Okay, it's not THE MOST WONDERFUL DAY OF THE YEAR quite yet, but I wanted to get this edition of the Weekly Update out early, for a couple of reasons. First off, you still have a chance to catch a few movies that end on October 30, so if you're looking for some pre-Halloween fun, check out the Now Playing section below. Also, I found a few more great Halloween events, like the screening of White Zombie at Bunsenbrewer in Sandy, OR, or Lloyd Kaufman's stop at the Barnes and Noble in Clackamas, OR, that you might want to check out.
Finally, tomorrow is Halloween, and that's enough of a reason for The Shadow Over Portland office to close and allow our employees (okay, me) to celebrate THE MOST WONDERFUL DAY OF THE YEAR watching movies, dressing up, or visiting a haunted location or two.
But no need to worry about post-Halloween blues setting in, Pacific Northwest Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Fans. Just check out the great movies,
stage events and conventions coming our way during the first week of November. It might not be the Halloween season, but that doesn't mean we won't be having a wonderful time under The Shadow Over Portland.
And don't forget, if you're looking to catch the greatest Christmas movie ever made, I'll be posting all the screenings of Die Hard I can find, as well as the other great holiday classics like Silent Night, Deadly Night, Gremlins and the like. No need to suffer through normal cable Christmas movie marathons, just keep checking out the site for the strange, wonderful Christmas events coming to the Pacific Northwest!
You can start planning the rest of the year now by visiting the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar now. I've already posted a couple of haunted attractions, some great Thanksgiving and Christmas horror films, and a bunch of great geeky bazaars coming to the Pacific Northwest. And I've posted some amazing events coming in 2019, so you can start planning for the New Year! As always, I suggest you keep checking back, as I update the page every time I find something to share.
If you want your Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy event listed on the site, all you need to do is email me at shadowoverportland@live.com with the details and promotional artwork, and I'll do the rest. Well, everything but sending you a bill, as having your event posted on The Shadow Over Portland is FREE!
Again, have a wonderful Halloween, everyone. Have a scary, treat-filled evening, with a few fun little tricks, and I'll be back in November!
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The Masters of Practical Effects series at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) opens today at 2 pm with a screening of Harry and the Hendersons
in GLORIOUS 35mm, and special effects wizard Rick Baker in attendance!
For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The Masters of Practical Effects series at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) continues at 7 pm with a screening of Gremlins
in GLORIOUS 35mm, and special effects wizard Chris Walas in attendance!
For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The Masters of Practical Effects series at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) concludes at 7 pm tonight with a screening of An American Werewolf in London
in GLORIOUS 35mm, and special effects wizard Rick Baker in attendance!
For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
Now Playing
After a brief break for the cosmic horrors of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, Nicholas Cage brings his brand of crazy back to The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR). The action/horror film Mandy plays through Thursday, November 1. For more details and advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
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It's October and that means the city of St Helens, OR celebrates the Spirit of Halloweentown.
The celebration runs through October and will be full of great events, dances, haunted
attractions and MUCH MORE! The celebration takes place all month, so
head to discovercolumbiacounty.com
and take a look at all the great things to do. And be sure to keep
checking back, as new events will be listed as THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME
OF THE YEAR approaches.
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The new Halloween is showing The Hollywood Theatre
(4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR). The film is currently scheduled
to run until Thursday, November 8. For more details and advance ticket
sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The McMenamins Mission Theater
(1624 NW Glisan in Portland, OR) continues their celebration of THE MOST
WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR with another wichty feature, Hocus Pocus,
screening through Halloween night. For showtimes and advance
ticket sales, visit the Mission Theater website.
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The Dragonfly Cinema (822 Bay St in Port Orchard, WA) presents the seasonal classic Halloween through Tuesday, October 30. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) concludes its Halloween celebration by screening two horror classics, A Nightmare on Elm Street and From Beyond. The film plays through Thursday, November 1. Visit the Academy Theater website for more details and showtimes.
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The All Monsters Attack! series at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) brings the horror/comedy The Cabin in the Woods to the screen in GLORIOUS 35mm. The film will run
through Tuesday, October 30. For more details, visit the Grand Illusion website.
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The All Monsters Attack! series at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) presents another great modern horror/comedy, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, in GLORIOUS 35mm. The film will run
through Tuesday, October 30. For more details, visit the Grand Illusion website.
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Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) will show the witchy camp classic Hocus Pocus through Halloween night. For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the Central Cinema website.
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Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) will show Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn
through Halloween night. The late showing on Tuesday, October 30, will
be in Hecklevision. For more details and advance ticket sales, visit
the Central Cinema website.
