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A Halloween graphic showing the films Coraline (top left), The Addams Family (middle) and Hocus Pocus (bottom left). ILLUSTRATED BY ANGELINA LIVIGNI/THE STATESMAN

10 not-so-scary Halloween movies to check out this October

Patrick Larkin October 9, 2023

It’s finally October, ushering in what we call “spooky season” — a time for pumpkin picking, Halloween, ghosts, spiders and, of course, horror movies. Every week it seems that there is a...

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The official cover of Hocus Pocus 1993 PUBLIC DOMAIN

Top 5 Halloween movies for this holiday season

Skylar Sena October 30, 2021
Double double, toil and trouble, spooky season is upon us at Stony Brook University. Though looking at one’s tuition balance is terrifying enough, many prefer to celebrate the season of the witch in more festive ways.
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Billie Joe Armstrong, above, is the lead singer of Green Day. Armstrong formed the punk-rock ban in 1986. PHOTO CREDIT: SVEN-SEBASTIAN SAJAK

Pocket Theater wants to be American Idiots

John Snyder September 14, 2015
The completely student-run theatre group, Pocket Theatre, is tackling the Tony-nominated musical, “American Idiot.”
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Pocket Theatre gives Stony Brook students a Halloween treat with Richard O’Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Show”

Krysten Massa November 4, 2014
In the spirit of Halloween, Stony Brook’s Pocket Theatre performed Richard O’Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Show” on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 in the Leadership and Service Center.
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