Well, this week didn't go as planned...

Yeah, I missed the Friday deadline again.  I'd like to point my finger at one thing that caused my tardiness, but I think it's a collection of factors; day job hassles, still adjusting to a new sleep pattern, the continuing heat, the smoky skies (thanks to the wind and wildfires) and the fact that I'm biking 8 miles a day to (and from) the day job to avoid the constant delays with bus service right now.  By the time I get home most nights, it's a struggle to keep from sprawling out on the sofa before taking a shower.

 Too bad I don't have a little alien friend to help me avoid traffic.

We'll have to see how I do next week, as I plan to get a bit more sleep during my upcoming weekend.  At least I hope...

Okay, enough about me.  Let's get to the Weekly Update, full of great movies, cons and stage events to keep most Pacific Northwest Horror/Sci Fi/ Fantasy Fans busy for the coming week.  Oh, and the corn mazes on Sauvie Island have opened, if you're in the mood to walk along walls of corn.  I think it would be best to just avoid any children hanging out on their own.

Of course I'm going to make a Children of the Corn joke.  How can I not?

If you want to see what's happening in the rest of the year, head to the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar.  Be aware, I've got lots more to add, as THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR is coming up, so check back often!

Anyway, have to sign off and get back to the day job.  Everyone stay safe, and I'll be back next week with more great events happening under The Shadow Over Portland!

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Happening This Week

 

The MAiZE at the Pumpkin Patch (16511 NW Gillihan Rd on Sauvie Island in Portland, OR) opens today at 9 am.  The 8 acre "Cinnamon and Sugar" corn maze will be open daily through October 31st. 

The Bella Organic Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze (16205 NW Gillihan Rd on Sauvie Island in Portland, OR( opens today.  The maze is a message of hope and includes the suicide prevention hotline number.  The maze will be open daily through October 31.

 

Rose City Comic Con returns to the Oregon Convention Center (777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in Portland, OR) for three days of comics and MUCH more.  Early bird tickets are on sale now.  You can also find updates on the Facebook Page. Guests include Sylvester McCoy (the Seventh Doctor in Doctor Who, The Hobbit trilogy, Rob Zombie's The Munsters), Amber Benson (Tara in Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Charisma Carpenter (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel), Julie Benz (Dexter, Buffy the Vampier Slayer), Diane Guerrero (Doom Patrol, Encanto) and Rainn Wilson (Galaxy Quest, Cooties, The Meg).

UPDATE: Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings trilogy, Cooties, Maniac), Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Goonies) and Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian, The Boys) are scheduled to appear.

 

The Western Washington Center for the Arts (521 Bay St in Port Orchard, WA) kicks off its 2022-2023 season with the musical Jekyll and Hyde.  The show runs through Sunday, October 2. 

The Lakewood Center for the Arts (368 S State St in Lake Oswego, OR) brings Blithe Spirit to the stage through October 16.  The play follows a novelist who stages a seance to gather material for his next book.  Complications arise when he is haunted by the ghost of his temperamental first wife.  I just hate when that happens!

 

The animated classic The Last Unicorn is playing at the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15)

 

Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill is at the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15).

 

The Joy Cinema (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR) is showing two sci fi classics, Forbidden Planet and Escape from New York, through Tuesday, September 13.

Jaws 3D returns to theaters...  Wait, let me check my notes...  Oh, the Steven Spielberg 1975 classic Jaws is returning to theaters in either post-conversion 3D or formatted for IMAX.  Playing exclusively at Regal Theaters, visit the website to find a theater near you.  

 

SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) will show Blade Runner: The Final Cut today at 4:45 pm, on Saturday, September 10, at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, September 11, at 2 and 5 pm.

 

SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) will show Blade Runner 2049 tonight at 7:30 pm, on Saturday, September 10, at 4 pm, and on Wednesday, September 14, at 7 pm.

 

A 4K restoration of David Lynch's Blue Velvet is playing at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15). 

 

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Waters' notorious 1972 film, the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will show a new 4K restoration of Pink Flamingos through Thursday, September 15.

 

The new horror film Barbarian is playing at the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), and the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Lane SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 15).

 

The horror film The Invitation opens today at Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Lane SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), and the Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15).

 

George Miller's Three Thousand Years of Longing, about a lonely scholar (Tilda Swinton, The Dead Don't Die, 2018's Suspiria, ) encountering a Djinn (Idris Elba, Pacific Rim, Thor, The Suicide Squad) on a trip to Istanbul, opens tonight at the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, September 15), the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, September 14), the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), the St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Lane SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), and Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15).

 

The A24 black comedy/slasher film Bodies Bodies Bodies is playing at the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15) and the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, September 15).

 

Beast, starring Idris Elba fighting to save his family from a rouge lion, is playing at the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Lane SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 15).

