Every time I think I'm getting ahead of the October posts, even more show up!

Yep, it's the MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR, and I'm getting swamped once again.  And the day job isn't going to help, as I'm scheduled to work seven days in a row starting Sunday.  Some days, it just feels like the walls are closing in on me.

Too much happening!  It's overwhelming!!

I will get everything posted at some point, I promise.  For now, here's the Weekly Update, full of great things occurring in the Pacific Northwest this weekend.  And a lot is happening, with even more coming in October.

You can check out the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar and the Halloween Haunted Attraction 2023 page, but I have more to post on both, so keep checking back.  I will get caught up (fingers and tentacles crossed) by next Sunday.

But that will have to wait, as I've got places to be.  Take care, have a great week and I'll be back next Friday with more great things happening under The Shadow Over Portland!

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Happening This Week 

Live Attractions 

Rose City Comic Con 2023 takes place through Sunday, September 24, at the Oregon Convention Center (777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in Portland, OR).  Mark Sheppard (Supernatural, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Doom Patrol), Karen Gillan (Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy), Rebecca A Romijn (the original X-Men trilogy, Satanic Panic), Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy, Avatar, the latest Star Trek trilogy) and Jess Bush (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) are scheduled to appear.

UPDATE: I'll be part of Derek M. Kock's Monster Kid Radio LIVE! - A Decade of Dishing about Monsters panel at 5 pm in the RCCC - Weird Stage - Oregon Ballroom 203, 204 at 5 pm.  Stop by, say hi, and listen to the panel talk about MONSTERS!

Spirit of Halloweentown (in St Helens, OR) opens today and runs through Halloween Night.  Visit the link for all the details, which are too numerous to list here, including celebrities appearances, haunted attractions, parades and MORE!

UPDATE: The Cauldron Sisters, organizers of the St Helens Witch Dance 2023, will be at Halloweentown.  Visit the link to find out when they'll be about.

UPDATE: Peter Facunelli, Jackson Rathbone and Maggie Grace (from the Twilight Saga) will be in attendance Saturday and Sunday, September 16 and 17. 

UPDATE: The Circus Monster Mash visits St Helens on Friday, September 22 at 4:30 and 7:30 pm at the St. Helens Armory (474 S 7th St in St Helens, OR).  Visit the link to purchase tickets.

Hidden Worlds: The Films of LAIKA is open at the Museum of Pop Culture (located in the Seattle Center; 325 5th Ave N in Seattle, WA).  The exhibit features never-before-seen artifacts from the Laika production studios, immersive set displays, character interactive and a sneak peek at the studio's next feature, Wildwood.  The exhibit will be open through Summer 2024.

 

The Museum of Pop Culture (325 5th Ave N in Seattle, WA) has Jim Henson puppets and set pieces from the 2019 Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance on display now.  You can read about the display, and the work the museum put into displaying the artifacts, at the link.

Back in Theaters

Creature Feature in the Dark, a drive-in feature with live haunted house performances at Mary S. Young Park (19900 Willamette Dr in West Linn, OR), will show Addam Family Values on Saturday, September 16, followed by Arachnophobia on Saturday, September 23, and the George Romero classic Night of the Living Dead on Saturday, September 30.  All shows start at 8 pm.

The Joy Cinema (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR) has another double feature this week, 1990's classic monster movie Tremors and the 1953 classic It Came from Outer Space in GLORIOUS 3D.  You can come for one or the other, but I say you should make it a double feature!  Plays through Thursday, September 28.

CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) presents Hard Science, a series of down-to-earth sci fi flicks, featuring Children of Men, District 9, Moon, Primer, and Snowpiercer, through Thursday, September 28.  Visit the link for showtimes.

The Revival Series at the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) will screen Brian DePalma's giallo influenced Blow Out (yeah, I'm saying it; prove me wrong) through Thursday, September 28.

The Revival Series at the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) will screen The Dark Knight through Thursday, September 28.

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will show the BATSHIT INSANE IN THE BEST WAYS Japanese horror film Hausu (House) through Sunday, September 24, in GLORIOUS 35mm!  DO NOT miss this on the big screen!!

The Skyline Drive-In (182 SE Brewer Rd in Shelton, WA) is showing Jurassic Park through Sunday, September 24, along with the 50th anniversary edition of American Graffiti.

The Columbia Theatre (212 S 1st St in St Helens, OR) will show The Twilight Saga: Eclipse through Wednesday September 22.

The Liberty Theatre (315 NE 4th Ave in Camas, WA) will show Twilight through Tuesday, September 26.

First Run Features  

The horror film It Lives Inside, about an Indian girl forced to re-embrace her heritage when a Pishacha latches onto her best friend, opens tonight at Metro Cinemas (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 28), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 28), Studio One (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 28), Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 28), the Ark Lodge Cinemas (4816 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA), the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 28), and the Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 28).

Satanic Hispanics, featuring five stories from five Latino "af" directors, is playing at The Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) through Sunday, September 24.

The Nun II is playing at the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 28), the Yelm Cinema (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 28), Studio One (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 28), and the Tracyton Movie House (1520 NE Riddell Rd in Bremerton, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, September 27).

