Grab a seat and pass the popcorn, because fall is film festival season in New Jersey.

Across the Garden State, movies of every sort will be unspooling for our viewing pleasure. Here are three such happenings you can't miss.

New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2018

One of Central New Jersey's longest-running cultural institutions, the New Jersey Film Festival on the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University returns for its fall session Friday, Sept. 14 through Friday, Oct. 26.

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The festival brings films of all stripes to the big screen in the heart of Rutgers, making it an invaluable artistic and educational resource for the area community.

Particular highlights we can't wait for at Voorhees Hall, 71 Hamilton St. on the College Avenue campus, are "The Luring," a psychological thriller from Brooklyn-based director Christoper Wells screening Saturday, Sept. 15, an encore screening of the hard-hitting hip-hop documentary "Vianey" 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14 and a free screening of John Woo's iconic 1989 action masterpiece "The Killer" as the closing-night film.

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Local film fans should pay particular attention to "Baba Babee Skazala (Grandmother Told Grandmother)," a documentary by Veronoa resident and debuting filmmaker Matej Silecky having its world premiere 7 p.m Sunday, Oct. 7 at Voorhees Hall.

The film, produced by Point Pleasant native Julie Parker, combines animation and interviews to tell the story of Ukrainian refugee children who immigrated to the United States during World War II.

New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2018, Friday, Sept. 14 through Friday, Oct. 26 at Voorhees Hall, 71 Hamilton St., and the Ruth Adams Building, 131 George St., New Brunswick, $9 to $12, 848-932-8482, www.njfilmfest.com.

Arthouse Film Festival

At Chuck Rose's arthouse film festival, you never really know what you're going to get — because the schedule of films isn't released in advance.

Sure, you'll know that the screening series runs for ten weeks starting at the AMC Mountainside on Monday, Sept. 24 and the AMC Monmouth Mall in Eatontown on Tuesday, Sept. 25.

And you can be confident that there will be high-quality work on display; over the last 27 years, the festival has premiered 1,868 movies and hosted 1,165 guests, including the likes of Kevin Smith, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ethan Hawke, Aaron Sorkin and Melissa Leo.

In the last three years alone, Arthouse Film Festival selections have earned 25 Oscar nominations, and last fall the series premiered "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missoiri" and "The Florida Project."

Arthouse Film Festival, Mondays Sept. 24 through Oct. 26 at the AMC Mountainside 10, 1021 Route 22, Mountainside, and Tuesday Sept. 25 through Oct. 27, AMC Monmouth Mall 15, Routes 35 and 36, Eatontown.

Tickets are $139 for five weeks, $245 for all ten weeks and $215 for an eight-week flex ticket if purchased by Sept. 19, 732-870-6012, www.ArthouseFilmFestival.com.

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New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival

If the films themselves live up to their titles at the New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival, a rip-roaring good time is in store Friday, Sept. 21 through Sunday, Sept. 21 at the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City.

There's "Sheborg," "Polterheist," "Once When I Was Dead," "Teenage Bloodsuckin' Bimbos," "Killer Kate!" and "Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre," as well as a remake of Edward D. Wood Jr.'s eternal "Plan 9 From Outer Space." How can this not be awesome?

As part of the big weekend, horror film fans will also get the chance to meet genre legends like Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson, "The Exorcist" star Linda Blair and Danny Lloyd, still remembered for his work as young Danny in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining."

New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival, Friday, Sept. 21 through Sunday, Sept. 23 at the Showboat Hotel, 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, $30 per day or $75 for a weekend pass (cash only), www.newjerseyhorrorcon.com.