Hold on to your silver bullets, torches and wooden stakes, Philadelphia!

As Halloween approaches, we’ve compiled a list of scary movie screenings around the city — including vintage cult classics, as well as fresh independent horrors. After all, sometimes its better to go through jump scares in a public, group setting. The movies in this roundup span from 1947 to today.

From truly gory horrors to complex paranormal romances, our list has a wide range of spooky films for everyone.

Gremlins (1984)

When: Friday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m.

Where: Cherry Street Pier

The Cherry Street Pier is hosting two Halloween movie nights. The first on Oct. 17 is all about vintage monsters. It kicks off with two short films that are both over a century old: “Frankenstein” (1910) and “The Haunted Castle” (1896

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