PLEASE NOTE: IFS is currently a 21+ only venue.
Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.
Babe Read & Boise Hearts on Fire Bookstore Prsent: The Love Hypothesis
Join Babe Read Boise and Hearts on Fire Bookstore for a screening of The Love Hypothesis, based on the beloved romance novel by Ali Hazelwood! Grab a drink from the bar, settle in with your fellow book lovers, and enjoy the movie on the big screen!
Doors at 6:00 PM
Movie at 7:00 PM
Watch Party: Twin Peaks
Damn fine coffee, cherry pie, and the strangest thing to ever air on network television. Free to attend, come as you are, no prior knowledge required. Two episodes each night. Every Thursday through mid-October.
Evil Dead 2
Ash Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
Parents (1989)
A young boy living in 1950s suburbia suspects that his parents are cannibalistic murderers.
Let the Right One In (2008)
A bullied boy forms a unique friendship with his new neighbor, a peculiar girl with a dark secret.
The Lost Boys (1988)
When a recently divorced mother and her two teenage boys move to a coastal town to stay with her father, it doesn't take long for the brothers to realize the area is a haven for something much more sinister than party-going surfers.
Watch Party: Twin Peaks
Damn fine coffee, cherry pie, and the strangest thing to ever air on network television. Free to attend, come as you are, no prior knowledge required. Two episodes each night. Every Thursday through mid-October.
Animated Drink & Draw with Lars C Larsen
Join us for an Animated Drink & Draw with Lars C. Larsen followed screening of Kubo and the Two Strings.
For the arrival of Wildwood, we've asked our in-house animation professional Lars C. Larsen (who worked on the film) to host a casual craft night and talk about the oldest trick in the business: making a thing that was never alive appear to breathe. Twenty-four frames a second, each one moved by hand.
Art supplies will be provided. Skill optional. Wonder mandatory.
Each ticket comes with a glass of beer or wine.
PROGRAM:
6pm - Drink & Draw
8pm - Screening of Kubo and the Two Strings
Halloween Dinner & a Movie: The Shining
Join us for Stanley Kubrick’s Masterpiece: The Shining—the ultimate horror film—and an evening of food, drinks, and cinematic dread inspired by the isolated mountain lodge at the center of it all.
Expect a winter-lodge-inspired dinner: hearty, rich, warming dishes designed to feel like they came straight from the Overlook kitchen, with a few sinister twists along the way. We’ll have themed cocktails, wine, beer, and a special non-alcoholic option at the bar.
And yes, there will be plenty of REDRUM.
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Starter:
Grilled artichoke garlic dip with CruditésFirst Course:
Roasted Beets, butternut squash, spiced pepitas, arugula, blood orange vinaigretteMain:
Apple braised pork: Celeriac, yukon potato, radish, herbs, local bread loafDesert:
Pomegranate panna cotta with RedRum caramel drizzleVIP Additions:
Gorgonzola tartlet with bacon jam
Mulled wine -
Available for purchase.
The Shining: elderflower / prosecco / mint - lemon slice
All Work & No Play (N/A): na whiskey / aperol
Bloody Murder: spicy bloody mary / beer
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Cocktail Hour @5pm
Dinner @6pm
Movie @8pm
Ages 21+
No dietary substitutions
TICKETS:
Standard — $75
VIP Experience — $100 (limited to ten seats)
Reserved screening seats + private bar quarters
Upon arrival — mulled spice wine
An additional course: gorgonzola tartlet with bacon jam
A keepsake menu
Motel keychain souvenir
Beyond Horror Film Fest
Come to Idaho Film Society October 18 for the 2026 Beyond Horror Film Fest! All day passes available as well as individual block tickets.
PROGRAM:
11:00am - Doors Open
12:00pm - Shorts Block 1
The Beneath ✰ DEVIL’S DILEMMA ✰ Krabz, In Space ✰ The Connoisseur ✰ Tapestry ✰ Madam ✰ EL LAZO DE PATRA / PETRA’S LASSO ✰ Gústi the Strong vs The Merman ✰ Bunny Hop ✰ The Dark Wyoming
2:00pm - Shorts Block 2
The Parcel ✰ Cinephiles ✰ Facsimile ✰ Naptime, Dearie ✰ Lupine: A Prologue ✰ The Curse of the Were-Alien ✰ Next Show in 90 Minutes ✰ 28 Kegs Later ✰ Microplastics and Me ✰ He's Sick ✰ Is That a Mime?
