What’s your favorite scary movie? If your answer to that question is the 2000 Wayans Brothers’ production “Scary Movie,” the Night Owl Café (NOC) was the place to be on Friday, Oct. 24.
The Social Activities Council (SAC) presented the film alongside a spread of seasonal snacks as part of its annual Halloween celebration. Junior and SAC Traditions Coordinator Pat Dumont said he hopes to keep the party going for years to come.
“I put on traditional events that we have in the past, and we also focus on putting on new events that might become traditions in the future, so I’m also thinking of ideas like that,” Dumont said. “The Halloween movie night is just that: Stuff we’ve done in the past and stuff I want to continue using.”
Dumont said SAC may consider screening the sequel film “Scary Movie 2” next year as a follow-up to this year’s showing. He added that the KSC Film Society’s weekend screening of “Bring Her Back” influenced the SAC e-board’s decision to show a sillier, more lighthearted Halloween film.
“They’re [Film Society] so in [with] horror movies. … That kind of threw me off of doing the horror flick,” Dumont said. “I was kind of like, ‘Let’s just do something fun and bring some good energy to campus.’”
Junior Alondro Castro attended the film showing and expressed his excitement for the release of “Scary Movie 6” in 2026, the first film in the series since “Scary Movie 5” in 2013.
Castro also described himself as a Halloween fan.
“Name an American who isn’t,” Castro said. “It’s been around for hundreds of years. Who doesn’t enjoy it?”
Junior Will April, a member of SAC, said he has seen “Scary Movie” before and described the experience of watching it in the NOC as “great as usual.”
April added he has been a member of SAC since last semester after transferring to Keene State in Fall 2024.
“They do great events, and I still volunteer and help out with them,” April said.
Junior Liam Thorne, also a member of SAC, spoke about the value of hosting events like the film showing on KSC’s campus.
“It can help people get more social and connected, especially if people feel shy or awkward or not connected with people,” Thorne said. “It’s a great way for people to bond. Being part of a club or going to student activities like this is a great way for people to meet new people and connect.”
Thorne said he dressed up as Ghostface, the killer character from “Scream” – a film which “Scary Movie” heavily parodies – for Halloween when he was 12 years old.
“I got [the mask] at Party City when it was a thing,” said Thorne, also a self-described Halloween fan.
Thorne said SAC’s event was his first time watching “Scary Movie” and described the film as “interesting.”
“It’s definitely a fun Halloween event for people,” he said.
Both Thorne and April complimented the snack spread SAC provided for movie-goers, which included white chocolate-covered strawberries decorated to look like the killer’s mask as well as a selection of other fruits and dips. The NOC staff also served popcorn and soda as part of its usual operations.
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