 

The animated/live action mockumentary Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is playing at the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, September 15), the Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, September 14), the St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15) and the following McMenamins locations: Anderson School (18607 Bothell Way NE in Bothell, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, September 14), the Bagdad (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), the Grand Lodge Theater (3505 Pacific Ave in Forest Grove, OR; scheduled thrtough Thursday, September 15), Old St. Francis School (700 NW Bond St in Bend, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), Olympic Club (112 N Tower Ave in Centralia, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), the Power Station Theater (2126 SW Halsey St in Troutdale, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), and the St Johns Theater (8203 N Ivanhoe St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15).  It is showing on Saturday and Sunday, September 10 and 11, at the Liberty Theater (315 NE 4th Ave in Camas, WA).

  

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 Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; the extended cut is scheduled through Thursday, September 15), and at the following McMenamins locations: Anderson School (18607 Bothell Way NE in Bothell, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, September 14), the Bagdad (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), the Grand Lodge Theater (3505 Pacific Ave in Forest Grove, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), the Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), Old St. Francis School (700 NW Bond St in Bend, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), Olympic Club (112 N Tower Ave in Centralia, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), the Power Station Theater (2126 SW Halsey St in Troutdale, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), and the St Johns Theater (8203 N Ivanhoe St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15).

 

Jordan Peele's latest film, Nope, is playing at Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Sunday, September 11), the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, September 15), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, September 15), and the Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15).   

 

Yeah, Spider-Man: No Way Home is returning to theaters today, and some locations will screen a version with "More Fun Stuff."  It will screen at the Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Lane SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), and the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, September 14).

It's summer, so you know Marvel will put out another movie.  Thor: Love and Thunder is playing at the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Lane SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 15), and the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15).

 

Jurassic World: Dominion, the *cough cough* "epic conclusion," is playing at the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, September 14) and McMenamins the Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 15).

 

The 99W Drive In (3110 Portland Rd in Newberg, OR) will screen The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with the Denton Delinquents performing a shadowcast through Saturday, September 10.  The co-feature is Dr Strange in the Madness of the Multiverse.  Check out the link later for more details.

 

UPDATE: Due to the box office being hit by a U-Haul truck and knocked off its foundation, the Denton Delinquents will be unable to perform on Saturday night.  The movies will still be shown tonight and tomorrow night, but be aware cash is the quickest payment option at this time. 

 

The Annual Lovecraft Under the Gun 72 Hour Film Contest takes place September 22 to 25, and films will be shown at the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon in Portland, OR, on the weekend of October 6.  The competition is open to teams anywhere in the world.  You have until 4 pm Pacific Standard Time on September 22 to apply.  You'll find all the details at the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon website.

 

 

September 11 is the deadline to submit your new genre script of film to the 8th Annual International Vancouver Badass Film Festival and Script Contest, which takes place on October 23 weekend at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC).  Submit your newer horror, action, fantasy, SF, erotica, or avant-garde short or feature scripts and/or films at Film Freeway.

 

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 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.

 

Underhill Haunted House and The Canon Shakespeare Company are looking for volunteers to work a haunted attraction in the basement of the Veteran's Memorial Coliseum (300 N Ramsay Wy in Portland, OR).  The attraction is open Fridays and Saturdays until October 29, finishing out the run on October 30 and Halloween Night.  For more details, visit the link above.

BINX Entertainment is looking for actors, contortionists, circus style performers, misfits, and anyone else wanting to join the cast of mAlice in Wonderland.  The haunted attraction will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from September 30 to October 30 at Adventureland Park (3200 Adventureland Dr in Altoona, IA).  Click this link to apply.

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.

 

September, 2022

Saturday, September 10

 

Head down the Yellow Brick Road as The Wizard of Oz plays at Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Sunday, September 11).

 

CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) will show Blade Runner 2049 tonight at 7:45 pm and Monday, September 12, at 7 pm.

 

CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) will show 1984, with John Hurt, today at 2:30 pm and Tuesday, September 13, at 8 pm.

 

Hey you guys!  The Liberty Theatre (315 NE 4th Ave in Camas, WA) is showing The Goonies today and tomorrow.

 

The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) concludes it's God Told Us To: Four from Larry Cohen series with his 1985 sci fi satire The Stuff tonight at 9:30 pm.

 

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) continues its celebration of Stephen King's 75th birthday with a screening of Misery in GLORIOUS 35mm tonight only at 7 and 9:30 pm. 

 

Weird Elephant at The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) will show the 4K restoration of David Lynch's Lost Highway tonight at 10 pm. 

 

 

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will show The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with a screening designed for "virgins" wanting to experience the film for the first time, tonight at midnight.  Doors open at 11 pm.  

The Geekenders will host a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC)  tonight at 11 pm.

