Find a cool theater to help ride out the upcoming heat wave with this edition of the Weekly Update!

With temperatures rising all around the world, we all knew the Pacific Northwest would be on the receiving end of hot weather at some point.  And it looks like this is the week, as temperatures will get over 100 degrees (about 38 degrees Celsius) in some places.  And I can't think of a better week to head to a cool, dark theater for a couple hours.  Every chance I get.

 

 I know, I'm an hour early for the film.  Please, just let me in.  It's hot out here!

Well, this edition of the Weekly Update is full of great films to check out during the heat wave, from new releases to old favorites.  But please click on the links provided before you head out.  Last year's heat dome event overtaxed AC units in some of the older theaters and forced them to cancel screenings.  While it might not be as hot this week, expect some issues.  Already, the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, OR, has cancelled two films in the Portland Mermaid Week series, to ensure everything keeps working at the theater.

Of course, if you just want to stay home and dream of a cool autumn, the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar is fully updated (well, for the time being) with lots of great events taking place during the rest of 2022, and even a few in 2023!

As usual, I'm still at the day job, so I'm keeping this short.  Everyone be safe, stay hydrated and I'll be back next week with another update from The Shadow Over Portland!

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Happening This Week   

 

The NeverEnding Story is playing this week at the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland,

OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28)

VFX artist Phil Tippett's stop motion film Mad God is playing at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland OR; scheduled through Sunday, July 24).

The animated/live action mockumentary Marcel the Shell with Shoes On opens tonight at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, July 28), the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), and Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, July 28), the Salem Cinema (1127 Broadway NE in Salem, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, July 28), and The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA; scheduled through Thursday, July 28).

OMSI (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) is hosting a Middle-earth Film Festival, screening all three The Hobbit films and the extended Lord of the Rings trilogy on the giant screen through August 7.

The Olympia Film Society present Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg's return to body horror, at the Capitol Theater (206 5th Ave SE In Olympia, WA) tonight at 7 pm, on Saturday, July 23, at 4 pm, on Thursday, July 28, at 4 pm, and on Sunday, July 31, at 4 pm.

  

Michelle Yeoh fighting to save the multiverse?  I'm SOLD!  Also starring the amazing James Hong and Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once continues this week at the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, July 28), and the McMenamin Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28).

 

The dark fantasy Labyrinth plays at McMenamin Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Sunday, July 24).

 

Jordan Peele's latest film, Nope, opens tonight at Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Lane SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, July 28), SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), and the following McMenamins theaters: the Bagdad (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, August 4), , and the St. Johns Theater (8203 N Ivanhoe St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, August 3).

 

 

Director Scott Derickson's (Sinister) latest horror film, The Black Phone (based on a Joe Hill story) is still playing at Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 2) and the La Granade Drive-in (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR; scheduled to Saturdayday, July 23).

It's summer, so you know Marvel will put out another movie.  Thor: Love and Thunder is playing at the St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, July 27),  Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, July 28), the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Lane SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, July 28), the 99W Drive-In (3110 Portland Rd in Newberg, OR; scheduled Friday, July 22 to Sunday, July 24), the Cameo Theatre (304 E 1st St in Newberg, OR; scheduled through Monday, July 25), the Mt. Hood Theatre (401 E Powell Blvd in Gresham, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, July 27), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR; scheduled to Thursday, July 28), the Liberty Theatre (315 NE 4th Ave in Camas, WA: scheduled through Thursday, July 28), the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), and the following McMenamins theaters: Anderson School (18607 Bothell Way NE in Bothell, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, July 27), the Grand Lodge (3505 Pacific Ave in Forest Grove, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, July 27), Old St. Francis (700 NW Bond St in Bend, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, July 27), and the Power Station at Edgefield (2126 SW Halsey St in Troutdale, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 28).
 

Jurassic World: Dominion, the *cough cough* "epic conclusion," is playing at the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, July 27), the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Lane SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, July 28), and the La Grande Drive-In (404 20th St in La Grande, OR; scheduled through Saturday, July 23).

 

The 14th Annual GuignolFest is taking applications for filmmaker to put together a short horror film in just 72 hours.  If you're up for the challenge, you'll find details on the link. And you can follow the event on Facebook.

 

The Bleedingham Horror Film Festival is taking submissions through September 1, 2022.  The event takes place on Saturday and Sunday, October 22 and 23, in Bellingham, WA.  

The Haunted Taft 2022 Ghosts and Legends Tours start on July 9 and run through September 17.  Tours depart from the Sapphire Center (4840 SE Hwy 101 in Lincoln City, OR), but you need to buy tickets in advance.

Stalker Farms Haunted Attractions (8705 Marsh Rd in Snohomish, WA) is now hiring scareactors, paintball actors, makeup artists and security for the 2022 haunt season.  Click on this link to apply, and you can visit the Red Barn at Stocker Farms on July 20, 27 or August 17, from 6 to 8 pm for more information and details.

