Halaloween Free Screening: Tiger Stripes (2023)

Tuesday, October 20 at 7:00 PM
State

Film | Horror/Drama | R | 1h 35m | 2023

Join Islamic Studies for a free screening of Malaysian horror film Tiger Stripes (2023) on October 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM at the State Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

This screening is ONLY in person at the State Theatre in Ann Arbor. Reserve your free tickets here: watch.eventive.org/halaloween

THIS WEEK’S HALALOWEEN FEATURE: Tiger Stripes (2023)

2023 | 95 minutes | Malaysian with English subtitles | Malaysia
Directed by: Amanda Nell Eu
Featuring: Zafreen Zairizal, Piqa, Deena Ezral

Film Description: The once carefree Zaffan turns twelve years old and becomes the first girl amongst her friends to reach puberty, discovering a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracized by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning that to be truly herself and have agency, she must embrace the body she fears. Winner of the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

Halaloween Horror Rating: 4/5. Scary. This movie includes the horror subgenres of body horror, blood and menstrual horror, female coming-of-age horror, gendered body horror, and posthuman transformations. Reminiscent of the teen/adolescent girl horror films Carrie and Ginger Snaps. Religious content: most characters are Muslim, and the film is set in a Muslim girls' school. Includes adhan, Islamic prayer, and corrupt male religious leaders.

Halaloween Muslim Horror Film Festival Info

Welcome to the 8th annual Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival 2026!

What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s Halaloween 2026 film festival is a retrospective that brings back some of our Michigan community’s favorite Muslim horror films from the past few years. As usual, the festival runs throughout October with a different movie screening and/or event every week. In addition to local theater screenings, we are bringing you three community collaborations this year: with the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, with Michigan Medicine and the U-M Medical School, and with the Brooklyn Detroit venue in Corktown!

The 2026 Halaloween Lineup:

• October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum

• October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre

• October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre

• October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | 5:30 PM | Hussey Michigan League

• October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Panel at Devil's Night Detroit | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit (Venue)*

*This event is ticketed and not free

RSVP & find out more: watch.eventive.org/halaloween

Sponsors: Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and co-sponsored by the Arab American National Museum, Devil’s Night Detroit, and Michigan Medicine.