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Top 25 Halloween Outdoor Movie: Rosemary’s Baby

Rosemary’s Baby is the next spooky flick on our Top 25 Halloween Outdoor Movies list. The film was directed by Roman Polanski, is based on the bestselling 1967 novel by Ira Levin, and stars Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Maurice Evans, Sidney Blackmer, and Charles Grodin. Rosemary’s Baby is a great selection for your Halloween backyard cinema party (only suitable for mature audiences), but before we tell you why, here’s the theatrical release trailer for the film:

Rosemary’s Baby is a classic horror film that will entertain your family or friends as you celebrate Halloween with your inflatable outdoor movie screen from Open Air Cinema! The film depicts the young girl Rosemary in City, and her horrifying experience as she unknowingly carries the child of the devil. Polanski delivers a breathtaking film that is well made and is supported by magnificent acting from the star studded cast.

rosemary's babyAs you plan your Halloween party this year, an outdoor movie screening of Rosemary’s Baby is a perfect centerpiece to your event. Your Open Air Cinema outdoor screen and outdoor projector will go up like a breeze, creating a setup that will make the evening memorable for all your guests. As the weather begins to be a bit cooler in October, make sure to bring the blankets. For a screening of Rosemary’s Baby, you could have chocolate mousse as a refreshment (the dish Rosemary partakes when she is abducted by the secret cult), and hot apple cider to keep the spirit of the Halloween season (and to make sure your guests are warm!).

rosemar's babyIf you really want to go all the way, setting up your inflatable movie screen near a scary old apartment building (like the one depicted in Rosemary’s Baby) would really add to the atmosphere of your event. If anyone has screened Rosemary’s baby in a unique way as a portable movie screen event, please post your story to the comments section below!

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Top 25 Halloween Outdoor Movie: Beetlejuice

Tim Burton’s 1988 comedy/ horror film Beetlejuice is our next stop on The Top 25 Halloween Outdoor Movies list. The film features a star-studded cast with Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice, along with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones, and Sylvia Sidney in supporting roles. Beetlejuice is a great choice for your annual Halloween outdoor movie party, and is appropriate for the entire family. Here is the theatrical release trailer for the movie:

Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam (Alec Baldwin) Maitland go on a vacation to decorate their beautiful country home. While driving back from town, they swerve to avoid a dog in the road, and instead plunge into the river after busting through a covered bridge. They return to their home, and realize they might be dead when they can’t see their reflections in the mirror. They consult the “Handbook for the Recently Deceased”, and confirm their suspicion to be true. Adam leaves the house in disbelief, but finds himself in an otherworldly place called Saturn, a strange dimension covered in sand and populated with giant worms.

BeetlejuiceWhen they return to their home for refuge, their house is sold to a new family from City, the Deetzes, which includes Charles (Jeffrey Jones), aspiring sculptor and Charles’ second wife Delia (Catherine O’Hara), and Charles’ goth daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder) from his first marriage. The Deetzes redecorate the idyllic home with a modern pastel theme that drives the Maitlands nuts! They learn that they must stay in the house for 125 years, and that if they want the Deetzes to leave they’ll need to scare them out! So they hire Beetlejuice, a bio-exorcist who scares the living, for a living. But things turn crazy and eventually the Deetzes and the Maitlands want him out.

BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice is a great film for your backyard cinema event with family and friends, or outdoor movie screening with your entire community in attendance. The film celebrates the “spirit” of Halloween, without being too scary or violent. If you are interested in acquiring an outdoor movie system for your upcoming Halloween event, contact us today, and we’ll help you find a system that meets your budget and needs.

If anyone has screened Beetlejuice as an outdoor movie, please post your story to the comments section below! Happy Halloween!

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Top 25 Halloween Outdoor Movie: Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride

The next film on our list of Top 25 Halloween Outdoor Movies is Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, the instant stop-motion classic set in Victorian Era ! The film was nominated for Best Animated Picture at the Academy Awards, but was bested by Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (a film on our list of Top 25 Outdoor Movies of All Time). Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride is a great selection for your next city-wide community outdoor movie event or backyard cinema Halloween celebration! The film is appropriate for all ages, and is entertaining to children and adults alike. Before we continue, here’s the theatrical release trailer for Corpse Bride:

The young and nervous Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp), son of rich fishmongers Nell and William Van Dort (Tracey Ullman and Paul Whitehouse) is set to marry Victoria Everglot (Emily Watson), the neglected daughter of bankrupt aristocrats Lady Maudeline and Lord Finis Everglot (Joanna Lumley and Albert Finney). His soon to be in-laws are cold and stuffy, and simply want to restore their family wealth and status. During a wedding recital, Victor stumbles through his lines, and is unsuccessful at reciting them. The priest overseeing the events banishes Victor until he is able to successfully deliver his lines, and so he sets off in the woods, practicing and memorizing. He finally masters his lines, and decides to momentarily place his lover Victoria’s ring on a branch that resembles a human hand.

Corpse BrideVictor quickly realizes that the branch is actually a human hand, or rather the hand of a corpse Bride named Emily (Helena Bonham Carter), who was killed on the night of her elopement as her husband only wanted her money. Emily is convinced that Victor is to be her new husband, and will undo her waiting and curse after all these years. Victor then tries to explain that he made a mistake, and is actually engaged to someone else. But the spirits in the underworld don’t pay attention to what he’s saying, and move forward in celebration of Emily’s final release!

Corpse BrideCorpse Bride continues in a fantastic story of love and hope, that will truly entertain your community, and will bring the spirit of Halloween in a fun and creative way. Tim Burton’s imagination will captivate your community in ways that modern animation techniques won’t be able to do. Burton’s artistic achievements have recently been celebrated by the Museum of Modern Art in City as a full fledged retrospective of his career. Many of the artifacts and clips from Corpse Bride were included in the exhibition. Burton is truly a visionary and an artist, and his films are great for screening as outdoor movies as they are bright and bold, and will project well.

If anyone has screened Corpse Bride as an outdoor movie (as inflatable cinema in your backyard, or as an outdoor movie in the park with the rest of your community), please share your story by posting it to the comments section below! We’d love to see how your event turned out.

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