{"id":2114997,"date":"2025-10-25T14:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T14:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2114997"},"modified":"2025-10-25T14:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T14:54:16","slug":"kpop-demon-hunters-hitting-dartmouth-theater-on-halloween-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kpop-demon-hunters-hitting-dartmouth-theater-on-halloween-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;KPop Demon Hunters&#8217; hitting Dartmouth theater on Halloween weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"86752496007\" title=\"'KPop Demon Hunters' characters take over streets for Halloween\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/10\/17\/USAT\/86752589007-kpop-demon-hunters.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>&#8216;KPop Demon Hunters&#8217; characters take over streets for Halloween<\/p>\n<p>This Halloween, the streets are filled with ghosts, ghouls, witches and&#8230; &#8220;KPop Demon Hunters!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>DARTMOUTH \u2014 The Netflix smash-hit animated film &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/shopping\/2025\/10\/22\/kpop-demon-hunters-toys\/86831115007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/shopping\/2025\/10\/22\/kpop-demon-hunters-toys\/86831115007\/\">Kpop Demon Hunters<\/a>&#8221; is heading to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amctheatres.com\/movie-theatres\/boston\/amc-dartmouth-mall-11\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amctheatres.com\/movie-theatres\/boston\/amc-dartmouth-mall-11\">AMC Dartmouth Friday, Oct. 31 to Sunday, Nov. 2.<\/a><\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;Seeing movies in the theater is always more fun than watching TV,&#8221; said Ian Vincent, who has been a team member at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shopdartmouthmall.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/shopdartmouthmall.com\/\">Dartmouth Mall<\/a> movie theater since March 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even the biggest TV can&#8217;t beat the huge silver screen, and as much as we love our pets, sharing an experience with an auditorium full of fellow movie fans is much more exciting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/shopping\/2025\/10\/22\/kpop-demon-hunters-toys\/86831115007\/\">USA Today<\/a>\u00a0article, &#8220;KPop Demon Hunters&#8221; is a major hit, becoming the No. 1 most-watched film ever on Netflix with over 325 million views globally in its first 91 days.\u00a0The film&#8217;s soundtrack has also been highly successful, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Changes are coming: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoasttoday.com\/story\/lifestyle\/food\/2025\/10\/22\/quahog-republic-whalers-tavern-changes-ownership-on-oct-1\/86746317007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Longtime chef takes ownership of Whaler&#8217;s Tavern in New Bedford<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The premise of K-pop Demon Hunters is that a world-famous K-pop girl group, HUNTR\/x, secretly doubles as demon hunters who use their music to protect the world from demons. When a rival demon boy band forms to steal their fans and weaken the magical barrier powered by the fans&#8217; adoration, the two groups engage in a battle fought through music and performance.<\/p>\n<p>Songs such as &#8220;Golden,&#8221; &#8220;How It&#8217;s Done&#8221; and &#8220;Your Idol&#8221; have become major hits world-wide with no Oscar buzz around the Best Original Song, Best Original Score and Best Animated Feature categories.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/10\/16\/PTX1\/86730676007-k-pop-demon-hunters.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/10\/16\/PTX1\/86730676007-k-pop-demon-hunters.jpg?crop=899,672,x149,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/10\/16\/PTX1\/86730676007-k-pop-demon-hunters.jpg?crop=505,672,x539,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/10\/16\/PTX1\/86730676007-k-pop-demon-hunters.jpg?crop=1198,672,x0,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Courtesy of Cinemark.\" caption=\"The global hit &quot;KPop Demon Hunters&quot; is returning to movie theaters this Halloween.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Vincent, who said he hasn&#8217;t seen Kpop Demon Hunters, said as much as he loves the movie theater, he knows that streaming has a lot of advantages, especially for introverts.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;A service releasing a movie on streaming and in theaters lets the viewer choose how they want to see it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Many Netflix movies, especially those with awards potential, have received theatrical or festival releases, including titles like &#8220;Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,&#8221; &#8220;All Quiet on the Western Front,&#8221; &#8220;The Irishman,&#8221; and &#8220;The Harder They Fall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/film\/2025\/10\/10\/kpop-demon-hunters-theology-class\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/film\/2025\/10\/10\/kpop-demon-hunters-theology-class\/\">According to America Magazine, <\/a>everyone should experience &#8220;Kpop Demon Hunters&#8221; for its unique blend of K-pop, Korean folklore, and demon-fighting action, vibrant animation, and catchy soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It is praised for its fun, engaging characters, and entertaining story that explores themes of self-acceptance, generational trauma, and overcoming shame through the unlikely heroes of the K-pop group.<\/p>\n<p><em>Standard-Times staff writer Seth Chitwood can be reached at\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:schitwood@s-t.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">schitwood@s-t.com<\/a>. 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