Rooftop Cinema Club’s Midtown terrace turns its month-long “Fright Club” programming into one of the city’s most atmospheric ways to watch horror movies, with the Empire State Building lit up just blocks south of the screen.
Every seat comes with wireless headphones that block out traffic three floors below, so the soundtrack stays crisp whether you’re in a single Adirondack chair or a two-person loveseat, and a full craft bar serves cocktails, local beer, and wine a few steps from the back row.
October’s lineup covers the full spectrum of horror fandom. Dog owners can bring their pups to Wooftop-friendly screenings of The Sheep Detectives and Hocus Pocus, families get daytime hits like Minions & Monsters, Halloweentown, and The Addams Family (1991), and a Supernatural TV marathon rounds out the lighter fare.
For genuine scares, the schedule runs from newer releases like Weapons and Backrooms through cult staples such as Practical Magic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Edward Scissorhands, all the way to genre-defining classics including Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist (1973), The Evil Dead (1981), and Psycho (1960), plus modern thrillers like American Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, Twin Peaks, and Get Out.
Tickets start around $12.50 and climb to roughly $36 depending on seat type and showtime, available now through Rooftop Cinema Club.