Thursday Happenings

Image of the Chinatown Gate by Bradford Moore.

Chinatown's annual Films at the Gate never disappoints fans of Chinese genre cinema, and tonight's program is one of the reasons why. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) is the Hong Kong romantic comedy that started a wave of goofy supernatural movies. Sam Raimi, whose Evil Dead franchise swiped a thing or two from the movie, is a fan. Vacant Lot at 10 Hudson St., Chinatown, 7 p.m. Get there early and bring seating. More information.

Flashlight Tours

It's another flashlight tour of Forest Hill Cemetery, this time focusing on the many different design styles to be found in the cemetery's tombstones and sepulchers. Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Avenue, Jamaica Plain, 7 p.m. $10/$8.

Weird Music

It's a night of experimental, electronic pop in Allston, as O'Brien's welcomes Floridians the Holiday Shores and Brooklyner Dan Friel. O'Brien's Pub, 3 Harvard Ave., Allston, 9 p.m. $7.