As the nights get longer and chillier, the fare offered up at Bainbridge Cinemas takes a turn for dark and spooky, too.

This month, Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” (1960) — often cited as the legendary director’s best film — returns to the big screen as part of a special two-day event at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20 and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23.

The film is sometimes referred to as the first “modern” horror movie, and is arguably the first film in the slasher sub genre.

Based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, the film tells the now infamous tale of Phoenix office worker Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), who is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, she leaves town and heads toward her boyfriend’s California store.

Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into the Bates Motel, which is managed by a quiet, seemingly harmless young man named Norman (Anthony Perkins) — and his unseen but dominating mother.

Tickets are on sale; the cost to attend the Sunday screening is $8.50, $10.50 to attend the Wednesday showing.

For more information and to purchase, visit www.farawayentertainment.com.