SPB offers Halloween celebration

Halloween is right around the corner, just in time to offer some midterm relief. If you want to celebrate but don’t have a whole lot of time or money to spare, consider checking out the movie marathon Student Programs Board (SPB) is putting on downtown.

For only a buck, you can see some freaky movies to get you in the Halloween spirit. Keep in mind if you want to bring friends or family who are not students, it will cost them $6 each.

Using student fees, SPB is sponsoring this Halloween Movie Marathon on Oct. 30 and 31 at the 8th Street Cinemas. Movies will play at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

The selected movies are Friday the 13th, The Shining, Evil Dead 2 and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. There’s nothing like classic and cheesy horror films to really get you in the mood for Halloween.

Deborah Lehosit, owner of the 8th Street Cinemas and alum of BSU, has donated the venue for several events this fall.

Not only will $1 get you in to see these films, but you will also get to jam-out to A Frame of Mind, a band comprised of four musicians from McCall, in between showings both nights. Plus, the entrance to the theater and the foyer will be set up as a haunted house with roaming characters and Halloween decorations.

“It’s not going to be open-headed zombies or anything,” said Jason MacFarlane, SPB director.

So bring the kids and don’t worry about the roaming creatures. They’re just there to inspire the Halloween spirit. The worst that could happen is your popcorn might go missing if you’re not careful. The creatures will not be in the theater itself while the films are playing, so if you make it past the foyer, you are good to go.

Since Nightmare on University Drive was not successful last year, MacFarlane said this year they decided to do the Halloween movie marathon among other events downtown, because it’s more centralized. Plus, the movie marathon draws in a larger variety of people because it is not set up to be limited to only families.

So get a group of friends together and take a study break for Halloween, even if you’re not interested in viewing the films, you could hang out and watch the concert.

We all need a break every now and again, and if you don’t give yourself one, you’ll end up looking like one of the creatures roaming the foyer at the 8th Street Cinemas.

Tammy Sands, The Arbiter

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