Movie Mashterpiece Theatre: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark – October Thursday 28 (7pm), $9

The Phoenix National Comedy Theatre tackles the made for television horror Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) a la Mystery Science Theater 3000 in a mix of improvisation, comedy and a really bad movie. An old house...a mysterious locked room... a terrifying secret. Kim Darby (True Grit) and Jim Hutton (The Green Berets) star as Sally and Alex, young newlyweds who inherit a crumbling mansion. Despite warnings to leave well enough alone in her new home, Sally unlocks the mysterious room, opens a bricked-up fireplace - and unleashes a horde of hideous, whispering, murdering mini-demons only she can see and hear. The laughs galore will ensue as the National Comedy Theatre troupe performs a live accompaniment to this b-movie schlock.