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Blake's Big Apple in Armada throws a moonlit fall market on two Fridays, October 2 and October 16, starting at 5 p.m., with spooky-themed vendors, handmade goods, treats, live music and bonfires. It's free, you just need to RSVP.
Blake's Big Apple

From October 2 through November 1, Blake's Big Apple in Armada goes full spooky every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night with zombie paintball, a haunted hayride, a 3-story haunted barn and the family-friendly Spookyland. Fridays and Saturdays run 6–11 p.m., Sundays 6–10 p.m., with tickets starting at $17.95.
Blake's Big Apple

The Detroit Zoological Society throws a strictly 21+ Halloween costume party at the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak on Friday, October 2, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. (VIP entry at 6), with more than 100 craft drink tastings, live music and a costume contest. Heads up: every ticket tier was listed as sold out on the official page as of September 29, 2026.
Detroit Zoo

A besieged castle in 16th-century Japan, a string of mysterious crimes and a dangerous prisoner in the dungeon. The Detroit Film Theatre screens Kiyoshi Kurosawa's new drama The Samurai and the Prisoner on Friday, October 2, 2026, at 7 p.m.. It played the 2026 Cannes Film Festival and is a New York Times Critic's Pick. In Japanese with English subtitles, 147 minutes, at 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit.
Detroit Film Theatre

Two iconic horror films from the early days of cinema, back to back. Cinema at the Strand, 12 North Saginaw Street in Pontiac, screens its Halloween Double Feature on Friday, October 2, 2026, at 7 p.m.. Come in costume: wear your Halloween outfit and you're entered to win prizes.
Cinema at the Strand

The Redford Theatre brings The Sixth Sense (1999) back to the big screen on Friday, October 2, 2026, at 8 p.m.. Tickets are just $7. Find the Redford at 17360 Lahser Road in Detroit.
Redford Theatre

The Redford Theatre screens The Sixth Sense on Friday, October 2, 2026, at 8 p.m., at 17360 Lahser Road in Detroit. One showing, a big screen and a dark room, the way movies are meant to be seen.
Redford Theatre

The RE/STRICT Film Festival takes over Planet Ant Theatre, 2357 Caniff Street in Hamtramck, on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 7 p.m.. Tickets are for ages 21 and up only, and nobody under 21 gets in. If you can, add a small donation to your ticket: it funds a limited number of free tickets for people who couldn't otherwise afford to come.
Planet Ant Theatre

The Senate Theater screens Drag Me to Hell (2009) on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 8 p.m., bringing the film back to the big screen at 6424 Michigan Avenue in Detroit.
Senate Theater

Dracula, larger than life: the Redford Theatre screens Bram Stoker's Dracula on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 8 p.m., at 17360 Lahser Road in Detroit. There's just one showing, so if you want it on a movie-house screen, mark this one down.
Redford Theatre

Two Door Cinema Club plays the Tourist History 15th Anniversary Tour on Sunday, October 4, at 7 p.m. at The Fillmore Detroit in Detroit. A milestone set on a marquee stage.
The Fillmore Detroit

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson brings his live talk to The Fillmore Detroit on Tuesday, October 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Detroit. If you’re curious how an astrophysicist watches movies, you’ll hear it straight from him.
The Fillmore Detroit

Meadow Brook Hall hosts a Dinner & A Movie night with Death Becomes Her (1992) on Wednesday, October 7, at 6 p.m. at Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester. Dinner-plus-screening format; tickets available via the venue.
Meadow Brook Hall

A hundred years on, Cecil B. DeMille's The Volga Boatman (1926) returns to the big screen at the Senate Theater, 6424 Michigan Avenue in Detroit, on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. A centennial encore for a film from 1926.
Senate Theater

They Live hits the Redford Theatre screen on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 8 p.m., at 17360 Lahser Road in Detroit. One screening, one big room: grab a few friends and watch it together.
Redford Theatre

The witches are back! Cinema at the Strand, 12 North Saginaw Street in Pontiac, puts Hocus Pocus (1993) on the big screen on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 7 p.m.. Big screen, dark room, and a movie that's more fun with a crowd around you.
Cinema at the Strand

The Redford Theatre screens An American Werewolf in London (1981) on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 8 p.m., back on the big screen for just $7. Find it at 17360 Lahser Road in Detroit.
Redford Theatre

The Senate Theater hosts Party of the Century: 100th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 8 p.m. at 6424 Michigan Avenue in Detroit. You don't get to celebrate a hundred years every day.
Senate Theater
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