Film Discussions
FALL FILM DISCUSSION: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
The HCC Film Program invites you to join the Fall 2026 Friday Film Discussions, a virtual series exploring the strange, unsettling, and unforgettable history of horror cinema.
From silent shadows to psychological ghosts, from vampires and zombies to haunted children and unraveling minds, these films reveal what each generation fears most. Some shocked audiences when they premiered. Others quietly crawled under the skin and never left. Together, they chart more than a century of cinematic nightmares.
Offered virtually, the discussion series takes advantage of popular streaming platforms to make access easy for participants. The series works like a book club, but with films: choose the titles that interest you, watch them at your convenience before the scheduled discussion, and join us Friday evenings at 7 p.m. via Zoom for lively conversation and analysis.
Choose the films that interest you from the list below, watch them at your convenience before the scheduled discussion, and join the discussions on Friday evenings at 7 p.m. via Zoom.
The Zoom link will be emailed to registered individuals by noon on each discussion day. If you have any questions or problems during registration, contact the Horowitz Center Box Office.
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Presented by: HCC Film Department
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
Date/Time: Friday, September 4, 2026 7:00 PM
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Doctor Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a human being from parts of several exhumed corpses and reanimating his creation.
Date/Time: Friday, September 11, 2026 7:00 PM
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A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Date/Time: Friday, September 18, 2026 7:00 PM
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A young woman suspects her neighbors have sinister plans for her pregnancy.
Date/Time: Friday, October 2, 2026 7:00 PM
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A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.
Date/Time: Friday, October 9, 2026 7:00 PM
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When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
Date/Time: Friday, October 23, 2026 7:00 PM
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A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.
Date/Time: Friday, November 6, 2026 7:00 PM
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After being shot by a resentful former patient whom he failed to help, a Philadelphia child psychologist seeks redemption by treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.
Date/Time: Friday, November 13, 2026 7:00 PM
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In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
Date/Time: Friday, December 11, 2026 7:00 PM