ROMANCING THE DEAD
A series devoted to love stories that refuse to stay buried, ROMANCING THE DEAD spans decades, genres and tones—from swooning melodrama to punk horror to gothic art film. These films imagine intimacy between humans and spirits, vampires, reanimated bodies and beings suspended somewhere in between.
In GHOST, love lingers after death, desperate and tender; RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD III turns devotion into body horror, asking how far love can stretch when flesh itself is failing; BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN reframes the monster as a tragic romantic, yearning not just for life, but for companionship; ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE offers an immortal love story worn smooth by centuries, sustained by art, memory, and blood; and NEKROMANTIK confronts romance stripped of metaphor altogether, pushing the idea of love beyond taboo and into the literal embrace of the corpse.
In anticipation of the upcoming release of Grace Glowicki’s DEAD LOVER, which you can catch special previews of with the bonus of “Stink-o-Vision” scratch and sniff cards, ROMANCING THE DEAD traces a lineage of undead desire—stories where passion survives decay, where longing outlives the body, and where love is powerful enough to cross the ultimate divide.
Let the Right One In
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Director: Tomas Alfredson Run Time: 114 min. Format: 35mm Rating: R Release Year: 2008 Language: Swedish with English subtitles
She's been 12 for over 200 years, and she just moved in next door
Frankenhooker
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Director: Frank Henenlotter Run Time: 85 min. Format: DCP Rating: R Release Year: 1990
She’s not a bride and she’s not Boris Karloff... she’s FRANKENHOOKER!
Dead Lover
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Director: Grace Glowicki Run Time: 83 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2026
A tale about the limits one Gravedigger will go to hold onto love
Corpse Bride
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Director: Mike Johnson, Tim Burton Run Time: 77 min. Format: DCP Rating: PG Release Year: 2005
The love of her afterlife
Ghost
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Director: Jerry Zucker Run Time: 126 min. Format: 35mm Rating: PG 13 Release Year: 1990
A love that will last forever
Blithe Spirit
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Director: David Lean Run Time: 96 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 1945
Elvira is the kind of gal who can turn an evening into a night you'll never forget!
Make-Out with Violence
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Tue, Feb 24 @ 7:15 pm: Followed by Q&A with the filmmakers
Director: The Deagol Brothers Run Time: 105 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2008
Dead is the present tense
Ganja & Hess
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Director: Bill Gunn Run Time: 110 min. Format: DCP Rating: R Release Year: 1973
Bad blood runs between them