4:15pm - Feature Block 1
We're Not Them ✰ Never Fingerbang a Wendigo ✰ The Demonatrix
7:00pm - Shorts Block 3
Merkurio ✰ Consumer. - Shimmery (music video) ✰ The Dreamrealm ✰ The Package ✰ Pimple ✰ Grandma is Thirsty ✰ Shitter ✰ The Man That I Wave At ✰ CHÄIR ✰ The Wrath of the Elk Lord ✰ Beholder
9:00pm - Feature Block 2
Brick Boy ✰ No Free Brains ✰ The Barn 3
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In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in a rural Texas farm, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the crew find themselves fighting for their lives.
Watch Party: Twin Peaks
Damn fine coffee, cherry pie, and the strangest thing to ever air on network television. Free to attend, come as you are, no prior knowledge required. Two episodes each night. Every Thursday through mid-October.
The Exorcist with Father Vance
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
60 Years Under the Knife: 24 Hour Slasher Marathon
Take a wild ride through horror history as IFS celebrates 60 years of the slasher. 12 films over 24 hours will explore the genre from its roots to its varied current incarnations. Whether you're dropping by for a choice pick or two or are brave enough to take the whole trip, even hardened horror fans will find both old favorites as well as some new ones.
Program:
11am - Doors
12pm - Screenings Start
**30 minute breaks for dinner and breakfast
VelociPastor 2
VelociPastor 2 Roadshow: with special Q+A // filmmakers in attendance.
Synopsis: A Priest who can turn into a Dinosaur and his Hooker-Doctor-Lawyer girlfriend travel to the port city of Milan (in Italy), where they have to solve a series of murders committed by a Sex Maniac Killer at an Italian Fertility Festival. Also Soviet Spies because it’s the 80s.
Final Destination 2
Death is stalking Kimberly Corman and multiple survivors of a deadly highway accident.
Over the Garden Wall
Two brothers find themselves lost in a mysterious land and try to find their way home.
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Halloween 3: Season of the Witch
Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.
Hack-O-Lantern
A kindly old grandfather is actually the leader of a murderous satanic cult which sacrifices its victims on Halloween.
House (1977)
A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.
Audition
A widower has his film producer friend organize a fake audition as a means of helping him find a new girlfriend, but the woman he selects is not who she appears to be.
Manhunter
Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer dubbed "the Tooth Fairy" by the media.
Watch Party: Twin Peaks
Damn fine coffee, cherry pie, and the strangest thing to ever air on network television. Free to attend, come as you are, no prior knowledge required. Two episodes each night. Every Thursday through mid-October.
Guns of Jericho (Member Curation)
Mr. Jericho (boss of the local Boise mafia) has a problem: the books aren't adding up. Jericho hires a professional assassin, Jack, from Chicago to deal with the three underlings who are the presumed source of the financial discrepancies. As Jack tracks down the culprits, the real story of what's wrong in Boise comes to light.
Moon
With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of unsettling events that shake his isolation.
Secret Cinema
IFS Presents Secret Cinema—you won’t know what you’re watching until it starts, but it’s guaranteed to be a good time!
Please Note: The Idaho Film Society is a 21+ only venue.
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.
Watch Party: Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks watch party of season one, episodes five and six.
Damn fine coffee, cherry pie, and the strangest thing to ever air on network television. Free to attend, come as you are, no prior knowledge required. Two episodes each night. Every Thursday through mid-October.
Filmmaker Spotlight: Who I Thought I'd Be with Jens Kuross
Premiere of the new short film starring Jens Kuross.
A frustrated musician who has struggled to find an audience is forced to return home and work at his sister's music school.
$10 pre-sale, $15 at the door
6pm Doors, 7pm Screening with Q & A and performance after.