ScareGrounds PDX (7805 SE Oaks Park Way in Portland, OR) is now hiring for the building crew, walkaround actors and management positions, with other jobs to be announced in the future.  Visit the link above for all the details.

 

The Hourglass Escapes Mystery at Innsmouth (located in Seattle, WA) is now open.  Play as one of seven characters from the Fantasy Flight Games Arkham Horror as you try to solve why you and your fellow investigators have been summoned to a dingy ocean side hotel with a view of Devil's Reef.

Or, check out the Hourglass Escapes Evil Dead 2 room (located in Seattle, WA), where you and your fellow paranormal investigators visit Knowby Cabin to aid Ash in his attempt to vanquish the Deadites.

 

July, 2022

Friday, July 22

The 5th Avenue Cinema (510 SW Hall St in Portland, OR) will show Miguel Llanso's sci fi comedy Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway through Sunday, July 24.  The story of two CIA agents trapped in a VR world while attempting to neutralize a computer virus called "Soviet Union" might seem straight forward, but the preview looks at times like The Matrix crossed with The Three Stoogies.  And yes, that is 60s Batman on the poster.  Be aware, this is a cash only venue.

If video rental or cable viewings of The Gate started your horror obsession, you can check it out on the big screen at 8 pm tonight only at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA).

 

Saturday, July 23

A new 4K restoration of David Lynch's Lost Highway will be shown at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) tonight at 10:30 pm.

VHS Uber Alles presents Murderin' Maniac Movie Night at 10 pm tonight at The Grand Illusion (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA).  If you're wondering what the movie is, well, they ain't saying.  But it's never been released on DVD and is called a "criminally inept classic!"  You've been warned.

The Whiteside Theatre (361 SW Madison Ave in Corvallis, OR) will screen Disney's animated film Big Hero 6 today only at 3 pm.  Doors open at 2 pm.

The Hollywood Theatre Summer Movies at Oregon State Parks continues tonight with a screening of  Back to the Future Part II tonight at Milo McIver State Park (located in Estacada, OR).  Admission is FREE, with free day-use parking after 7 pm.  The show starts at dusk.

Find out if Earth Girls are Easy, as PAMCUT brings this sci fi musical comedy, starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and Jim Carrey, to Cinema Unbound Outdoor Movies at the Bridge Lot at OMSI (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) tonight at 9 pm.  

 

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) presents a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture designed for virgins tonight at midnight.  Doors open at 11 pm.

 

The Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA) will screen The Rocky Horror Picture with a shadowcast by The Denton Delinquents tonight at 10 pm.  Doors open and pre-show starts at 9 pm.

Sunday, July 24

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will present the English dubbed version of Princess Mononoke today at 1 pm.

A new 4K restoration of David Lynch's Lost Highway will be presented by the Olympia Film Society at the Capitol Theater (206 5th Ave SE in Olympia, WA) tonight at 7 pm. 

 

VFX artist Phil Tippett's stop motion film Mad God is playing at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) today at 4:20 pm. 

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will present a final screening of David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future tonight at 6:30 pm. 

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show David Lynch's Mulhalland Dr. tonight at 9 pm.

 

Monday, July 25

 

A new 4K restoration of David Lynch's Lost Highway will be presented by the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) tonight at 9:30 pm.

 

As part of the Portland Mermaid Week celebration, the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) presents Neil Jordan's (Interview with a Vampire) film Ondine, about an Irish fisherman who discovers a woman in his net, whom his daughter believes to be a selkie.  The film will be shown tonight only at 7 pm.

 

Tuesday, July 26

 

 

The Portland Horror Trivia Massacre takes place at 7:30 pm tonight at Home, A Bar (719 SE Morrison St in Portland, OR).

 

The Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR) will screen Tod Browning's The Unholy Three, starring Lon Chaney, with a live score by Sonochomatic tonight only at 7 pm.

 

Tonight only, The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) will screen the hallucinatory horror Baba Yaga tonight at 7:30 pm.  Come on, just look and the poster and you'll know you don't miss this "Euro-mod-sleaze" giallo film on the big screen.

 

As part of the Portland Mermaid Week celebration, the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) presents Night Tide, starring Dennis Hooper (in his first starring role) as a sailor in love with a woman he comes to believe is a mermaid that lures men to a watery doom during the full moon.  The film will be shown tonight only at 7 pm. 

UPDATE: Due to the upcoming heat wave, this event is CANCELLED in order to allow the 107-year-old theater to cool down between events.

Wednesday, July 27

 

As part of the Portland Mermaid Week celebration, the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) presents the Czechoslovakian New Wave version of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, tonight only at 8 pm. 

 

BECU Drive-In Movies at Marymoor Park will show Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at Marymoor Park (6046 W Lake Sammamish Parkway NE in Redmond, WA) tonight at 9 pm.  For more details and to buy tickets, visit the link above.

