A hand with a talking mouth and an eye cut in half.

These are just two of the Halloween treats in store for audiences tonight at the Surrealist Film Festival.

In conjunction with his art history class, Modernism and Modern Art, Dennis Raverty, assistant professor of art and design, is offering a showing of rare vintage films from artists such as Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel and Gian Cocteau.

Surrealism was a movement that took place between World War I and World War II and explored the unconscious mind, Raverty says. Filmmakers of the time were further exploring Sigmund Freud’s new theory on the unconscious mind and building off his ideas.

The films are strange and have a hallucinogenic quality. Surrealism is about dreamlike images, so the films follow a dreamlike narrative.

With tonight’s event, Raverty wants to expose these hard-to-find films to the public. “It’s great stuff that people just aren’t aware of these days,” he says.

One of the films that will be shown tonight is “Un Chien Andalou,” the first film done by Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel. The film was made in 1928, and a woman has her eye cut in half in the opening scene, Raverty says.

“The Blood of a Poet,” a film made in 1930 by Gian Cocteau, will also be shown. In this film, an artist wipes the mouth off of a drawing and the mouth is transferred to the artist’s hand and starts talking to him. The film is episodic and disjointed like dreams.

Clips from other vintage movies and possibly some from more recent movies, will also be shown.

Raverty will be in costume as a 75-year-old Freud. He says he will introduce the idea of the subconscious and do a short commentary as Freud.

The content of the films are tame by today’s standards Raverty said, but he does not encourage younger children to attend.

Freud’s ideas are based on sex and aggression, so the films do contain some violence and nudity, Raverty explains.

“It’s great stuff, but it’s not for the squeamish,” he says.

The Surrealist Film Festival is free and will take place from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Kocimski Auditorium in the College of Design.

Everyone is encouraged to attend the event in costume.

“I’d like to look into the audience and see a whole group of walking dreams,” Raverty says.