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Come out and experience one of central Illinois' top Halloween themed movie events over the course of 3 weekends in September & 3 big weekends in October 2025.
Frightfest has everything you want for some scary fun: spooky decorations, haunting ghost stories, fabulous themed food specials, Halloween themed movie features for family or scary movies for horror fans, costume contests, trunk or treat for the kids, interactive fun and a creepy graveyard to wander after dark.
Frightfest & Wizarding Weekends run together this September on Friday and Saturday Nights with all the fun extras of both events!
September 12-13
Screen 1- Toy Story & Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Screen 2- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire & The Conjuring: Last Rites
September 19-20
Screen 1- Toy Story, Hotel Transylvania 2 & Goosebumps
Screen 2- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix & Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
September 26-27
Screen 1- Gabby's Dollhouse, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit & Scooby Doo
Screen 2- Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows parts 1 & 2
Our 14th Annual Frightfest is here with a ton of fun extras to enjoy with the movies! Not only does your admission get you in to see your choice of double or triple features, but you can enjoy all the Halloween & Harry Potter Wizarding fun bonus activities before the movies start and during our intermission time including:
A chance to snag the collectible merchandise! We have themed items like skull cups, butterbeer mugs, popcorn tins and tubs as well as movie specific collectibles for Toy Story 30th Anniversary, Gabby's Dollhouse: the movie and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Trunk or Treat- decorate your car and hand out candy for a chance to win a prize or go around trick or treating to get some free goodies before the movies start!
Photo spots- dozens of photo areas around the theater to get pictures with to remember your trip. You can get that Insta worthy moment or record the latest Tik Tok trend with our ghoulish monsters and photo ops.
Roaming Monsters- Grab a selfie with a ghoul before the show! On select nights folks will be dressed as characters from the the shows and enjoy seeing you for photo fun.
Food/Drink Specials- from apple donuts to caramel apple slushies, Frightfest has plenty of themed treats and seasonal fall favorites to enjoy with
your show plus our regular menus. With the Wizarding Weekends combined this September, you can get all your favorite trolley treats including Chocolate Frog's, Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans and even fresh Butterbeer!
Costume Contest- Prizes for participants and winners in Kids and Adults categories each night.
Spooky fun with Halloween music, special intermissions and a fun Halloween/Hogwarts makeover for the entire theater.
Don't just watch a movie, experience one at the drive-in during our 14th Annual Frightfest this September!
We hope you will join us for the fun final weekends of our drive-in season this September & October.
September 12th & 13th
Gates open at 6pm each night with a 7:35 pm showtime.
Frightfest 2025 continues this weekend with some more family friendly fun and one scary conclusion.
And before anyone asks, YES, the listings are correct and the 2 Harry Potter movies are on separate screens. With the other 2 releases(Conjuring and Toy Story), there wasn't any way to make it work, sorry!
Screen 1- Toy Story 30th anniversary at 7:30 pm followed by Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban around 9:15 pm.
Screen 2- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 20th Anniversary at 7:30 pm followed by the horror hit The Conjuring: Last Rites at 10:15 pm.
And yes, it's Frightfest so we have all the extras you've come to love plus new additions and changes each weekend!
As you enter the theater- photo ops and decor all through our entrance, free Harry Potter candy at the gate when you check in or buy your tickets and directions on where to go.
Before the movie- spooky photo ops, magical creatures, interactive Hogwarts experience, haunted graveyard, free carousel rides, trunk or treat & all our themed food/drink specials.
Intermission time- After dark graveyard, wand dueling photo spot, costume contest for adults, kids & groups with participation prizes and top 3 in each category, food stands rolling with delicious treats and all the animated decorations on for photo and video fun!
End of the night- movies continue to show, food stands open until 2nd movies are running and the night ends with gorgeous fall weather!
What's new this weekend?
New decorations- 8' tall animated dragon, tombstones and more decor.
New menu additions- broomstick bites, new potions and boba, Curtis Orchard & Pumpkin Patch famous Apple Donuts, caramel apple slushies, caramel macchiato frozen coffee, and more!
Gates will open around 6pm Friday, 5:30 pm Saturday and showtime will be around 7:30 pm.
Get excited and join us this weekend for the Frightfest fun under the stars at the Harvest Moon!
September 19th & 20th
Gates open at 6pm each night with a 7:25 pm showtime.