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The Dragonfly Cinema (822 Bay St in Port Orchard, WA) presents Beetlejuice through Tuesday, October 30. For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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If you missed the Scare-A-Thon at The Joy Cinema and Pub (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR) last weekend, you can still catch a few of the films this week through Halloween. Evil Dead 2 plays Monday and Tuesday, October 29 and 30, with Revenge of the Creature in 3D, Shaun of the Dead and Freaks playing on Halloween night. For more details and showtimes, visit The Joy Cinema website.
October, 2018
Tuesday, October 30
The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) presents The Eyeslicer Halloween Special tonight at 7:30 pm. touring punk rock TV show The Eyeslicer
presents a feature-length show featuring a dozen segments of
spine-tingling terror only in theaters and limited edition VHS. For
more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Hollywood Theatre
(4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) ends the MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF
THE YEAR by celebrating the 30th anniversary of the ghost with the most,
Beetlejuice, tonight and Halloween night at 7:30 pm in GLORIOUS
35mm. For more details, including Halloween night extras and advance
ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The Nerd Out (3308 SE Belmont St in Portland, OR) is hosting a Kids Halloween Party
tonight from 4 to 8 pm. Kids in costume eat for FREE, and of course,
there will be candy (but parents are in charge of sugary treat
distribution). For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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Community Movie Night and Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR) present a CMNYK Halloween Double Feature that the Master would approve! Watch the digital restoration of Manos: The Hands of Fate, followed by the locally shot sequel, Manos Returns,
starting at 7 pm. Jackey Raye Neyman Jones (Debbie in both films) will
be in attendance, as well as the sequel's director, Tonjia Atomic, and
director of photography Joe Sherlock. Expect trivia, raffles and a
costume contest, so wear your best Manos costume! For more details and a
link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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Pit your wisecracking skills against a master, when Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) presents Evil Dead 2 in Hecklevision tonight at 9:30 pm. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The second annual Nightmare Emporium - Halloween Film Festival concludes with a screening of different independently produced horror
shorts. Anthology Three screens at 7 and 9:30 pm tonight at Northwest Film Forum
(1515 12th Ave in Seattle, WA). For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show The Crow, starring the late Brandon Lee, at 8:10 pm tonight. For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch will play at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) at 5:45 pm this evening. For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Wednesday, October 31
Get ready to do the Time Warp Again, as the Olympia Film Society and Broadway Olympia Productions host The Rocky Horror Show, a LIVE production at the Capitol Theater
(206 5th Ave SE in Olympia, WA). The show runs through November 4.
For more details, including showtimes and a link to advance ticket
sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The All Monsters Attack! series at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) concludes with a screening of Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound,
in GLORIOUS 35mm. Presented by the Sprocket Society, the program
includes a second secret film presented in GLORIOUS 16mm, Frankenstein-y
short films and MORE! Showtime is 7 pm. For more details, visit the Grand Illusion website.
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Celebrate the opening of the 45th Northwest Filmmakers' Festival Opening Night at the Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park Ave in Portland, OR), as the Fields (Sunken) Ballroom hosts Scary-Oke: A Singalong Seance tonight at 8 pm. Hosted by the Northwest Film Center, partygoers can join Portland band The OK Chorale PDX
in songs by dead musicians. Dress in costume and compete for prizes in
the contest, or check out the masquerading monsters, seance room and
pop up performances. For more details, including advance ticket sales
(included in the ticket price for the opening night feature, My Summer as a Goth, or purchase a ticket for the party alone), visit the Northwest Film Center website or Facebook Event Page.
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The Northwest Film ForumSchlock and Awe: Reagan-Era Horror series presents Brian Yuzna's Society at 8 pm tonight at the Northwest Film Forum (1515 12th Ave in Seattle, WA). For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR) invites you to spend Halloween evening with Nosferatu the Vampyre. The 1979 West German remake of the 1922 silent classic plays at 7 pm tonight. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Burly-Q Halloween Revue takes place tonight at the Jack London Revue
(529 SW 4th Ave in Portland, OR). The featured performer is 2017 Queen
of the Oregon Burlesque Festival Natasha Riot. The show starts after
the bands perform (around midnight). For more details, including the
other performers and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Frye Art Museum (704 Terry Ave in Seattle, WA) is hosting a Special Halloween Tour
today at 11:30 am. The display will allow you to explore the Munich
Secessionists' obsession with seances, the occult and primal human
urges, with contemporary works from the special exhibition Group
Therapy. The tour is intended
for those 16 and older. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) continues The Rocky Horror Picture Show Halloween Extravaganza
tonight. Get ready to do the Time Warp again, as the film plays
several times tonight and tomorrow, with a Halloween night screening.