 

Find out if Earth Girls are Easy, as the Whiteside Theatre (361 SW Madison Ave in Corvallis, OR) screens this sci fi musical comedy, starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and Jim Carrey, tonight only at 7 pm. Doors open at 6 pm.

 

Thursday, July 28

 

John Carpenter's The Thing will play at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) tonight at 9:30 pm.

 

 

The musical sci fi film Neptune Frost will screen at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) tonight only at 7:30 pm. 

 

As part of the Portland Mermaid Week celebration, the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) presents  The Lure, about two carnivorous mermaid sisters becoming a musical act in '80s Poland, tonight only at 7 pm.  

UPDATE: Due to the upcoming heat wave, this event is CANCELLED in order to allow the 107-year-old theater to cool down between events.

 

BECU Drive-In Movies at Marymoor Park will show Disney's 1992 animated version Aladdin at Marymoor Park (6046 W Lake Sammamish Parkway NE in Redmond, WA) tonight at 9 pm.  For more details and to buy tickets, visit the link above.  

 

Friday, July 29

 

It's a special screening from Friday Night Frights, as they team up with the BlueMouseketeers for a screening of the musical horror film Little Shop of Horrors at 10 pm tonight at the Blue Mouse Theater (2611 N Proctor st in Tacoma, WA).  Expect ghames, prizes, shenanigans, and feel free to dress up, sing and dance along with the BlueMouseketeers.  Suddenly SEYYYYYMOUR..... 

 

The Olympia Film Society will screen the 80s slasher April Fool's Day, with star Deborah Foreman in attendance for a Q and A, at the Capitol Theater (206 5th Ave SE In Olympia, WA) tonight starting at 7 pm.

 

Starting tonight the McMenamin Kennedy School (5636 NE 33 Ave in Portland, OR) will screen all eight Harry Potter film.  Tonight is Sorcerer's Stone and The Chamber of Secrets, Saturday will continue with The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Goblet of Fire and The Order of the Phoenix, and Sunday will conclude the Potter-verse run with The Half-Blood Prince and The Deathly Hollows Part 1 and 2.  

 

The Egyptian Theatre (229 S Broadway in Coos Bay, OR) will show the fantasy classic The Princess Bride through Saturday, July 30.

The thriller about an abusive boyfriend reentering a woman's life, with a bit of a twist, Resurrection opens at SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA; showtimes have yet to be announced) tonight.

The animated/live action mockumentary Marcel the Shell with Shoes On opens tonight at the Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA; showtimes have not been announced).

 

As part of the Portland Mermaid Week celebration, the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) presents Erzulie, about four friends who summon a legendary water goddess with unintented consequences, tonight only at 7 pm. 

 

Who ya gonna call?  Ghostbusters is being screened by PAMCUT at Cinema Unbound Outdoor Movies at the Bridge Lot at OMSI (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) tonight at 9 pm.  

 

Thor: Love and Thunder opens today at the Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor St in Tacoma, WA; scheduled Fridays to Sundays through Sunday, August 7).

 

Saturday, July 30

 

The Portlandia Mermaid Parade and Festival takes place at noon today, starting at Poets Beach along the Portland Waterfront (near the Marquam Bridge on the west side of the Willamette River in Portland, OR).  The theme this year is Rainbow Waters, a "shellabration" of queer merfolk in Portland, and the efforts to cultivate equity, inclusion and human rights for LGBTQ+ communities.

 

The Geekenders celebrate Vancouver, BC's Gay Pride weekend at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) with This Show Made Me Gay, a cabaret celebrating queer pop culture, tonight at 9 pm.   

The Warriors will come out to play at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) tonight and tomorrow night at 7 pm.

The Wariors will also come out to play at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) tonight only at 7:30 pm.

 

The Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA) series It's Alive! concludes with the Spanish version of the 1931 Universal horror classic Dracula, presented in Spanish with English subtitles, today at noon.

 

The Oregon Bigfoot Festival and Beyond starts at 10 am today at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds and Event Center (694 NE 4th Ave in Canby, OR).  Visit the official Facebook Event Page for additional updates.  Tickets go on sale January 1, 2022. 

 

The modernization of the 1939 classic, The Wiz, returns to the big screen at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, August 3).  So get on down the road and check it out!

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) presents a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture at midnight with the Clinton Street Cabaret.  Doors open at 11 pm.

 

Sunday, July 31

 

It might not be winter in the Pacific Northwest, but that's not stopping PAMCUT from showing Stanley Kurbirk's The Shining at Cinema Unbound Outdoor Movies at the Bridge Lot at OMSI (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) tonight at 9 pm. 

 

Fathom Event's Studio Ghibli Fest 2022 brings Kiki's Delivery Service back to the big screen on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, July 31, August 1 and 2.  Monday's screening is subtitled, the other is dubbed.  Visit the link to find a theater near you.