Frightfest fun & the Wizarding Weekend magic continues with more family features for all ages on both screens with the rare Triple Feature on screen 1 and Double Feature on screen 2.
(Double Feature means you get to see BOTH movies on that screen for 1 admission price and Triple Feature means you get to see all 3 movies for one admission!)
Screen 1- Toy Story 30th anniversary at 7:20 pm followed by the 10th Anniversary of Hotel Transylvania 2 at 8:55 pm and Goosebumps 10th Anniversary at 10:30 pm.
Screen 2- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at 7:20 pm followed by Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince at 9:50 pm.
But the movies are just part of the fun, it's our 14th Annual Frightfest so we have all the extras you've come to love plus new additions and changes each weekend!
As you enter the theater- photo ops and decor all through our entrance, free Harry Potter candy at the gate when you check in or buy your tickets and directions on where to go.
Before the movie- spooky photo ops, magical creatures, interactive Hogwarts experience, haunted graveyard, free carousel rides, trunk or treat & all our themed food/drink specials.
Intermission time- After dark graveyard, wand dueling photo spot, costume contest for adults, kids & groups with participation prizes and top 3 in each category, food stands rolling with delicious treats and all the animated decorations on for photo and video fun!
End of the night- movies continue to show, food stands open until 2nd movies are running and the night ends with gorgeous fall weather!
We'll be moving and changing some photo ops and decorations and adding menu items each weekend for new themed flavors and festive fun!
Gates will open around 6pm Friday, 5:30 pm Saturday and showtime will be around 7:20 pm.
Get excited, invite your friends and family, and plan to join us for all the Frightfest fun under the stars at the Harvest Moon!
September 26th & 27th
Gates open at 6pm each night with a 7:15 pm showtime.
Our 14th annual Frightfest fun & the 5th Annual Wizarding Weekend magic concludes 2 big nights filled with more family features for all ages on both screens with the rare Triple Feature on screen 1 and Double Feature on screen 2.
(Double Feature means you get to see BOTH movies on that screen for 1 admission price and Triple Feature means you get to see all 3 movies for one admission!)
Screen 1- Gabby's Dollhouse the Movie at 7:10 pm followed by the 20th Anniversary of Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit at 8:45 pm and the original live action Scooby Doo at 10:15 pm.
Screen 2- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 at 7:10 pm followed by Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2 at 9:50 pm to end the Harry Potter saga and our last Wizarding Weekends events until 2027(hopefully we'll be allowed to resume this event in 2027)
Join us for the movies, but make sure to arrive early to enjoy all the extras that make our Frightfest and Wizarding Weekends much more than a trip to the movies.
As you enter the theater- photo ops and decor all through our entrance, free Harry Potter candy at the gate when you check in or buy your tickets and directions on where to go.
Before the movie- spooky photo ops, magical creatures, interactive Hogwarts experience, haunted graveyard, free carousel rides, trunk or treat & all our themed food/drink specials.
Intermission time- After dark graveyard, wand dueling photo spot, costume contest for adults, kids & groups with participation prizes and top 3 in each category, food stands rolling with delicious treats and all the animated decorations on for photo and video fun!
End of the night- movies continue to show, food stands open until 2nd movies are running and the night ends with gorgeous fall weather!
We'll be moving and changing some photo ops and decorations and adding menu items each weekend for new themed flavors and festive fun!
Gates will open around 6pm Friday, 5:30 pm Saturday and showtime will be around 7:10 pm.
Get excited, invite your friends and family, and plan to join us for all the Frightfest fun under the stars at the Harvest Moon!
October 3rd & 4th
We had so much fun at last year's first official Trunk or Treat event that we decided to go bigger with 2 nights this year and some very special anniversary movie celebrations on the big screen!
We will be registering folks in advance to set up 50+ decorated trunks and hand out candy to the kids before the shows start. To participate, you just have to register and agree to arrive and set up, bring candy to hand out for 4-600 kids for the night you sign up(you can do both nights if you want) and show up to participate on the night you signed up for. Registration includes free admission for everyone in your car for the movie combo of your choice that night and a drive-in gift pack.
Admission for the Trunk or Treaters and family is our regular rates(these movies are higher cost this year). All kids will get a free admission ticket to use for a future 2025 or 2026 event and we have bags for candy if you forget to bring some.
