Donnie Darko's London Halloween House Party

Donnie Darko's London Halloween House Party takes over Onyx on Sunday 25 October, a few days before Halloween, for a screening and party built around the cult film. It's a double-bill of sorts: a screening of Donnie Darko and a house party to go with it, all under one roof in East London.

If you've seen the film, you know the vibe—the eerie atmosphere, the time-bending plot, and that particular brand of suburban dread. The whole night is themed around it, so it's the kind of thing that works better if you come dressed up. The screening is the anchor, and the party runs alongside it, so you're not just sitting in the dark for two hours and then heading home.

Onyx is in E1, at Unit 2, 110 Pennington Street, in the St Katharine's & Wapping area. It's a bit of a trek if you're coming from the West End, but it's a good spot if you're already around the East End or Wapping. The party runs from 17:00 to 23:00, which is a decent stretch—it starts in the late afternoon and carries through into the evening, so you've got plenty of time to catch the film and still have a few hours left for the party side of things.

Tickets start from £38.75, and with the whole thing running from 17:00 to 23:00, it's a full afternoon and evening's worth of a night. If you're into the film and fancy a Halloween party that actually has a theme to it, this is a good shout for the Sunday before the big day.