28 and 29, is the 1960s film Munster Go Home, with special guest Butch Patrick (aka. Eddie Munster) and the Dragula car. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 

The granddaddy of all audience-participation movies, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, featuring a shadow cast by the Junior Chamber of Commerce Players, runs midnight, Saturday October 29. 

On October 30, a marathon of films by Grade-B movie Director William Castle creeps into the theater. And finally at 7 p.m. Halloween night, Barnabus Bailey hosts Halloween Horror with Return of the Living Dead and other surprises. Tickets are $10 for this event. 

Also this month at the Hollywood: 

The World Premiere of It Came from Yesterday, at 7 p.m., October 17, and 18. In this retro-science fiction movie, scientist Professor Jack Cranston is launched into unknown realms of adventure and must unravel the mysterious plot of inter-dimensional insect-like creatures hell bent on enslaving the entire human race. Carl Kurlander, co-founder and executive producer of the Steeltown Entertainment Project, hosts the film.  Tickets for the October 17 show, which includes a commemorative photo and a chance to meet the cast, are $20. Tickets for the October 18 show are $10. 

Then on Friday, October 21, comes the showing of My Tale of Two Cities. This poignant and funny story by St. Elmo’s Fire screenwriter Carl Kurlander is about coming home to Pittsburgh and how people and cities are being challenged to reinvent themselves for a new age. Kurlander will host the event that includes a special guest appearance by Mr. McFeely (David Newell) from Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Mr. McFeely will sign autographs, participate in a Q&A, and lead the audience in a sing-a-long of Won't You Be My Neighbor. 

Except where noted, tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children and seniors.