Friday the gates will open at 4:30 pm for Trunk Set-up and will open at 6pm for regular admission. Trunk or Treat will take place before the show and during the intermission. Costume Contest will be held at Intermission and announcement for Trunk Decoration Winners(top 5 get big drive-in prizes!).
Saturday we kick things off early with gates open at 3:30pm for trunk set up and 4:30 pm for regular admission and trick or treaters. Trick or Treating will run 4:30 pm to 6pm. 6:30 pm-7 pm Costume Parade and Contest. 7:10 pm Showtime. Intermission- Winners announced for Trunk Decoration Contest.
Movies for this fun event:
Screen 1- 30th Anniversary rerelease of Casper followed by Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
Screen 2- 20th Anniversary rerelease of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride followed by the classic Beetlejuice for Burton Bash 2025.
Plus- we continue all our Halloween fun with our haunted graveyard and inflatable haunted house, spooky decorations and monsters, plus all the fun Halloween themed collectibles & food/drink specials.
Arrive early to participate in the contests and trunk or treat, or just come to see the movies with the fall fun. Registration for Trunks will be posted later this week here on the event and also on our website. Tickets are on sale now for the movies.
October 10th & 11th
We host our 2nd to last weekend of the regular season with a party you won’t want to miss!
Join us Friday October 10th or Saturday the 11thfor the Vamparty and Witch’s Weekend at the Harvest Moon. We’ll have all the spooky fun of our Halloween events: All Ages Trunk or Treating before the shows, themed specials and mocktails, collectible merchandise, best dressed costume contest and our first ever Night Market featuring 13 bewitching vendors with an assortment of themed items, merch and fun to enjoy before the movie and during the intermission time.
Up on screen 1 is the Halloween VAMPARTY with 80’s blood sucking classics. It’s the 40th Anniversary of the horror comedy Fright Night kicking off the night at 7 pm and The Lost Boys at 9 pm.
Back on screen 2, the witching hour starts at 7 pm with the 90’s classic Practical Magic before we join the weirdos in the 90’s cult classic The Craft ending the night at 9 pm.
Bewitched or Bitten, grab your coven and join us for this magical moonlit party under the fall stars at the Harvest Moon!
October 17th & 18th
Our final weekend of the regular 2025 season will be an unforgettable experience with our Howl at the Moon Halloween Horror Nights. Since we had so much family friendly fun in September, we’re throwing it back to the horror fans with creepy classics, slashtasctic flicks and some extra fun with at least 8 different movies showing over the final 2 nights October 17th& 18th.
The movie line-up will be announced soon, but it’s going to be killer, and you’ll want to make plans to attend BOTH nights, so you don’t miss a moment of the massacre.
In addition to the movies, we’ll have discounts on many of our food/drink items, exclusive merch to some of the movies, interactive elements to enhance the fright factor and your last round of our themed specials and mocktails. Plus, there will be adult Trunk or Treat (bring candy or party fun items for folks to go around and grab as they trick or treat before the shows), a costume contest and some glow fun.
Snack Bar & Burger Barn will both be open for the final weekend event.
Gates will open around 6:00 pm each night allowing folks to come and enjoy the fun extras of our event!
Before the movies start:
At intermission:!
What is Frightfest at the Harvest Moon?
The Drive-in gets a spooky makeover with fun Halloween decorations all around the place.
We encourage folks to decorate cars for everyone to walk around and enjoy and those wanting to participate in the Trunk or Treat before the movies start.
We'll be hosting our Costume contest during our intermission with drive-in prizes.
As usual, we'll have fun Halloween music before the movies, themed food specials, special intermission content and more.
We look forward to seeing you all here as we wrap up our 2025 season with our Halloween Celebrations at the Harvest Moon!
During our Frightfest Events at the Harvest Moon, we have a short haunted graveyard to enjoy with creepy decor.
Decorate your vehicle and hand out candy for the Trunk or Treat before the movies start and at intermission. There is no Food Permit charge for candy to hand out, only food/drinks you are consuming at the theater. This is for both Kids and Adults during our Frightfest events!
Each night at intermission we host our Costume Contest with prizes for Adults, Kids & groups! Trophies for the top 3 costumes in each category and 1 best of show winner each night.
The drive-in gets a complete spooky makeover for Frightfest, and we have several fun photo areas for folks to interact with, take group photos and selfies!
We send 1 email a week with info on movies, events, specials and free stuff! Click below to sign up and keep in touch!