The Australian horror film Talk to Me is showing at the Metro Cinemas (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 28).

The stop-motion animated biography (not sure how historically accurate it will be) of Leonardo da Vinci, The Inventor, is playing at the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 28), and the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 28).

Jules, the sci fi comedy/drama about a man who befriends an ET that crashes in his backyard, is playing at the Yelm Cinema (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 28), and the Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 28).  Not sure if it has to phone home or not, just check it out if you can.

Yeah, Disney's trying it again.  Haunted Mansion is playing at the McMenamins Kennedy School (56736 NE 33rd Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 28), the Cameo Theatre (304 E 1st St in Newberg, OR; scheduled through Monday, September 25) and the 99W Drive-In (3110 Portland Rd in Newberg, OR; scheduled through Sunday, September 24, with 2002's Scooby Doo).

Film Festival Submission Information 

 

The BoneBat Comedy of Horrors Film Fest 2024, taking place on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) is now accepting submissions through Friday, March 1.  Visit the link for details.

DreadFest 2023 is now accepting horror film shorts through October 1, for the festival taking place at the North Bend Theatre (125 Bendigo Blvd N in North Bend, WA) on Friday, October 13.  Visit the link above for details.

Time to start assembling your filmmaking friends for The 15th Annual Guignolfest: 3-Day Horror Film Contest.  For more details, visit the event's Facebook page or website.

Streaming

The Hallow Ian Horror Hour will present twelve horror shorts filmed in the Pacific Northwest on Fridays through October 27, with a marathon starting at 5 pm on Halloween.  You can view it on Seattle College Cable Television, or catch it on YouTube at 8 pm the day after the show airs.

September, 2023

Friday, September 22

This week's Sci-Friday feature at the Joy Cinema (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR) can start a bit earlier, so you can catch Sam Raimi's insane-in-all-the-right-ways superhero film Darkman tonight at 10:30 pm.

The Egyptian Theatre (229 S Broadway in Coos Bay, OR) presents Free Movie Nights, sponsored by Every Child and The United Way, with The Muppet Movie today and E.T. The ExtraTerrestrial tomorrow.  Donations are welcome, and there will be a prize raffle.  Doors open both nights at 5:45 pm, with features starting at 6:30 pm.  Proceeds benefit Every Child's Foster Support Community.

The Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre (508 S Main St in Moscow, ID) will screen My Neighbor Totoro today and tomorrow.

The They Came from Outer Space series continues at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) with a screening of John McTiernan's 1987 classic Predator today at 4 pm.

The They Came from Outer Space series continues at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) with a sing-along screening of the director's cut of Frank Oz's musical horror film Little Shop of Horrors today at 7 pm.

The Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) will screen Neil Breen's sci fi thriller Cade: The Tortured Crossing tonight at 9:15 pm, on Friday, September 29, at 9:15 pm and on Friday, October 13, at 9:15 pm.

The Mondo Trasho series at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen Lara Croft: Tomb Raider tonight at 7:30 pm.

The Denton Delinquents celebrate their 17th anniversary at the Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA) with a "double feature."  It starts tonight with Repo: The Genetic Opera, than concludes tomorrow with The Rocky Horror Picture Show.  Door open and presto takes place at 9 pm.  Admission is $15 per show, or see them both for just $25.

Saturday, September 23

The Oregon Symphony will play John Williams' epic score live during a screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark at 7:30 pm tonight and 2 pm tomorrow at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (1037 SW Broadway in Portland, OR).

The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) will screen the John Carpenter ghostly classic The Fog tonight at 9:30 pm.  The screening is in celebration of Cystic's Palace of Shadows record release, and will feature a live performance after the film.

UPDATE: This event is SOLD OUT.

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will show the controversial Austrian horror film Angst tonight and tomorrow night at 8:45 pm.

Fathom Events brings Howl's Moving Castle to theaters nationwide through Wednesday, September 27.  Click the link to find a theater near you.

Sunday, September 24

Kicking off the Halloween season, the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) presents Final Girls Berlin: Best of 2023 tonight at 7 pm.  The festival showcases horror cinema directed and/or written by women and non-binary filmmakers, and the collection presents seven terrifying new international shorts.

Market for the Strange brings back Scream Season to the Salem Convention Center (200 Commercial St SE in Salem, OR) today from 11 am to 6 pm.  

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will screen a new restoration of Ringu (The Ring) tonight at 9:30 pm.

The They Came from Outer Space series continues at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) with a 4K restoration of the classic 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers today at 1 pm.

The They Came from Outer Space series continues at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) with Arrival today at 4 pm.  Of course, you'll find a link to the entire series, and a link to purchase a pass to the full series, at the link above.

The They Came from Outer Space series continues at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) with the 1958 classic, The Blob, tonight at 7 pm.  Of course, you'll find a link to the entire series, and a link to purchase a pass to the full series, at the link above.

Monday, September 25

Cross-Faded Cinema presents the silent sci fi classic Metropolis, with DJ Nicfit providing a new soundtrack to the film, at the Here-After (2505 1st Ave in Seattle, WA; enter through the alley, as creepy as that sounds).  The film starts at 7 pm, with an opening set by Sho Nuph.  Doors open at 6 pm.

