In 2012, this severe weather event forced the parade's first-ever cancellation, leading to a fundraising effort to save it from financial loss.
What is Superstorm Sandy?
After moving into a beautiful old apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side, a young couple, Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, begin a family. However, their oversolicitous, elderly neighbors take a peculiar interest in Rosemary's pregnancy. by Roman Polanski.
Rosemary's Baby
Set among the yuppie culture of late 1980s Manhattan, investment banker Patrick Bateman leads a double life as a narcissistic, hedonistic serial killer.
American Psycho
A young Black photographer, Chris, visits his white girlfriend's parents in upstate New York for the weekend and becomes increasingly uneasy with their strange and overly polite behavior.
Get Out
Located on the Upper West Side, this is where John Lennon was murdered in 1980, and some claim his ghost still haunts the premises. His widow, Yoko Ono, even reported seeing his ghost sitting at his white piano, while others have witnessed the apparition of a "crying lady"
In 2017, just hours after a terrorist attack in Lower Manhattan, the parade went on as scheduled, led by these two government officials.
Who were Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio?
A journalist witnesses a murder in the apartment across from her own and reports it to the police, but they find no evidence of the crime. The journalist's investigation uncovers a shocking secret involving her beautiful neighbor, a former conjoined twin who was separated from her sister, and the psychological trauma that has resurfaced in murderous ways. By Brian de Palma
Sisters
Set in a desolate, post-apocalyptic New York City, the film follows brilliant scientist Robert Neville, the last human survivor of a virus that wiped out most of humanity. By day, he scavenges for supplies and works on a cure; by night, he fights for his life against the virus's mutated, vampire-like survivors.
I am Legend
This prequel explores the initial invasion of sound-sensitive alien creatures in the streets of New York City, capturing the terrifying events as they first unfold
A Quiet Place: Day 1
The park was built on a former potter's field and public burial ground, with tens of thousands of bodies still buried beneath the surface. Ghostly activity is tied to its history, with one legend involving the "Hangman's Elm," an old tree once used for public hangings.
Washington Square Park
Costumes are mandatory for anyone who wants to participate in the parade, which proceeds up this Manhattan avenue.
What is 6th avenue?
While filming a movie in Georgetown, actress Chris MacNeil witnesses her 12-year-old daughter, Regan, undergo a horrifying transformation, including violent, abnormal, and blasphemous behavior. After exhausting all medical options, Chris turns to two Catholic priests who must confront a powerful demonic entity possessing the girl, even though the story primarily takes place in Washington, D.C., Father Karras visits his sick mother in New York City.
The Exorcist
Using a found-footage format, a group of friends attempts to escape a rampaging monster attack in New York City. The horror is conveyed through the point-of-view of a handheld camera, documenting the chaotic destruction as the group desperately tries to rescue a friend.
Cloverfield
Ghostface takes on the Big Apple, stalking a new group of survivors in a new urban setting after they relocate to the city. Starring Jenna Ortega.
Screen 6
A historic haven for artists and musicians, this hotel is known for famous and tragic incidents, like the murder of Nancy Spungen in a room she shared with Sid Vicious. The ghosts of Spungen, Vicious, and poet Dylan Thomas are among those said to haunt the premises.
The Chelsea Hotel
The parade began in this Manhattan neighborhood, known for its vibrant artistic and LGBTQ+ communities.
What is Greenwich village?
In a grimy 1970s New York City, a struggling artist begins a descent into madness. Plagued by bills and loud rock music from a neighboring band, he snaps, taking to the streets at night to brutally murder homeless people and others with a power drill.
The Driller Killer
A traumatized Vietnam veteran living in New York City is plagued by terrifying, fragmented visions and bizarre hallucinations. As his psychological state deteriorates, he attempts to uncover a dark military secret that seems to be unraveling his reality. The story blurs the line between a soldier's past trauma and present-day horror.
Jacobs Ladder
A prequel to the classic horror film Rosemary's Baby, this movie follows a young dancer whose dreams of fame and fortune in New York City take a sinister turn when she moves into a mysterious apartment building.
Apartment 7A
This Greenwich Village townhouse reportedly houses as many as twenty ghosts, including the specter of American author Mark Twain. Twain reportedly haunts the first floor and staircase, and paranormal events were recounted by a later resident in her 1974 book, Spindrift: Spray from a Psychic Sea.
The House of Death (14 West 10th Street)
This puppeteer and mask maker started the parade in 1974 as a neighborhood walk for his children and their friends.
Who is Ralph Lee?
After a series of brutally savage murders in Battery Park, a New York City detective and a criminal psychologist are assigned to investigate. They initially believe the killer is human, but they slowly uncover an ancient Native American legend about a race of intelligent, wolf-like creatures called the Wolfen that have been hiding in the city's abandoned areas.
Wolfen
A New York photographer, Leon Kauffman, is drawn into a dark mystery when he begins tracking a serial killer who preys on late-night subway passengers. His obsession with capturing the killer leads him deeper into a sinister world and onto a path that threatens to unravel his own life.
Midnight Meat Train
Set within the cutthroat world of the New York City Ballet, this psychological horror film follows a ballerina's descent into madness as she competes for a coveted role.
Black Swan
This is the oldest church structure in Manhattan, built on the site of the former farm of Peter Stuyvesant. Buried beneath the church, Stuyvesant is said to still haunt the grounds, his spirit sometimes heard from his thumping peg leg.
St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery