GET your proton packs, overalls and ghost traps at the ready and step back in time to the 1980s this Halloween.

The cult 1984 film Ghostbusters will be screened in York on October 31 at the Yorkshire Museum's 300-seater cinema.

Fans of the film, which follows characters played by Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis fight ghosts in supernatural New York, will see it back on the big screen as part of the museum's film and food theme nights.

The evening will also include a Halloween buffet, complete with Mummified hot dogs (Cumberland sausages wrapped in filo pastry), spicy bat wings (devilled chicken wings) and cupcake spiders.

Jennifer Chadwick, weddings and events manager, said: "A themed buffet will be included and we hope people will get into the spirit of the event by dressing up in their favourite Halloween costume."

The event starts at 6.30pm, with the buffet by Bradshaws served 15 minutes later. The films start at 7:45pm. Tickets cost £15 including the buffet. To book, call (01904) 687671 or email yorkvenues@ymt.org.uk

Meanwhile, the scares will continue at York Dungeon, during their Halloween events until November 2.

Be prepared for deception and bamboozlement, dares by the dozen and the occasional forfeit too courtesy of the Master of Tricks.

On Halloween night, the attractions over 18s event will return for a big dose of scares, laughter and shocks.

The event mashes up theatre, special effects and intriguing storytelling, delivered with wit, humour and plenty of edge-of-the-seat surprises.

Tickets cost £27 per person or £50 for couples, run every half and hour from 7.30pm until 10pm.

In a first for the city, Weasel Dandaw, an escape artist, will attempt to get out of the condemned cell at York Castle Prison - a challenge even Harry Houdini refused.

Mr Weasel said: "It has walls that are several feet thick, I guess the floor and ceiling are the same, it has a window that has two sets of bars and a solid oak door which is double locked from the outside.

"This will be my hardest cell escape yet, but I am up for the challenge."

Passengers on trains steaming along the North Yorkshire Moors Railway may notice a dark difference when the climb aboard on Halloween.

Two special services will be transformed into story trains, departing from Pickering with the magical crew on board to entertain travellers with tales, spells and challenges as they travel to Grosmont Station.