OUTSIDE THE MEGAPLEX
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON 1001 Bissonnet; mfah.org
“Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards”
An in-depth portrait of master shoe designer Manolo Blahnik. 2 p.m. Thursday
“Ex Libris: New York Public Library”
Filmmakers delve into the New York Public Library. 5 p.m. Sunday
“Near Dark”
A small-town farmer’s son joins a traveling group of vampires after he is turned by a beautiful drifter. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday
“Night of the Living Dead”
People barricade themselves in an old farmhouse in an attempt to remain safe from flesheating monsters. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday MEMORIAL CITY MALL 303 Memorial City Way; memorialcity.com “Hotel Transylvania” Dracula operates a high-end resort away from the human world. 7 p.m. Friday DISCOVERY GREEN 1500 McKinney; discoverygreen.com “Hotel Transylvania 2” Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his grandson. 7:30 p.m. Friday ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA 531 Mason, Katy; drafthouse. com/houston “Steel Magnolias” A young beautician finds work at a local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship. 7:30 p.m. Thursday
“Shaun of the Dead”
A man decides to turn his life around when his entire community is threatened by zombies. 7:45 p.m. Thursday
“Psycho”
A woman on the run checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Tuesday
“The Ghost of Frankenstein”
Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein gets the idea of replacing a monster’s brain with a normal one. 12:30 p.m. Sunday
“Goosebumps”
A teenager teams up with the daughter of horror author R.L. Stine to fight off demons. 2:45 p.m. Sunday
“The Golem”
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution. 6:15 p.m. Sunday
“The Thing”
A crew in Antarctica finds a neighboring camp destroyed and its crew dead. 7:30 p.m. Monday EVELYN RUBENSTEIN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 5601 S. Braeswood; erjcchouston.org “Dear Cancer, Love Stacy” Stacy Middleman documents her challenging journey by writing “letters to cancer.” 7:30 p.m. Monday 14 PEWS 800 Aurora; 14pews.org “The Abominable Snowman” A kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist search for the legendary Yeti. 7 p.m. Friday RIVER OAKS THEATRE 2009 W. Gray; landmarktheatres.com “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” A couple has a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to a bizarre residence. Midnight Friday and Saturday RICE CINEMA 6100 Main; film.rice.edu “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” It’s Harry’s third year at Hogwarts, and trouble is brewing. 6 p.m. Tuesday CENTRAL GREEN PARK 23501 Cinco Ranch, Katy; drafthouse.com “Casper” A paranormal expert and his daughter bunk in a haunted house. Dusk Saturday ITALIAN CULTURAL CENTER 1101 Milford; iccchouston. com “Give Us This Day” An Italian bricklayer living in Brooklyn during the Great Depression struggles with having enough money to court a girl. 7 p.m. Monday ASIA SOCIETY 1370 Southmore; asiasociety.org/texas “Train to Busan” While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan. 8 p.m. Tuesday MILLER OUTDOOR THEATRE 6000 Hermann Park Drive; milleroutdoortheatre.com “Halloween” Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night, Michael Myers returns to kill again. 8 p.m. Tuesday UH STUDENT CENTER THEATER 4455 University Drive; saludosconnection.org “Women of Venezuelan Chaos” Five Venezuelan women draw a portrait of their country as it collapses under the worst crisis in its history. 6:15 p.m. Wednesday HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE 5555 Hermann Park Drive; hmns.org “Incredible Predators 3-D” Deconstructs the world of major predators, taking an intimate look at the remarkable strategies they use to succeed. Multiple screenings daily.