The Australian horror film Talk to Me is at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) tonight at 9:30 pm, and Wednesday, September 27, at 9:30 pm.

The They Came from Outer Space series continues at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) with the sci fi comedy Men in Black tonight at 7 pm.

Tuesday, September 26

The They Came from Outer Space series continues at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) with Attack the Block tonight at 7 pm.

Wednesday, September 27

Church of Film brings Pupi Avati's Gothic horror film The Arcane Sorcerer to the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) tonight at 7 pm.

The Moscow Film Society presents the 4K restoration of Oldboy at 7 pm tonight at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre (508 S Main St in Moscow, ID).

Thursday, September 28

The They Came from Outer Space series continues at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) with Contact tonight at 7 pm.

The latest sci fi film from Gareth Edwards (Monsters, Godzilla, Rouge One: A Star Wars Story), The Creator, opens tonight at the St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 5), the Liberty Theatre (315 NE 4th Ave in Camas, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 5), Studio One (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 5), the Columbia Theatre (212 S 1st St in St Helens, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 5), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 5), the Mt. Hood Theatre (401 E Powell Blvd in Gresham, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 5),  The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, October 14), Metro Cinemas (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 5), the Yelm Cinema (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 5), Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 5), and the following McMenamin locations: the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 5), the Grand Lodge (3505 Pacific Ave in Forest Grove, OR; opens on Friday, September 29 through Thursday, October 12), the Old St Francis (700 NW Bond St in Bend, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 5), the Olympic Club (112 N Tower Ave in Centralia, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 12), the Power Station (2126 SW Halsey St in Troutdale, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 12), and the St Johns Pub (8203 N Ivanhoe St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, October 11). 

It opens on Friday, September 29, at  the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 5).

Ready or not, Saw X opens today at Studio One (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 5), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 5), and the Yelm Cinema (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 5).

Friday, September 29

Experience Theatre Project brings Misery: A Live Immersive Theatrical Event to the Beaverton Masonic Lodge (4690 SW Watson in Beaverton, OR) through Saturday, October 28.  This performance of the Stephen King novel will be performed in an immersive fashion, placing the audience within inches of the performers.  The performance is recommended for those 13 and older.  No surprise there.

The North Bend Theatre (125 Bendigo Blvd N in North Bend, WA) is showing the William Castle classic House on Haunted Hill, starring Vincent Price, today and tomorrow at 7 pm.

Body Academics brings its phantasmagorical, psycho-sexual sci fi musical Evil Babylon to the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) tonight at 7 pm.

Weird Elephant at The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) presents the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers tonight and tomorrow night at 10 pm.

The They Came from Outer Space series continues at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) with 1988's amazing remake of The Blob tonight at 7 pm.  Of course, you'll find a link to the entire series, and a link to purchase a pass to the full series, at the link above.

The They Came from Outer Space series continues at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) with the Steven Spielberg classic E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial today at 4 pm.  Of course, you'll find a link to the entire series, and a link to purchase a pass to the full series, at the link above.

Saturday, September 30

VHS Uber Allies brings a twisted psychopath's killing spree to The Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA).  Could the killer, who's sawing off the heads of cute young girls, be the local tree surgeon, who wears a potato-sack hood and aviator goggles?  You'll have to attend the screening tonight at 9:30 pm in GLORIOUS VHS to find out!

The They Came from Outer Space series at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) will show the Ed Wood classic Plan 9 from Outer Space today at 1 pm.  Of course, you'll find a link to the entire series, and a link to purchase a pass to the full series, at the link above.

The They Came from Outer Space series continues at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) with Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! in GLORIOUS 35mm today at 4 pm.

The They Came from Outer Space series concludes at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) with Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind tonight at 7 pm.

October 2023

Sunday, October 1

Kick off the spooky season with The Moment: Nightmare before Halloween tonight at 7 pm tonight at Misfits Bar and Lounge (2530 NE 82nd Ave in Portland, OR).  The event features Landon Cider, winner of The Boulet Brothers Dracula Season 3, spine-tingling beats by DJ QueerCub, a collection of terrifying performers, and MUCH MORE!  This is a 21 and older event.

The School of Magic and Magical Vendor Market opens its doors from 11 am to 5 pm today at Stadium High School (111 N E St in Tacoma, WA).  The Magical Vendor market is open to the public (but please RSVP), but scheduled classes are limited, so get your tickets now!

The Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) brings a 4K restoration of the 1953 classic Invaders from Mars to the big screen through Sunday, October 8.  This is the film that made me the monster kid I am, and I really recommend checking it out on the big screen!  I'd be there if I could!!

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen Neil Jordan's vampire film Byzantium tonight at 7 pm.

The Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA) will screen the 1957 horror film Zombies of Mora Tau, starring Allison Hayes, today at 1:45 pm.

Fathom Events brings the extended director's cut of William Friedkin's The Exorcist to theaters nationwide tonight and on Wednesday, October 4.  Visit the link to find a theater near you.