Hiway Theater
Jenkintown's restored cinema on York Road, a nonprofit art house running indies, revivals, and community nights. The neon marquee is a landmark in its own right.
Field notes: Four art house theaters, one weekend, 35mm and a sing-along
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How To Train Your Dragon
Saturday morning, five dollars, free for members. The 2010 animated one with the dragon, in a 1913 single-screen house on Old York Road.
Friday
The 1995 Ice Cube and Chris Tucker comedy at 9:45 on a Saturday. Cult Cinema Club crowds at the Hiway quote along, so expect that going in.
Poltergeist
TerrorThon opens with the 1982 Spielberg-produced haunting. Nine films across three days, and a weekend pass runs $80, or $60 if you are a member.
Body Bags
John Carpenter's 1993 horror anthology takes the second slot on TerrorThon's opening night. Late show at 9:45, right after Poltergeist clears the house.
Morning Midnight Society Vol. 2
A 1990s horror shorts program starting TerrorThon's Saturday at eleven in the morning. Second volume, so the Hiway has run this one before.
The Bride of Frankenstein
James Whale's 1935 sequel, the one most people argue is better than the original. Early afternoon slot in the Hiway's three-day horror run.
[REC]
The 2007 Spanish found-footage film, shot inside a quarantined Barcelona apartment building. Mid-afternoon slot on TerrorThon Saturday, and genuinely loud.
Day of the Dead
Romero's 1985 zombie film from a 35mm print, which is the reason to see this one in a theater instead of at home. Prime evening slot at TerrorThon.
Frankenhooker
Frank Henenlotter's 1990 splatter comedy closes TerrorThon Saturday at 9:45. Exactly as tasteless as the title suggests, and the crowd is there for it.
Häxan
The 1922 Swedish witchcraft documentary and horror hybrid, with live accompaniment from Not So Silent Cinema. A hundred-year-old film that still unsettles people.
The Gate
Suburban kids open a hole to hell in the backyard, 1987, screening from 35mm. TerrorThon's closer and the most kid-friendly thing in the lineup.
Bonnie and Clyde
The 1967 Arthur Penn film that broke the Hays code open, with Beatty and Dunaway. One night only, on a Tuesday, at the Hiway.
The Addams Family
The 2019 animated version, screened as a five-dollar family matinee on a Saturday morning. Free for Hiway members, and short enough to hold the small ones.
Paper Moon
Ryan and Tatum O'Neal play a con man and the girl who may be his daughter, Depression-era Kansas in black and white. Sunday at eleven, part of the seventies series.
Hard Boiled
John Woo's 1992 Hong Kong action film, Chow Yun-Fat and a teahouse shootout people still argue about. Cantonese with subtitles, late Saturday in the Cult Cinema slot.
Halloween II
The 1981 sequel on 35mm for its forty-fifth anniversary, picking up the same night the first film ended. One projector means a short intermission for the reel change.
Scream
Wes Craven's 1996 slasher on Halloween night itself, Ghostface and all the rules. Human Robot pours in the lobby before Horror at the Hiway screenings.
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Friday the 13th, which is the whole point. The 1993 entry sends Jason body-hopping back to Camp Crystal Lake. Late night on Old York Road.
Babe: Pig in the City
George Miller's strange, beautiful 1998 sequel, five dollars on a Saturday morning and free for members. Parents tend to get more out of it than the kids do.
Body Double
Brian De Palma's 1984 Hitchcock riff, Craig Wasson watching through a telescope and Melanie Griffith pulling him deeper in. Late Saturday, part of the cult series.
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