Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Cooler temperatures doesn't mean the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Events aren't HOT around the Pacific Northwest.


Temperatures are cooling down in the Pacific Northwest, but that doesn't mean Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Fans will be without some great movies and stage productions in the coming week.  You'll still find a few outdoor events to attend, should the cooler weather draw you outside, but plan to head inside for most of the offerings in the area.

As things get cooler, I'll be able to work a bit more on the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar, as I won't have to worry about sweating all over my computer and shorting it out, so be sure to keep checking back.  The Shadow Over Portland office might have an AC unit, but the building is built to act like an oven. 

It goes without saying the last summer office party
wasn't without some issues.  If you think this was bad,
the chicken salad was boiling after a few minutes.

Don't forget, THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR is coming and if you want your event posted on the site, email me at shadowoverportland@live.com with all the details and promotional artwork and I'll take care of the rest.  I have one financing plan, FREE listings, which is guaranteed to fit any budget.

And please help spread the word.  Should you attend any of the events listed below, let the organizers know you read about it at The Shadow Over Portland.

Playing This Week

The damn dirty apes are coming to The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) with the Marathon of the Apes.  Starting on Saturday, August 4, the series starts off with a 50th anniversary of 1968's Planet of the Apes, with the four sequels, and the series reboot that started in 2011 with Rise of the Planet of the Apes, playing throughout the month.  Be aware, each film is showing once, and the Tim Burton remake is not included in the marathon.  Dates and showtimes for the first three movies are below, and you can visit this link to The Hollywood Theatre website for more details and advance ticket sales on other films in the series.

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The Summer Repertory season continues at the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) with 1954's Godzilla and the family classic The NeverEnding Story.  Both shows play through August 23.  For more details and showtimes (when available), visit the Academy Theater website.

August, 2018

Wednesday, August 22

Marathon of the Apes continues tonight at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) with a screening of 2011's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes at 7:30 pm.  For more details and advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.

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The OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with Alphaville at 6:30 pm and Dune at 8:15 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen.  For more details and ticket information to each show, head for the OMSI website.

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Tonight's Weird Wednesday feature at The Joy Cinema and Pub (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR) is the second film in the "Blood Island series," The Mad Doctor of Blood Island.  Starring John Ashley and Angelique Pettyjohn, the film involves a mad scientist (my favorite kind!) experimenting on the natives of a tropical island to create plant/human hybrids with chlorophyll blood.  Yeah, that's WEIRD!  Showtime is 9:15 pm and admission is FREE, but you must be 18 or older to attend.  And don't forget to show your support for Weird Wednesday by stopping at the concession stand before the film for some tasty treats and beverages!  For more details, visit The Joy Cinema website.

Thursday, August 23

The North Bend Film Festival opens today at the North Bend Theatre (125 Bendigo Blvd N in North Bend, WA).  The Something Strange block of films offers a selection of shorts, and the feature films Time Share (a psychological thriller), Piercing (about a wanna-be murderer and an unhinged call girl), Don't Leave Home (influenced by classical Euro-horror), Model Home (rent free housing is too good to be true), Billy (a ventriloguist and his dummy fall for different women; how could that POSSIBLY go wrong?), Relaxer (a slacker tries to beat the final level of Pac-Man during the Y2K apocalypse) and Anna and the Apocalypse (described as a "zombie apocalypse-Christmas-comedy-musical," which sounds awesome).  And, as one might expect, events outside the theater include a Twin Peaks tour and two Damn Fine Coffee Hours!  For all the details, including a list of the other films and to purchase advance tickets, visit the North Bend Film Festival website.

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Queer Horror brings The Final Girls, a mix of Cabin in the Woods and The Last Action Hero, to The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) tonight at 9:30 pm.  The screening opens with a preshow tribute to the greatest final girls of all time, hosted by Portland's premier drag clown Carla Rossi.  For more details and advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.

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The fantasy film Krull gets the RiffTrax treatment LIVE tonight in theaters nationwide, thanks to Fathom Events.  An encore presentation is scheduled for Saturday, August 25.  For more details, including theaters screening the event near you and advance ticket sales, visit the Fathom Events website.

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The OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with Blade Runner (Final Cut) at 7 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen.  Part of the Reel Eats series, the film is accompanied by a 10 to 12 curated bites arranged in numbered boxes matching key moments in the film.  Admission is restricted to 150 guests.  Tickets are $30 per person, or $25 per person for Sci Fi Fest pass holders (limited to one ticket per pass holder).  For more details and ticket information to each show, head for the OMSI website.

Friday, August 24

The Summer Repertory season concludes at the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) with Men in Black, playing through August 30.  For more details and showtimes (when available), visit the Academy Theater website.

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The Rusty Grape Vineyards (16712 NE 219th St in Battleground, WA) presents a Movies on the Lawn screening of The 'Burbs tonight starting at around 9 pm.  Low chairs are fine, higher chairs must be in the back, and no outside food or drinks are allowed (you can purchase food and drinks in the tasting room to enjoy with the film).  All ages are welcome.  For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.

