A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) is playing at Rooftop Cinema Club Uptown on Sunday, October 11, 2026. It's a late-night screening, starting at 10 PM, with doors opening 30 minutes before. The movie is the 1984 original, the one that introduced Freddy Krueger and the whole dream-world thing, so if you've only seen the sequels, this is the place to start.

The venue is on the 5th level of BLVD Place, 1700 Post Oak Boulevard, in the Uptown/Galleria district. It's an open-air cinema, and the Williams Tower stays lit behind the screen, which is a nice touch for a late-night horror flick. Instead of rows of theater seats, you get Adirondack chairs or loveseats, and everyone wears their own wireless headphones, so you hear the movie clearly without the city noise getting in the way. Seating is first-come, first-served, so if you want a specific spot, it's worth getting there a bit early.

There's a bar on the roof serving craft cocktails, beer, wine, and snacks from the time the doors open until the movie ends, and lawn games to keep you busy while you wait for the film to start. The whole place is built around a mix of first-run releases, cult classics, drag nights, queer cinema, Spanish-language features, Black cinema series, and family matinées, and it also doubles as a private venue for premieres, brand launches, company nights, milestone birthdays, and rooftop weddings. Evening screenings are 16+ for cinema admission and 21+ for the bar.

Tickets start at $11.50 for a single chair and $25 per person for a loveseat. The movie starts at 10 PM, and doors open at 9:30 PM.