Well, I'm almost caught up on all the great events I've found, but that might not last...

Okay, I know I said not to tempt the Fates last week, yet here I am, doing it again.  I only have a few more events on my Facebook Page to add to the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar (hope to get that done on my weekend), but I know that might not last for long.  First off, my schedule at work will be changing for a while in mid-December, and I have no idea how that will affect my time on the site.  And, of course, there's always the possibility that even more great events will start flooding my email and Facebook Page.

 It's like being stalked by a slasher.  I won't know they're coming until the scalpel's in your back.

I'll have to wait for the decision of the Fates, but for now, the Weekly Update is out and I've got lots of great events to share with Pacific Northwest Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Fans. Scroll down for details on the return of Godzilla, geeky holiday bazaars and stage productions, great movies and your chance to have a photo taken with Krampus.  Check it out! 

As I mentioned earlier, I hope to have the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar up to date early next week.  I know I have a couple of haunted holiday attractions to add, but you know there will be more to come, so keep checking back!

Well, that's all I have this week.  If you celebrated Thanksgiving, I hope you had a great day.  Stay safe, and I'll be back next Friday with more great things happening under The Shadow Over Portland.

Happening This Week

Live Attractions 

Kate Hamill's adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really, will be at the U.S. Bank Main Stage at the Portland Center Stage at the Armory (128 NW 11th Ave in Portland, OR) through Sunday, December 24.  Sounds like a great way to spend Christmas Eve!  The show is in previews from Sunday, November 26 to Thursday, November 30, with the opening on Friday, December 1.  

Alberta Abbey (126 NE Alberta St in Portland, OR) presents The Empire Strips Back: A Burlesque Parody through Saturday, December 9.  This is an 18 and older event. 

Jurassic Quest roars back into the Pacific Northwest, stopping first at the Clark County Event Center (17402 NE Delfel Rd in Ridgefield, WA) through Sunday, November 26.  The event will be at the Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center (3800 SW Airport Wy in Redmond, WA) from Friday, December 1, to Sunday, December 3, stopping in the Ford Idaho Sports Center (16200 N Idaho Center Blvd in Nampa, ID) from Friday, December 8 through Sunday, December 10, with a final stop at the Washington State Fairgrounds (100 9th Ave SW in Puyallup, WA) from Friday, December 15, to Sunday, December 17.

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

The classic fantasy The Princess Bride is playing at the Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA; scheduled through Monday, November 27).

It's A Very CineMagic Christmas II at CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthrone Blvd in Portland, OR), with Joe Dante's holiday horror classic Gremlins, and action classic Die Hard, being screened through Thursday, November 30.  Click on the link for days and showtimes.

The Tracyton Movie House (1520 NE Riddell Rd in Bremerton, WA) is showing World War Z tonight, Sunday and Wednesday, November 24, 26 and 29.

Ridley Scott's sci fi/noir film Blade Runner is playing at the Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, November 29).  I think the theater is showing the Final Cut.

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is playing at McMenamin's Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, November 30).

The Olympia Film Society Kids Club presents Jim Henson's dark fantasy Labyrinth at 1 pm every Sunday this month at the Capitol Theater (206 5th Ave SE in Olympia, WA).  Kids 12 and under are admitted FREE.

First Run Features  

Eli Roth's latest horror film, Thanksgiving (based on the faux trailer that played in Grindhouse) is playing Studio One (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, November 30), and the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, November 30).

The film adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy's is playing at the Yelm Cinema (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, November 29).

The dark comedy fantasy Dream Scenario, starring Nicolas Cage, is playing at Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, November 30) and the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, December 6).

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.

November, 2023

Friday, November 24

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) is presenting a one night only, 45th anniversary screening of George Romero's classic Dawn of the Dead tonight at 9:15 pm.  

Mondo Trasho at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen the Thanksgiving slasher Blood Rage tonight at 7:30 pm.

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, about a young vampire too sensitive to kill who meets a teenage boy with suicidal tendencies, tonight at 7 pm.

Saturday, November 25

The Denton Delinquents present A Cult Cinema Variety Showcase at 7:30 pm tonight at the Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA).

Geek the Halls returns to the Lloyd Center DoubleTree (1000  NE Multnomah St in Portland, OR) this weekend for you to buy gifts for your geeky friends, and a few for yourself!

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will show The Cassandra Cat, about a magician, an acrobat and their magical cat that can reveal people's true nature, today and tomorrow at 3 pm.

Pipe Organ Pictures at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, with organist Dean Lemire performing his original score on the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ, tonight at 7 pm.

Sunday, November 26

The cult classic Killer Klowns from Outer Space is playing at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) tonight at 9 pm.  Actor Harrod Blank, who played Rudy Klown (as well as other alien klowns) will be present for a Q and A.

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will screen Suitable Flesh, based on the H. P. Lovecraft story The Thing on the Doorstep, tonight at 9 pm.

SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) is showing Lars van Trier's long unavailable cult TV phenomenon The Kingdom II, today starting at 12 pm.

Monday, November 27

50 Years of SIFF brings the sci fi thriller WarGames (filmed in Seattle) to the SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) back to the big screen tonight at 5 pm.