Sunday, September 11

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show The NeverEnding Story today at 1:15 pm.

SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA) will show Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop today only at 7 pm.

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) continues its celebration of Stephen King's 75th birthday with a screening of The Running Man tonight only at 9:30 pm. 

Monday, September 12

The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) the directorial debut of Taiwanese multimedia artist Shu Lea Cheang, Fresh Kill, tonight only at 7:30 pm.  Look, I can't sum this up in a few words.  Just click the link and read the summery for yourself.

Tuesday, September 13

F. W. Murnau's silent classic, Nosferatu, with a live soundtrack by The Invincible Czars, will be show at 7 pm tonight only at the SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA).

 

The animated/live action mockumentary Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is playing at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) tonight at 6:30 pm.

 

Wednesday, September 14

 

The Olympia Film Society will show F. W. Murnau's silent classic, Nosferatu, with a live soundtrack by The Invincible Czars, will be show at 8 pm tonight only at the Capitol Theater (206 5th Ave SE in Olympia, WA)

 

 

 

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) pays tribute to British producer Gerry Anderson with episodes from his first live actor series, the psychedelic UFO, and his later series Space: 1999.  The show starts at 7:30 pm, and expect some groovy ads from the 60s and 70s during the break. 

Thursday, September 15

Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) presents Hecklevision: Halloween III: Season of the Witch with Baron Von Terror tonight only at 8 pm.

The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) will show F. W. Murnau's silent classic, Nosferatu, with a live soundtrack by The Invincible Czars, tonight only at 7:30 pm.

SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA) will show Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall tonight only at 7 pm.

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) pays tribute to the late Olivia Newton-John with a screening of the 80s roller-disco fantasy Xanadu tonight only at 7:30 pm.

Pearl, Ti West's prequel to X opens tonight at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 22) and the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 22). 

Friday, September 16

F. W. Murnau's silent classic, Nosferatu, with a live soundtrack by The Invincible Czars, will be show at 7:30 pm tonight only at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC).

 

Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) will show dubbed and subtitled versions of Spirited Away through Thursday, September 22.

 

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will show the action classic Raiders of the Lost Ark through Monday, September 19.

 

The sci fi/action classic The Matrix will be on the big screen at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) through Tuesday, September 20.

 

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen Christopher St. John's (Shaft) cult classic mixture of genre thrills, sociological rage and psychedelicexperimentation, Top of the Heap, tonight only at 7:30 pm.

Friday Night Frights brings the Sam Raimi classic, The Evil Dead, back to the big screen at the Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor St in Tacoma, WA) tonight only at 10 pm. 

 

Everything Everywhere All at Once opens at the  SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Sunday, September 18).

The 7th Street Theatre (313 7th St in Hoquiam, WA) brings Tim Burton's Batman, with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson, back to the big screen tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 pm.  You will believe a man can.... Be a Batman.  Damn it, wrong tagline.

Pearl, Ti West's prequel to X opens tonight at CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 22). 

Saturday, September 17

The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) will show the action filled horror film Race with the Devil tonight only at 9 pm.

Claydream, the story of Portland claymation wizard Will Vinton, will play at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) through Wednesday, September 21.

The Chehalis Flying Saucer Party, benefiting the Lewis County Historical Museum, takes place today at various locations in Chehalis, WA.  Expect music, speakers, movies and MUCH MORE!  It's all in celebration of the 75 anniversay of Kenneth Arnolds historic saucer sighting.  Follow the event of Facebook.

Once again, the city of St Helens, OR magically morphs into Halloweentown until, well, Halloween.  The Spirit of Halloweentown celebration includes haunted houses, numerous activities and celebrity signings.  Check out the link above for all the details as they become available.  You can also follow the fun on Facebook.

 

UPDATE: Actor Harvey Guillen (TV's What We Do In the Shadows, Werewolves Within) is scheduled to appear today only. 

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) continues its celebration of Stephen King's 75th birthday with a screening of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining tonight at 7 pm and tomorrow at 9:30 pm.

 

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will show The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with a shadowcast by the Clinton Street Cabaret, tonight at midnight.  Doors open at 11 pm.

 

Sunday, September 18

 

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) continues its celebration of Stephen King's 75th birthday with a screening of The Mist tonight only at 6:30 pm. 

Fathom Events brings Jeepers Creepers Reborn to theaters nationwide tonight, and on Tuesday, September 20 and Wednesday, September 21.  According to an IMDB search I conducted, it appears Victor Salva is not involved with this production.  To find a theater near you, visit the link above.

Tuesday, September 20

Vertical Pool presents the world premiere of Tracer, a "Psi-Fi Suspense," at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton Street in Portland, OR) tonight only at 7:30 pm.  The filmmaker and actors will be in attendance.