Hotel Transylvania

Hotel Transylvania is showing at Storyhouse Cinema over the Halloween weekend, with screenings on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November. It's a family screening, so it's one of those things you can drag the kids along to over the half-term break.

If you haven't seen it, the film is set in the resort that gives it its name: a luxury holiday home for monsters only, run by Dracula and his family. It's directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, and the voice cast is a big one, with Adam Sandler as Dracula, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi, Kevin James and CeeLo Green all lending their voices. It runs 91 minutes, so it's a fairly brisk watch that doesn't overstay its welcome.

It's rated U, which makes it suitable for all ages, so it works as a family outing. The family screenings start at 10.30am, which is a handy time if you're taking younger ones—you're in and out well before lunch, and it's a good way to spend a Saturday or Sunday morning during the school holidays. With the screenings running across both days, you've got a couple of options for when to fit it in.

Tickets for the family screenings are £3.60 for members and £4.00 for non-members, so it's a cheap one to get the kids sorted for. Between the two dates and the mid-morning start, it's a straightforward choice for a Halloween weekend activity in Chester.