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The OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with The Last Starfighter at 5:30 pm, The Matrix at 7:45 pm and Eraserhead at 10:30 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen.  For more details and ticket information to each show, head for the OMSI website.

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The Joy Cinema and Pub (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR) will show The Princess Bride through Thursday, August 30.  For more details, visit The Joy Cinema website.

Saturday, August 25

Wyrd War and Fantagraphics Books celebrate the release of Jim Osborne: The Black Prince of the Underground, an adults only collected work and biography of "one of America's most perplexing, violent and haunted underground comic artists."  The event a slideshow retrospective of Osborne's live and legacy by preeminent underground comix historian Patrick Rosenkranz, and a "surprise" cinematic classic that perfectly reflects Osborne's dark aesthetic.  For more details and advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.

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The OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with the 1951 version of The Day the Earth Stood Still at 5 pm, Blade Runner (Final Cut) at 7 pm and Blade Runner 2049 at 9:15 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen.  Two attendees to each Blade Runner feature will receive a special door prize.  For more details and ticket information to each show, head for the OMSI website.

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Tacoma Ghost Tours is conducting a Public Ghost Hunt tonight at 8 pm at Brandy's Attic (755 Broadway St in Tacoma, WA).  This location has been the site of numerous unexplained occurrences that you're being asked to bring your own ghost hunting tools to help find more evidence and maybe find answers to some of the events.  Advance tickets are recommended, as space is limited and tickets will be available at the door ONLY if the event doesn't sell out.  For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.

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The anime film Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms plays at 3:15 pm today at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC).  For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.

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The Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) presents the serial killer thriller Summer of '84, from the filmmakers behind Turbo Kid, tonight and tomorrow at 9 pm.  For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.

Sunday, August 26

Davis Graveyard (8703 SE 43rd Ave in Milwaukie, OR) is hosting a Tombstone Workshop today from 9 am to 1 pm.  You provide the epitaph and the instructors will help you make your tombstone while providing tips and trick to make many more at your graveyard!  The class costs $50 per person and is limited to 12 students, so visit the Facebook Event Page as soon as possible to reserve your slot.

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FLASH!  A-AH!!  McMenamins Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan St in Portland, OR) brings the super cheesy goodness of 1980's Flash Gordon to the big screen through September 1.  For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.

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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie screens at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) today at 2 and 7 pm.  For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.

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The OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival concludes tonight at the OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with The Last Starfighter at 5 pm and The Matrix at 7 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen.  For more details and ticket information to each show, head for the OMSI website.

Monday, August 27

Marathon of the Apes concludes tonight at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) with a screening of 2011's War for the Planet of the Apes at 7:30 pm.  For more details and advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.

Tuesday, August 28

The Grindhouse Film Festival brings the Shaw Brothers sci-fi "freakout" Infra-Man to The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) in GLORIOUS 35mm tonight at 7:30 pm.  The film follows Infra-Man, a bionic superhero and the only one who can stop a demon princess and her horde of rubber suited monsters from destroying the Earth!  What more do you need to know, other than advance tickets are strongly recommended for this one!!  For more details and advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.

Wednesday, August 29

Shriek: A Women of Horror Film Class the 80s slasher classic with the MOST WHACKED OUT ENDING EVER, Sleepaway Camp, tonight at Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA).  The event starts at 7 pm and the film will be followed by a discussion of the LGBTQ and feminist themes found within.  And half of the night's door will be donated to the local homeless youth program Sanctuary Art Center.  For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.

Thursday, August 30

The Northwest Film Center Rooftop Cinema presents John Carpenter's Escape from New York tonight at the Portland State University PS2 parking structure (1724 SW Broadway in Portland, OR).  Doors open at 7 pm with food and beverages available for purchase.  Music begins at 8 pm, and the film starts at dusk.  Advance tickets are available and ensure you easy entry until 8:30 pm.  A limited number of chairs are available at a first come basis, so feel free to bring your own chair, pillow or blanket.  No outside food and drinks or pets are allowed.  Be sure to dress for the weather!  For all the details, and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.

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The Rusty Grape Vineyards (16712 NE 219th St in Battleground, WA) presents a Movies on the Lawn screening of The Sixth Sense tonight starting at around 9 pm.  Low chairs are fine, higher chairs must be in the back, and no outside food or drinks are allowed (you can purchase food and drinks in the tasting room to enjoy with the film).  All ages are welcome.  For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.

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The Olympia Film Society Fright Club will screen the South Korean monster movie The Host at 9 pm tonight at the Capitol Theater (206 5th Ave SE in Olympia, WA).  The film will also screen at 9 pm on Friday, September 7 and 28.  For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.

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Funhouse Lounge (2432 SE 11th Ave in Portland, OR) presents Back to the Future, the Musical Parody through Saturday, September 29.  This live presentation features 14 original songs.  For more details and ticket information, visit the Facebook Event Page.