After Pride, Halloween is the holiest of the Gay High Holy Days. Here in the Bay Area, there are many ways to celebrate All Hallow's Eve. Take your pick.

Big Screen Chills: Whether you live in the city or in the East Bay, you can enjoy a good old-fashioned horror movie at a good old-fashioned theatre. Creature Features returns, Thurs., Oct. 29, 7 p.m.: John Stanley, late of KTVU's top-rated Creature Features show, appears at the beautiful Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland. Stanley hosts big-screen showings of the 1980 slasher/comedy classic Motel Hell, co-featured with Joe Dante's The Howling (1981). Considered to be Dante's greatest work, The Howling redefined the werewolf genre. The Grand Lake is at 3200 Grand Ave. in Oakland, right across from Lake Merritt. Admission is $9.50 for adults, $6.50 for children and seniors. More info: (510) 452-3556 or www.BayAreaFilmEvents.com

If you're not up for a BART ride, then head out to the Balboa Theatre, the Richmond District's charming 1930s neighborhood movie house. On Thurs., Oct. 29, the Balboa will feature an appearance by the green-skinned sex goddess Lady Monster, who presents two drive-in classics: Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988) and Zontar, the Thing from Venus (1966). Both are about as hilariously sleazy as exploitation cinema can get! The Lady encourages you to come in costume – there will be prizes! Show starts at 7:30 p.m., all seats $12. Balboa Theatre, 3630 Balboa St., SF, Info: (415) 221-8184 or www.Thrillville.net.

For those who might prefer a classic film on Halloween night (Sat., Oct. 31), stop by Davies Symphony Hall at 8 p.m. The classical-music venue will offer a rare film screening, Nosferatu. Produced in Germany in 1922, this was the first film adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The film's director, F.W. Murnau, was perhaps the only out gay man at that time to have enjoyed a successful film career. The making of Nosferatu was dramatized in the 2000 film Shadow of the Vampire. Dennis James performs the film's original score at the house organ. Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., SF. Tickets ($20, $30): (415) 864-6000 or www.SFSymphony.org.

Don't feel like going to the movies? Looking for a good party? Then the City View, atop the Metreon complex, might be right up your alley. On Sat., Oct. 31, 9 p.m.-4 a.m., join DJ Manny Lehman for a wild dance-your-ass-off marathon: a Dead Celebrities Look-Alike Contest will be the highlight of the evening. There will be prizes for Best Michael Jackson, Best Farrah Fawcett, Best Elvis, and Best Heath Ledger as the Joker. Costumes will be judged by Supervisor Bevan Dufty, gay porn star Dominic Pacifico, and Suzan Revah, "the original fag hag." Metreon, 101 4th St., SF. Tickets ($50 in advance, $60 at the door) and info: www.GusPresents.com.

If the streets of the city are too wild for you on Halloween, then consider the 24-hour classic horror marathon on Turner Classic Movies. Films starring Boris Karloff and Vincent Price will be featured. Highlights include Robert Wise's The Haunting (1963) at 7 a.m. This creepy ghost story features Claire Bloom as Theo, who's not only a psychic, she's the first out, proud lesbian character ever to grace a Hollywood studio film. In 1933's Murders in the Zoo (7 p.m.), a deliciously over-the-top Lionel Atwill is a mad zookeeper who uses his "pets" as murder weapons! The film is not available on DVD, so check this one out!

Finally, check out Logo's exclusive showing of Leeches! at 1:30 p.m. Gym bunnies beware: your steroids are turning common aquatic leeches into giant killers. As one poster at IMDB proclaimed, "There sure are a lot of male nipples in this film! I lost count at 1,000!" Happy Halloween!