Should you miss out, the film will also play on Saturday, November 3.
The Clinton Street Cabaret will perform an amazing Halloween preshow.
For more details, including showtimes and a link to advance ticket sales
(highly recommended, as last year's screenings sold out), visit the Facebook Event Page.
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It's a Wild Wednesday Halloween tonight at Bunsenbrewer (16506 SE 362nd Dr in Sandy, OR), as Public Domain Xinema and Community Movie Night presents the great Bela Lugosi in White Zombie. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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Director and owner of Troma Studios Lloyd Kaufman will be at the Clackamas Barnes and Noble (12000 SE 82nd Ave in Clackamas, OR) for a celebration of the book The Art of Troma at 7 pm. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
November, 2018
Thursday, November 1
The Northwest Film ForumSchlock and Awe: Reagan-Era Horror series concludes with a screening of the 4K restoration of John Carpenter's The Fog. The film screens through Saturday, November 3, at the Northwest Film Forum (1515 12th Ave in Seattle, WA). For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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Bubblegum and Duct Tape Productions presents The Thing: A Stage Parody at the Funhouse Lounge
(2432 SE 11th Ave in Portland, OR). The production runs through
Saturday, November 10. For more details, including showtimes and a link
to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Saloon Ensemble's Nitemare B4 Xmas 2018 opens at The Alberta Rose Theatre
(3000 NE Alberta St in Portland, OR). The show plays at 8 pm tonight,
tomorrow and Saturday, with a 3 pm show on Sunday, November 4. The
event features a 10 piece orchestra for a live performance of the Danny
Elfman score, with a sing-a-long, costume contest (Day of the Dead or
film related) and MUCH MORE. For more details and a link to advance
ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
Friday, November 2
Tour Port Townsend and Twisted History Tours brings the 2018 Witches' Grand Ball to the Manresa Castle Hotel
(651 Cleveland St in Port Townsend, WA) tonight and tomorrow. No
further details are available at this time, so check back here or at the
Facebook Event Page later.
UPDATE: This event has been cancelled.
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The Willamette Radio Workshop presents PDX Radio Theatre Live! tonight and tomorrow at 8 pm. The event takes place at the Twilight Theater Company
(7515 N Brandon Ave in Portland, OR) and features two audio dramas in
the style of vintage radio. For more details and a link to advance
ticket sales (available on October 4), visit the Facebook Event Page.
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WYRD WAR and AFRU Gallery (534 SE Oak St in Portland, OR) present Shadow of Demons: Hand-Painted Movie Posters from Ghana.
The grand opening is tonight at 6 pm, with a presentation from
Chicago's Deadly Prey Gallery owner Brian Chankin, and music provided by
DJ Dennis Dread. The show is open weekends through Friday, November
30. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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Fandom Fantastique presents Nefarious: A Burlesque Tribute to the Villains We Love to Hate at 8 pm tonight at Game Pub
(881 Willamette St in Eugene, OR). You must be 21 or older to attend.
The event includes games, a raffle, a villainous costume contest and
MUCH MORE! For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
Saturday, November 3
The Jet City Comic Show takes place this weekend at the Tacoma Convention Center (1500 Broadway in Tacoma, WA). Visit the Facebook Event Page, or the Jet City website, for more details.
UPDATE: Sam Jones (Flash Gordon) will be at the con.
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The KBOO 50th Anniversary Series at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) presents the '60s exploitation film Wild in the Streets
tonight at 7:30 pm. The film follows a psychedelic rock band that
takes over the United States once the voting age is lowered to 16. For
more details and advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) invites you to Return to Nuke Em High, Vol. 2.
Director and founder of Troma Entertainment Lloyd Kaufman will be in
attendance for a post-screening Q and A. For more details and advance
ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
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Weird Elephant at The Grand Cinema (606 S Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) screens David Cronenberg's adaptation of Stephen King's The Dead Zone tonight at 11 pm. For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
Sunday, November 4
Market Obscura,
a darkly peculiar pop-up market featuring an eclectic mix of vendors
from Portland and around the Pacific Northwest, heads to the White Owl Social Club
(1305 SE 8th Ave in Portland, OR). Admission into the market is FREE,
but you must be 21 or older to attend. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
Monday, November 5
The Clinton Resistance Series presents the cult classic Repo Man, at 7 pm tonight at the Clinton Street Theater
(2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR). Tonight's nonprofit recipient is
Kinship House, dedicated to helping children touched by foster care and
adoption. For more details, and advance ticket sales, visit the Clinton Street Theater website.
