Monster Bash Film Festival
This next autumn's MONSTER BASH FILM FESTIVAL at the majestic Palace Theatre in Canton, Ohio....is October 23-24, 2026! We'll be the week BEFORE Halloween in 2026 with the creepy coolest British classic horror films. The change from August to October for the Monster Bash is due to renovations that will be happening at The Palace in August-September 2026.
MONSTER BASH BRITISH HALLOWEEN HORROR MOVIE INVASION at The Palace Theatre, Canton, Ohio!
Friday October 23 - Saturday October 24, 2026
The Palace Theatre, 605 Market Avenue North, Canton, Ohio
ADVANCE MEMBERSHIP ADMISSION available now! ADMISSION WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR for all 8 movie two-day passes or individual movie admission as well. Address: The Palace Theatre, 605 Market Ave N, Canton, OH 44702-1016.
Call for information at: (330) 454-8172.
Reserve your Double Tree hotel room (closest hotel, just 5 blocks away) call (330) 471-8000. Other hotel and motel options in Canton, CLICK HERE.
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TV personality Guest of Honor: horror movie host SON OF GHOUL!
Vendors will have collectibles, Blu-Rays, original movie posters, DVDs, monster magazines, monster t-shirts, and more. See them in the theatre lobby and on the mezzanine level. Please note, some of the vendors are on the second floor mezzanine. There are wide staircases, but no elevator.
Vendors include: Creepy Classics, Hollywood Hounds (Original Movie Posters), Son of Ghoul, and more!
The Schedule of Films & Shopping
Please note that programming is subject to change.
Friday, October 23, 2026
Dealers in lobby and on mezzanine level HOURS 3PM - 12:00 Midnight
3:00 PM - MIDNIGHT: CLASSIC MONSTER VENDORS. Blu-Rays, rare DVDs, t-shirts, posters, model kits, toys, rare collectibles and more! The vendors are open from three in the afternoon until 12 Midnight. So you can shop before the movies and in between films on intermissions. Note: there is no elevator and vendors are one flight of stairs up.
5PM MOVIE: HORROR OF DRACULA (1958)
Christopher Lee in his first portrayal of Count Dracula. Stunning and classy. Peter Cushing as Van Helsing. Hammer films started a revoltion buy bringing back Gothic horror in full color to theater audiences. The classic Bram Stoker's story with a Hammer Horror twist.
7PM MOVIE: CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF (1961)
Starring Oliver Reed. One of the most ferocious looking werewolves ever. A glossy Hammer production of a boy cursed to be a werewolf. Class "A" Hammer Horror!
9PM MOVIE: THE MUMMY'S SHROUD (1967)
Good, old-fashioned mummy on the rampage romp from Hammer studios. The last Hammer film to be shot at the famed Bray studios in England.
11PM MOVIE: TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1972)
Five tales of terror from the Crypt Keeper (portrayed by Sir Ralph Richardson!). A classic anthology of horror stories from 1972. A great re-telling of the "Monkey's Paw," a super Peter Cushing segment where he comes back as a rotting zombie and a terrifying Christmas horror story starring Joan Collins! In the Christmas tale, it's Christmas Eve and a quiet night with snow falling. Joan Collins has just murdered her husband and then hears on the radio of a homicidal escapee from an asylum...who likes to dress up as Santa Claus. Who's outside...dressed in red?!
Saturday October 24, 2026
Dealers in lobby and on mezzanine level HOURS 12 noon - 12 Midnight
12:00 NOON - MIDNIGHT: CLASSIC MONSTER VENDORS. Blu-Rays, rare DVDs, t-shirts, posters, model kits, toys, rare collectibles and more! The vendors are open from noon until 12 Midnight. So you can shop before the movies and in between films on intermissions.
3PM MOVIE: THE GORGON (1964)
Wonderful mix of Hammer horror and mythology. Peter Cushing stars. Don't look at The Gorgon, whatever you do!!! Don't look!
5PM MOVIE: BRIDES OF DRACULA (1961)
One of Hammer films best looking, wonderfully acted and exciting films! A young woman ends up in a castle with an imprisoned vampire. She unwittingly frees him and all heck breaks loose. Peter Cushing (as Van Helsing) is on the case chasing hissing vampires!
7PM MOVIE: THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN (1964)
The mix of Hammer and Universal. The creature is back -- looking like the old Universal Frankenstein Monster, with all the burnings and beating intact. Peter Cushing is Dr. Frankenstein, as unstoppable as the monster itself.
9PM MOVIE: THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD (1970)
Stars Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Ingrid Pitt. Investigations into a house with many murders in its past lead to a series of creeped-out stories. Stories of possession, witches, voodoo, insanity leading to gruesome waxworks and vampirism! Along with the 1972 TALES FROM THE CRYPT, one of the best in a long series of horror anthologies produced by Amicus studios. The first tale of a writer possessed by a character called "Dominic" that he created in fiction sets the pace for a fun thrill-ride.
11:00PM FREE PRIZE TOSS! To wrap up another great Palace Theatre MONSTER BASH with Creepy Classics, it's the free prize toss. Right after THE HAUNTED PALACE, Creepy Classics will toss from the stage free DVDs, blu-rays, monster magazines and fun monster toys to the audience as a thank you. Catch what you can. Prize-toss at your own risk!
Address: The Palace Theatre, 605 Market Ave N, Canton, OH 44702-1016.
Call for information at: (330) 454-8172.
Reserve your Double Tree hotel room (closest hotel, just 5 blocks away) call (330) 471-8000. Other hotel and motel options in Canton, CLICK HERE.