{"title": "Tricks and Treats: TV’s Scariest Episodes", "start": "2026-10-30T16:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Paley Center for Media", "address": "West 52nd Street 25, 10019 New York", "price": "Free for Paley Members, included in General Admission", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/conversation-with-a-curator-tricks-and-treats-tv-s-scariest-episodes-tickets-10ZPMS?unii-trigger-open=10ZPMS&unii-access-key=GENERALPUBLIC", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["film/horror"], "description": "This is a talk at a museum of television and media in Midtown Manhattan, held just before Halloween. Curator Jason Lynch revisits some of television's all-time scariest episodes, from shows like The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, Twin Peaks, Stephen King's It, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, American Horror Story, and The Haunting of Hill House, plus this year's horror-comedy hit Widow's Bay. Admission is free for Paley Members and included in General Admission.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/tricks-and-treats-tvs-scariest-episodes-54666/", "official_url": "https://www.paleycenter.org/events/conversations-with-curator/tvs-scariest-episodes", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fc1708879674a60e169b21b9108d1ea80d3a1bce36db5f471da19f9cfda7be84-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-30T16:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Paley Center for Media", "address": "West 52nd Street 25, 10019 New York", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "MoMI After Dark", "start": "2026-09-12T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-28T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Museum of the Moving Image", "address": "35th Avenue, 11106 Astoria", "price": "$50 / 25% discount for MoMI members", "price_from": "50.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "https://altru1282.sky.blackbaud.com/1282/page.aspx?pid=196&tab=2&txobjid=d7e26129-964b-49b4-9754-bfc338203ce1", "category": "tours", "tags": ["film/horror"], "description": "MoMI After Dark is a guided lantern tour through the darkened galleries of the Museum of the Moving Image, which has its home on 35th Avenue in Astoria, Queens. The museum puts on the tour, which spotlights the spooky and mysterious side of its collection, including objects from films like The Exorcist and The Silence of the Lambs, plus special effects demonstrations. The ticket includes a pre-tour drink at the museum cafe, and the gallery lights stay off for the whole tour. A 25% discount is offered to museum members.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/momi-after-dark-54061/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a75ed669fea2e147d43157ab0cd7ba7dd5c3e305ab423436c46175e8300d9122-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Candlelight Ghost Tours", "start": "2026-10-30T18:30:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Merchant's House Museum", "address": "East 4th Street 29, 10003 New York", "price": "$45; $35 MHM Members", "price_from": "45.00", "price_to": "45.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/candlelight-ghost-tours--2026-2", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/19th-century", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "A candlelight ghost tour through the Merchant's House Museum, known as Manhattan's most haunted house. The NoHo icon hosts the tours, its best-known seasonal programming, as part of a full slate of Halloween events and exhibitions on 19th-century death and mourning practices.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/candlelight-ghost-tours-53909/", "official_url": "https://merchantshouse.org/calendar/", "image": ""}, {"title": "AICH x GSC Native Horror Night", "start": "2026-10-30T19:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "American Indian Community House", "address": "Eldridge Street 39", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/horror", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "A Native horror movie night with a pumpkin painting hour, Halloween contests, and two feature screenings, Prey and Blood Quantum, plus a Scooby Doo room for children. 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The event is presented by the New York Hall of Science as part of its Halloween celebration. After the movie, guests can join Halloween-themed activities in Design Lab, pumpkin-inspired Daily Demos, and a Members Only Halloween Costume Party.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-nightmare-before-christmas-76986/", "official_url": "https://nysci.org/nysci-events/saturday-halloween-movie-magic", "image": "https://noky.io/images/535abe1dc8ede3508a38f8d3b9cf43e539a61e8b89870cbd67b38d5086fe1e7f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Saturday Afternoon Cartoons: Time for Halloween", "start": "2026-10-31T12:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "The Metrograph", "address": "Ludlow Street 7, 10002 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "https://t.metrograph.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=9999&txtSessionId=31238&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1#standard", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/animation", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "Time For Halloween is a program of spooky, family-friendly vintage animated shorts shown in 16mm prints from the archive of cartoon historian Tommy José Stathes. Stathes, whose collection began more than 25 years ago as a search for early cartoons unavailable on home video, joins Metrograph at the end of October to usher in the holiday. The selection spans the 1920s through the '50s, featuring musically inclined skeletons, a flapper's Halloween house party, a ghost story by the fireplace, and classic characters such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, Popeye, and Betty Boop. 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It is led by Dan Sturges, a paranormal investigator who has worked in the house for over a decade. The tour is described as a crowd-favorite every October, where he speaks about the hauntings and history of the building. At least eight people have died in the house, and paranormal activity has persisted for decades.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/super-spooky-candlelight-ghost-tours-with-paranormal-investi-53910/", "official_url": "https://merchantshouse.org/calendar/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f6bc588232120c6bb42189494183d17305a42296dac255441d771a2fda231dfa-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Haunted Halloween Horror", "start": "2026-10-31T10:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T12:30:00-04:00", "place": "Nolan Park - Building 4B", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/horror/short-film", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "Haunted Halloween Horror is a two-hour program of spooky short films screening in Nolan Park's Building 4B on Governors Island, closing out the 2026 residency there. It was curated by Filmshopper Dane Benko, drawing on shorts from the Filmshop network and its collaborators, with costumes encouraged and candy on hand, leaving time afterwards to meet the directors.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/haunted-halloween-horror-52853/", "official_url": "https://www.govisland.com/things-to-do/events/haunted-halloween-horror", "image": ""}]}