Syracuse Boo Times

Halloween weekend offers a trio of old-school movie attractions guaranteed to scare the yell out of you. On Fraidy-Cat Friday, Oct. 28, the “Brew & View” series at Eastwood’s Palace Theatre, 2384 James St., offers a 35mm screening of the 1931 Boris Karloff fright flick Frankenstein (top left) at 8 p.m., to be followed at 10:30 p.m. with Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, plus a costume party at midnight. Admission is $10; call 436-4723 for details. On Sinister Saturday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m., Rome’s Capitol Theatre, 220 W. Dominick St., presents 1961’s Mr. Sardonicus (above), a shocker from schlockmeister William Castle that features a “punishment poll” as an interactive gimmick, plus trailers, the Three Stooges short Hot Scots and more, all presented in 35mm prints. Admission is $5.50 for adults, $1.50 for children; call 337-6453. And on Macabre Monday, Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m., Karloff’s monster returns to duty along with creepshow veteran Bela Lugosi for the lush 1939 sequel Son of Frankenstein (left), presented by the Syracuse Cinephile Society at the Spaghetti Warehouse, 680 N. Clinton St. Admission is $3.50, with food available from the menu. Call 475-1807 for restaurant information.