Millington
20, 25 to 27 and 31, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the zoo, 2000 Prentiss Place.
Elmwood Cemetery will host its Halloween Soul of the City Tours Oct. 25 and 26. Tour-goers will travel back through Memphis history as they stroll through the cemetery, encountering hosts dressed as figures from Memphis' past. Tickets must be purchased for specific tour times and each tour lasts about two hours, so good walking shoes are recommended. Tours take place at the cemetery, 824 S Dudley St.
Millington's annual fall festivalwill take place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 26 at 5152 Easley St. Costumes are encouraged, and a kid's costume contest will be held at noon. Make sure to bring your best carved pumpkin as well, for the pumpkin judging at 11 a.m. The festival will also include a giant slide, a hay ride, booth-or-treating and prize giveaways.
The Millington Public Library will host a "trunk or treat" celebration the day before Halloween. Give your costume a test run at the event on the 30th, which runs from 6 to 8 p.m. in the library parking lot, 4858 Navy Road in Millington. The event is free and open to the public.
Southaven
Tanger Outlets will host their trickor-treat event Oct. 26 from 1 to 3 p.m. at 5205 Airways Blvd. Kids 12 and under can get candy from shopper services and participating stores, and a costume contest will be held at 2 p.m.
Colonial Hills Church — Southaven is hosting a fall festivalat Southaven High School, 735 Rasco Road West, from 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 27. The event is free and open to the public and will feature inflatables, a climbing wall, food and
Halloween movies
If your idea of spooky season is seeing ghosts or monsters up on the silver screen, here's what flicks you might want to catch around Memphis.
Oct. 24, 7 p.m., Malco Paradiso: “Jeepers Creepers 3" — a special screening of the violent 2017 horror movie about a winged human-slaying demon that takes place between the events of "Jeepers Creepers" (2001) and "Jeepers Creepers 2" (2003). Tickets: $13.50. Visit malco.com.
Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m., Crosstown Theater, Crosstown Concourse: A double feature of “Häxan” — a notorious 1922 silent film about witchcraft and satanism, presented in quasi-documentary style, accompanied by a live score performed by the Memphis rock band 1000 Lights — followed by director Dario Argento's stylish and violent 1975 shocker “Deep Red.” Tickets: $10. Visit crosstownarts.org.
Oct. 28, 7 p.m., Malco Collierville and Paradiso theaters: A big-screen revival of director Hayao Miyazaki's Oscarwining 2001 animated masterpiece “Spirited Away” about a young girl who encounters ghosts, witches and other supernatural beings. Tickets: $13.50. Visit malco.com.
Oct. 31, 7 and 8:45 p.m., Malco's Studio on the Square: The return of “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” director Wes Craven's 1984 horror hit that introduced Robert Englund as the knife-fingered dream-invader, Freddy Krueger. Tickets: $6. Visit malco.com.
Oct. 31, 4:30 p.m., Hattiloo Theatre: The Indie Memphis Film Festival presents the Memphis theatrical debut of “Horror Noire,” a new documentary that examines the history of black participation — in front of and behind the camera — in horror movies. Director Xavier Burgin will attend. Tickets: $10. Visit indiememphis.com.
Oct. 31, 6:30 p.m., Playhouse on the Square: The Indie Memphis Film Festival hosts a revival screening of the most famous of “blaxploitation”— horror movies, 1972's “Blacula,” starring William Marshall as an African prince transformed into a vampire after an unfortunate meeting with Count Dracula. Tickets: $10. Visit indiememphis.com.
Oct. 31, 9 p.m., Playhouse on the Square: The Indie Memphis Film Festival presents “In Fabric,” the new film from modern horror auteur Peter Strickland. Marianne Jean-baptiste stars as a woman who purchases a cursed bloodred gown. Tickets: $10. Visit indiememphis.com.
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