William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic gets the big screen treatment at The Beverly Theater, and there's something particularly fitting about watching this one unfold in a proper theater setting rather than on a laptop at home. The story of a young girl's demonic possession and the priests who attempt to save her still holds up as one of the most unsettling films ever made—that pea-soup-green shade, the guttural voice work, the sound design that crawls under your skin. Watching it in the dark with a room full of other people tends to amplify every creak of the bed frame and every whispered line of Latin.

The Beverly Theater's intimate 150-seat space feels like the right scale for this kind of screening—close enough that you can't hide from the tension, with acoustics that let every unsettling groan and rasp land with full weight. Given the timing near Halloween, it's a solid pick for anyone who wants their scares rooted in atmosphere and dread rather than jump scares, paired maybe with a drink from the venue's lounge beforehand to steady the nerves.