PHANTASMIC CINEMATIC CREEP-OUTS ABOUND.

Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski

Here are some other reasons to sit in the dark and get good and scared this Halloween weekend:

--American Cinematheque presents ``Black Cats and Haunted Castles - Classics of Japanese Horror and the Supernatural,'' featuring such titles as ``Hell'' and ``Black Cat Mansion.'' Tonight through Sunday, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. Tickets: $6 to $9. Information: [phone] or www.egyptiantheatre.com.

-- Was there ever a creepier-looking ``Phantom of the Opera'' (above) than Lon Chaney? The Walt Disney Concert Hall brings out the restored 1925 silent horror film on a large screen and embellishes it with Clark Wilson's accompaniment on the hall's organ - a custom soundtrack that hints at familiar themes. Come an hour early for a preshow talk by Silent Movie Theatre owner Charlie Lustman and veteran movie organist Bob Mitchell. Talk begins 6:30 p.m. Sunday, film at 7:30.

-- The 1954 camp classic ``Creature From the Black Lagoon'' (left) screens in 3-D with a live score by the Jazz Passengers. 2 p.m. Sunday. UCLA Royce Hall. Tickets: $15 to $30. Information: [phone] or www.uclalive.org.

-- UCLA Film and Television Archive has a 7 p.m. Sunday screening of ``Isle of the Dead,'' preceded by a 1955 excerpt of the TV quiz show ``I've Got a Secret,'' featuring ``Isle'' star Boris Karloff. James Bridges Theater, northeast corner of UCLA near Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue. Tickets: $5 to $7. Information: [phone] or www.cinema.ucla.edu.

-- And for the faint of heart, the Silent Movie Theatre presents its Comedy Spook-a-Thon, featuring stars such as Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy and the Our Gang kids. 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m. Sunday, 611 N. Fairfax Ave. Tickets: $10 to $15. Information: [phone] or www.silentmovietheatre.com.

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(1) ``Phantom of the Opera''

(2) ``Creature From the Black Lagoon''