The zombie apocalypse will come to Newton on Saturday, Feb. 2. Well, a kinder, gentler zombie apocalypse, anyway.

For the opening weekend of “Warm Bodies,” the Capitol II Theater in downtown Newton will host a “Zombie Night” promotion, beginning at 7:15 p.m. The goal is to get as many “warm bodies” in the theater as possible as owners attempt to raise the funds needed to convert the historic movie theater to the standard digital format.

“We thought it would be fun to have people come dressed up as zombies,” Capitol II co-owner Dawn Bleeker said. “Zombie Burger in Des Moines is donating some gift certificates.”