Enjoy the Halloween season at the Chenango Arts Council this October. The 1922 silent film "Nosferatu" will be shown for free in the Martin W. Kappel Theater at 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 19, with a live accompaniment by string musicians. Or enjoy the Arts Council's free "Scream Screen" movie series, featuring a series of horror movies from different decades. (Photo from IMDB)

NORWICH — The Chenango Arts Council will be celebrating the Halloween season with some spooky programs this October.

They will be hosting their annual October free movie series every Wednesday in October at 7 p.m. in the Martin W. Kappel Theater. This year, the series is titled "Scream Screen," and will feature five scary movies from different decades.

"It’s one from each decade, and we kind of add a little variety. There’s a comedy, a universal monster movie, some psychological horror movies, and one that’s a little more modern," explained Chenango Arts Council Administrative Assistant Mary Beth Miller. "So everybody can find something that they’d like to see."

Area residents can enjoy a free screening on October 2 of "The Invisible Man," the 1933 horror film featuring a mysterious man with a head covered in bandages who rents a room in a pub. Employees of the pub discover he has a violent temper, his room is a mess of test tubes and chemicals, and something even more ghastly.

On October 9, visitors can watch "The Lodger," a 1944 film about Jack the Ripper. October 16 will take a comedic turn with "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy," followed by "The Haunting" on October 23, which is a supernatural horror film about a haunted house from 1963.

The series will conclude on October 30 with a screening of the 1983 film "Christine," based on the story by Stephen King.