50 Years of SIFF brings Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock to SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) tonight at 7:30 pm, and on Sunday, December 3, at 4:30 pm.

Tuesday, November 28

Eddie Alcazar's post-apocalyptic sci fi satire Divinity (which was shot on black and white 16mm) will be shown in GLORIOUS 35mm at The Grand Illusion (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) tonight, on Thursday, November 30, and Thursday, December 7, at 7:30 pm. 

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will screen Neil Breen's sci fi thriller Cade: The Tortured Crossing tonight at 7 pm.

The Moscow Film Society is bringing the director's cut of Terry Gilliam's dystopian sci fi film Brazil to the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre (508 S Main St in Moscow, ID) tonight at 7 pm.

Wednesday, November 29

A Disturbance in the Force, a documentary on The Star Wars Holiday Special, is playing at the Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA) tonight at 7 pm.

In celebration of 60 years of Dr. Who, Re-Run Theater at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) is screening on of the most popular episodes, featuring the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker), a mad, deformed dictator named Davros, and a relentless robot army programed to EXTERMINATE any inferior race.  The show starts at 7:30 pm.

The Oscar winning multiverse film Everything Everywhere All at Once is playing at the Whiteside Theatre (361 SW Madison Ave in Corvallis, OR) tonight at 7 pm.

Thursday, November 30

The dark comedy fantasy Dream Scenario, starring Nicolas Cage, is playing at The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA; scheduled through Thursday, December 7),  and Metro Cinemas (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 7).

It opens on Friday, December 1, at the Lauralhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 7).

It opens on Friday, November 24, at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, December 6).

Godzilla Minus One is playing at  Studio One (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 7),  the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 7), and the Yelm Cinema (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, December 7).

It opens on Friday, December 1, at CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthrone Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, December 7), and the Ark Lodge Cinemas (4816 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Sunday, December 10).

John Woo's action Christmas film Silent Night is playing at the Yelm Cinema (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, December 7).

The Roxy Bremerton (270 4th St in Bremerton, WA) will show the holiday horror film Krampus tonight at 7 pm.  You can read my review of the film here.

The Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre (508 S Main St in Moscow, ID) will show Stanley Kubrick's sci fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey tonight at 7 pm.

December, 2023

Friday, December 1

GuignolFest brings The Richard Elfman Fantasy Insanity Night! to the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) tonight starting at 5 pm.  Richard and Anastasia Elfman will be in attendance, performing a live music and burlesque show.  The show includes screenings of the director's cut of the cult film Forbidden Zone, as well as Aliens, Clowns and Geeks, and the new horror comedy Bloody Bridget.  That's one full night of fun and gore!

The Mondo Trasho series at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen the horror comedy Santa's Slay, featuring wrestler Goldberg as the murderous old elf, tonight at 7:30 pm.  You can read my review of the film here.

Joe Dante's horror holiday classic, Gremlins, is playing at the Tracyton Movie House (1520 NE Riddell Rd in Bremerton, WA) tonight, Sunday and Wednesday, December 1, 3 and 6.

The 1990 live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be shown in GLORIOUS 35mm at The Grand Illusion (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Sunday, December 3).

The Liberty Theatre (315 NE 4th Ave in Camas, WA) will show Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone tonight at 8 pm.

Saturday, December 2

Brooklyn-based Charming Disaster joins Strange and the Familiars and Jet Black Pearl for a night of mystic, magical music at Mississippi Pizza (3552 N Mississippi Ave in Portland, OR) tonight at 8 pm.  Doors open at 7 pm.

Black Lodge Burlesque: A Night of Cabaret Inspired by David Lynch takes to the stage at 9 pm tonight at the Star Theater (13 NW 6th Ave in Portland, OR).  Doors open at 8 pm.

Photos with Portland's Krampus VIP Experience in Sellwood take place from 10 am to 6 pm today at Shwop (7126 SE Milwaukie Ave in Portland, OR).  Reservations are required, so visit the link and book your appointment with the Christmas demon.

The Star Wars Holiday Special is playing at the Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA) tonight at 7:30 pm.

The Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA) will show the holiday fantasy classic It's a Wonderful Life today at 1:30 pm, and tomorrow morning at 10 am.

Sunday, December 3

The Krampus Bazaar takes place from noon to 6 pm today at The Church Cantina (5240 S Tacoma Way in Tacoma, WA).  Get your photo taken with Krampus, do some dark holiday shopping and even watch the Santa parade as it happens outside the cantina, and MORE!  Visit the link for details.

Market for the Strange: Krampus Night takes place from 11 am to 6 pm today at the Salem Convention Center (200 Commercial St SE in Salem, OR).  Time to get your holiday shopping done for the Strange ones in your life, and maybe something for yourself!

SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA) will show a new restoration from the original 35mm negative of the holiday horror classic Silent Night, Deadly Night today at 2 pm.

S.I.N. Sunday at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen the film that basically killed Michael Powell's career, the now considered a classic Peeping Tom tonight at 7 pm.  Present your OLCC or food handlers' card at the box office for $5 admission.