English Dept. News & Events

13th Annual UHD Halloween Horror Film Screening
October 24, 2024
UHD Main Building North Deck (Robertson Auditorium in case of weather issue)

To celebrate UHD’s 13^th year of horror film programming for the public during Halloween season, we have selected a classic from the U.S. slasher subgenre – Friday the 13^th, directed by Sean S. Cunningham from 1980. The film stars Adrienne King as Alice Hardy, a role that helped to define what scholars mean by the slasher’s “final girl.” Filmed on location, the film broke new ground by setting its story on the grounds of a summer camp, turning cabins, communal kitchens, the lake, recreational spaces, and the pathways that connect them into sites of horror. The film’s surprising monster provides an added twist. Given the dynamic experience of last year’s slasher screening (Halloween, dir. John Carpenter, 1976), and given this year’s lucky status as our program’s 13^th year running, students in UHD’s film studies minor and concentration suggested this independent, atmospheric slasher as our very best choice.

UHD’s Annual Halloween Horror Film Screening transforms UHD’s North Deck into a lit-up site of artistic and cultural expression, community belonging, and public feelings. Please join UHD students, staff, faculty, alumni, and members of Houston’s vibrant film communities for this evening of socialization, networking, and thinking through fear and disgust under the moon’s waning gibbous.