Liverpool’s biggest open-air cinema is returning for a Halloween spectacular.
The Reader brings its Spooky Cinema to the Mansion House with nine handpicked spooky favourites set to be screened under canvas in a giant canopy.
From children’s storybook animations to top family-friendly picks, an iconic Hitchcock mystery thriller and cult classics, movie fans will be spoilt for choice.
The season starts with an animation of Julia Donaldson’s book ‘Room on the Broom’ at 11.30am on Tuesday, October 28 and Wednesday, October 29.
Four family-friendly films will have 4pm screenings on Tuesday, October 28 and Friday, 31 October while ‘Hotel Transylvania’ will air on Wednesday, October 29.
Fans of Netflix’s Wednesday can enjoy the dark humour of its witty 1990s movie sequel ‘The Addams Family Values’ from 4pm on Thursday, October 30.
Spooky Cinema ends with Tim Burton’s stop-motion masterpiece ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ which closes out the showcase on Saturday, November 1 at 4pm.
Doors will open 30 minutes before Room on the Broom at 11am for a 11.30am screening in the Mansion House Theatre Room.
For all other films gates to the Mansion House Garden will open an hour before screening, except for The Rocky Horror Picture Show when gates will open 90-minutes before the film.
Doors open 3pm for 4pm screenings Practical Magic and Beetlejuice gates to Mansion House Garden and canopy will open at 7pm for an 8pm screening, and 6.30pm for an 8pm screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Arrive early and soak up the atmosphere with music, food and drinks.
Pre-orders will be taken for Hot Dogs (VE available) £8, Nachos with cheese, salsa, and guacamole, sour cream and optional jalapenos, (VE available), £8, and Pizzas (Margherita or Pepperoni, VE available), £14.
Treat yourself to a bottle of fizz for £25 or a bucket of Peroni beers (six bottles) for £20. Book a deckchair for £5 or bring your own picnic blanket.
Tickets cost £14.50 for adults and £9.50 for under 16s. Calderstones members will be able to save 10% and receive priority booking from Thursday, August 28.
General sale will open from Tuesday, September 2. All bookings and further information can be found at thereader.org.uk/cinema