The 1976 original still holds up as one of horror's most unsettling entries, and catching it at The Beverly Theater feels like the right way to experience it. There's something about watching a young Damien Thorn's true nature slowly unravel on a proper screen, in a proper theater, that home viewing just can't match. The dread builds methodically here, no jump scares needed, just that creeping sense that something is deeply wrong with this seemingly perfect child.

The Beverly's intimate 150-seat main theater suits this kind of film well. It's a smaller crowd, a darker room, the kind of setting where you can actually feel the tension ripple through the audience during the film's most infamous moments. Given the venue's location in the Arts District, it's easy to make an evening of it, grab a drink beforehand or after at their cocktail lounge, and let the film's unease sit with you a little longer.