Join your horror host, Dr Michael Goodrum, at UPP this October to explore the long-running connections between queerness and horror. In films from the 1930s to the 1990s, we’ll explore how viewing strategies and queer coding bring nuance and texture to classics of the genre – and how 1950s B movies have unwittingly become camp masterpieces. Whether you want to be entertained, enlightened, or en-frightened, the UPP is the place to be this Hallowe’en!
Ed Wood (1994)
Saturday 4 October 6pm (double-bill with Plan 9 From Outer Space)
Monday 8 October 8pm
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Saturday 4 October 8.45pm (double-bill with Ed Wood)
The Haunting (1963)
Saturday 11 October 6pm (+ Intro)
Monday 13 October 8.30pm
Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
Sunday 19 October 3.15pm (+ Intro)
Tuesday 21 October 6.30pm
Scream (1996)
Friday 24 October 9pm
Tuesday 28 October 8pm
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Saturday 1 November 8.30pm
Use the film links underneath to find out more information and to book your tickets.
Celebrate Ed Wood in Fright’s Out! with a double bill of delights: Tim Burton’s affectionate 1994 biopic and the gloriously infamous Plan 9 From Outer Space, introduced by Dr. Michael Goodrum. Don’t miss this evening of camp, cult movie magic!
Tim Burton’s affectionate biopic celebrates cult film director Ed Wood and 1950s exploitation cinema. Featuring Johnny Depp, Sarah Jessica Parker, and a cast of outsiders, it’s a witty, heartfelt tribute to Hollywood’s misfits.
Often hailed as the “worst film ever made,” Ed Wood’s sci-fi/horror gem is the ultimate so-bad-it’s-good camp delight. With aliens reanimating corpses and Bela Lugosi returning posthumously, it’s a delirious collision of horror, sci-fi, and cult legend.
Robert Wise’s chilling adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House is a gothic masterpiece. Haunting visuals and psychological terror drive Eleanor’s unraveling, as desire and dread intertwine in one of cinema’s finest ghost stories.
Universal’s stylish sequel to Dracula blends Gothic horror with subversive sensuality. Countess Zaleska, seeking freedom from her father’s curse, exerts a powerful, transgressive erotic gaze, making this a groundbreaking early exploration of queer desire.
Wes Craven’s modern classic mixes razor-sharp satire with genuine scares. A masked killer terrorises teens obsessed with horror movies. Clever, bloody, and subversive, it redefined the genre, with queer-coded survival themes sharpening its slasher edge.
Get your fishnets out, leather gloves at the ready, and “Let’s do the time warp again”. Not to be missed, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back for our annual Halloween extravaganza! Part of our Fright’s Out season looking at queerness in horror.
Our beautiful art deco inspired auditorium can be found just off East Oxford's Cowley Road. We are open 7 days a week. We open the cinema and box office 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of each film, and the Box Office then closes 10 minutes after the film starts. We don’t show adverts, just a couple of trailers, so don't be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!