2046
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Total Recall (1990)
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Rekall, a virtual vacation company that manufactures memories. When something goes wrong during Quaid's memory implant procedure, his life turns upside down, leading him to question what is reality and what isn't.
Everything Everywhere All at Once
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
Tron: Legacy
Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.
Watch Party: Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks watch party of season one, episodes three and four.
Damn fine coffee, cherry pie, and the strangest thing to ever air on network television. Free to attend, come as you are, no prior knowledge required. Two episodes each night. Every Thursday through mid-October.
Barbarella
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
The Matrix
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Watch Party: Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks watch party of season one, episodes one and two.
Damn fine coffee, cherry pie, and the strangest thing to ever air on network television. Free to attend, come as you are, no prior knowledge required. Two episodes each night. Every Thursday through mid-October.
Filmmaker Spotlight: The Pain and The Power
The Pain and The Power asks what remains after belief systems fail, relationships end, and the spotlight moves on; and how art can transform damage into something communal, generous, and alive.
Shot partially in Idaho, soundtrack includes collaborations with Idaho artists Classtronaut and Endless Atlas. Screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A / community conversation with Logan Lynn.
Out of Print
Out of Print is a love letter to watching movies on film, in independent cinemas, with an audience. The documentary features Los Angeles’ iconic New Beverly Cinema and London’s legendary Prince Charles Cinema as stand-ins for the thousands of extraordinary movie houses around the globe that keep cinema's rich culture alive.
The film includes interviews with Kevin Smith, Edgar Wright, Rian Johnson, Stuart Gordon, Joe Dante, Tom Holland, Mark Romanek, John Landis, Lloyd Kaufman, Joe Carnahan, Fred Dekker, Richard Kelly, Seth Green, Patton Oswalt, and more—all reflecting on why movies, and the places we watch them, still matter.
Books on Film with Lit Room - Bladerunner
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Dog Day Afternoon
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
BNDRY Presents: The Getaway Block Party
We’re closing out the month, saying goodbye to Summer with the boldest BNDRY party to date! — The Getaway Block Party takes over the station with three destination stages, live music, art, food, drinks, shopping, and enough roadside attractions to keep you out past your bedtime.
All bar proceeds will be donated to the Idaho Film Society.
Event Details:
Doors @12pm
Ages 21+
Presale tickets $16
At the door $20
Dude Bro Party Massacre III
In the wake of two back-to-back mass murders on Chico's frat row, loner Brent Chirino must infiltrate the ranks of a popular fraternity to investigate his twin brother's murder at the hands of the serial killer known as "Motherface."
Revanche (Member Curation)
Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
Currents of Courage
When Christen Skinner's father was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer, she watched him go silent — then watched a fly-fishing river retreat bring him back.
That's how Currents of Courage began. Join Christen (director) and her father David Nehmer (executive producer, and one of the seven men in the film) for BEHIND THE CURRENT — a conversation about making their first independent film together, with never-before-seen clips from the doc ahead of its Sept 17 world premiere. Then stay as we screen the classic A River Runs Through It.
Here's how the evening runs:
5:30 PM – Doors open
6:00 PM – Christen & David in conversation, with never-before-seen clips
7:15 PM – Screening of A River Runs Through It
9:30 PM – Event ends
Idaho Film Society, 1212 W. Bannock St., Boise $20 — proceeds go toward post-production. Cash bar.
Popeye
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.
Secret Cinema
IFS Presents Secret Cinema—you won’t know what you’re watching until it starts, but it’s guaranteed to be a good time!
Please Note: The Idaho Film Society is a 21+ only venue.
Pajama Party Cinema
Channel your inner "Movie Night-In" (but with the big screen) by joining IFS for a PJ party on 8/22. Dress in your favorite jammies and vibe-up with the gang for three classics: 10 Things I Hate About You, Get Over It, Miss Congeniality.
Specialty cocktails. Popcorn Bar. Prize for the best pajama ensemble.
Give nod to the end of summer while beating the heat indoors.
10 Things I Hate About You | 7pm
Get Over It | 9pm
Miss Congeniality | 11pm
Devil in a Blue Dress
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.

