Horror Listings

New York City Horror Film Festival 2009

Tribeca Cinemas - 54 Varick St. - New York (Tribeca)

The New York City Horror Film Festival once again brings bloody monsters, mutants, killers and psychos to screens in Lower Manhattan.

The Box -

Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn
A suburban couple, Norma (Cameron Diaz) and Arthur (James Marsden), face a moral dilemma when they receive a gift that bears irrevocable consequences. With the press of a button, their simple wooden box will bestow $1 million; however, a stranger somewhere else will die, at the same time. The box will be theirs for only 24 hours, and as time ticks away, Norma and Arthur confront the depth of their humanity as they consider their choices.

Today's Showtimes:

AMC Loews Village 7

66 3rd Ave. - New York (East Village)

AMC Loews 19th Street East 6

890 Broadway - New York (Flatiron)

Halloween II -

Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon Zombie, Brad Dourif
A year after narrowly escaping death at the hands of Michael Myers (Tyler Mane), Laurie Strode is at the breaking point, pushed to the edge by Dr. Loomis' (Malcolm McDowell) revelation that she's Michael's sister. Little does she know, the unstoppable killer is back in Haddonfield and, driven by visions of their dead mother (Sheri Moon Zombie), he is determined to bring about a bloody family reunion.

Zombieland -

Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
After a virus turns most people into zombies, the world's surviving humans remain locked in an ongoing battle against the hungry undead. Four survivors -- Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) and his cohorts Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) -- abide by a list of survival rules and zombie-killing strategies as they make their way toward a rumored safe haven in Los Angeles.

Today's Showtimes:

City Cinemas Village East

181-189 Second Ave. - New York (East Village)

AMC Loews Kips Bay 15

570 Second Ave. - New York (Midtown)

Pandorum -

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet, Antje Traue
Astronauts Payton (Dennis Quaid) and Bower (Ben Foster) awake in a hypersleep chamber with no memory of who they are or what their mission might be. While Payton stays behind to monitor the radio transmitter, Bower ventures out of the chamber into the seemingly abandoned spaceship. The men quickly realize that they are not alone, and that the fate of mankind hinges on what they do next.

The Shining -

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers

The House of the Devil -

Starring: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig

Today's Showtimes:

City Cinemas Angelika Film Center

18 W. Houston St. - New York (Greenwich Village)