Thursday, November 8
Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) will show a Hecklevision presentation of Dune tonight at 8 pm. For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
Friday, November 9
Orycon 40 comes to the Red Lion on the River-Jantzen Beach (909 N Hayden Island Dr in Portland, OR) this weekend. For a list of guests and scheduled events (when available), visit the Facebook Event Page or the Orycon website.
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The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live 30th Anniversary Tour comes to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (1037 SW Broadway in Portland, OR) for two separate shows tonight. The first show at 7 pm features The Brain, with the 10 pm show features the film Deathstalker. Please note, each show is ticketed separately. For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Into The Shadows Festival runs this weekend at the High Water Mark Lounge
(6800 NE M L King Blvd in Portland, OR). the event features at least
twelve local darkwave bands over two nights. You must be 21 or older to
attend. For more details, including the lineup of bands and links to
advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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Tonight's Friday Late Movie at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) is Back to the Future. The show starts at 11:15 pm. For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
Saturday, November 10
Splatterdays continues at the Dragonfly Cinema (822 Bay St in Port Orchard, WA) withSwedish splatter comedy Evil Ed.
Doors open at 9 pm, with the movie starting at 9:30 pm. Arrive early
so you have a chance to win a trivia or raffle prize! For more details,
visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Oddmall Emporium of the Weird Holiday Show takes place this weekend at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds
(14405 179th Ave SE in Monroe, WA). The Emporium is open from 10 am to
6 pm on Saturday, November 10, and from 11 am to 5 pm on Sunday,
November 11. Admission is FREE. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Masters of Practical Effects series at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) opens today at 2 pm with a screening of Harry and the Hendersons
in GLORIOUS 35mm, and special effects wizard Rick Baker in attendance!
For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The Masters of Practical Effects series at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) continues at 7 pm with a screening of Gremlins
in GLORIOUS 35mm, and special effects wizard Chris Walas in attendance!
For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
Sunday, November 11
Glaudio Simonetti's Goblin will perform at the Hawthorne Theatre (1507 SE 39th Ave in Portland, OR) tonight at 7 pm. The event includes a LIVE score accompaniment to Dario Argento's Suspiria, and an additional live set. Visit the Facebook Event Page for more details and a link to advance ticket sales.
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The Masters of Practical Effects series at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) concludes at 7 pm tonight with a screening of An American Werewolf in London
in GLORIOUS 35mm, and special effects wizard Rick Baker in attendance!
For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
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Fathom Events brings the greatest Christmas movie ever made, Die Hard,
to theaters nationwide tonight and on Wednesday, November 14, at 2 and 7
pm. For the location of a theater near you and advance ticket sales,
visit the Fathom Events page.
A month ago, my friend Derek Koch (of Monster Kid Radio, a podcast you need to check out) posted his answers to Vincent Price Tag on his YouTube channel (you can see his responses here) and tagged me to play along. Of course, it was bad timing for me, as THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR was gearing up and I was swamped with posting all the events happening under The Shadow Over Portland during October. But now, I've got the time to post my answers to his request. So, time for Vincent Price Tag!
1) What is your favorite Vincent Price horror film?
Wow, nothing better than starting with one of the hardest questions you could as me about Vincent Price. So many of his horror films are favorites of mine, it's hard to narrow it down to just one.
I love his work with William Castle, his Poe films with Roger Corman, and his two turns as Phibes. I have to say, Theater of Blood is just amazing and high on my favorite list, as the film allows him to play Shakespeare characters while dispatching the critics that derided his performances (bit of poetic justice in that one). But I'm going to reach into his work with Corman and chose The Pit and the Pendulum.
Price plays Nicholas Median, a man tormented by his past and the death of his wife, Elizabeth (Barbara Steele) in his father's torture chamber. As the film plays out, we discover Elizabeth's death is part of a scheme to drive Nicholas insane, but the plot has some unexpected side effects, as Nicholas begins channeling the personality of his father and reactivates the tools in the dungeon, including the massive pendulum.
I'm choosing this film for Price's performance. He's terrific playing a man tortured by his family history and its effects on his life, but that's no surprise. He played a similar character in House of Usher a year earlier. And his performance in 1963's The Haunted Palace, based on H. P. Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, echoes his work here, as a good man influenced (okay, possessed) by the spirit of an evil ancestor.
You wanted me crazy, you got me at my craziness!
But it's the change he undergoes from victim to villain in this film that elevates this film to the top of my list. After he's driven insane, Price's pitiful laughter turns maniacal with such conviction, it's chilling. And his physical performance sells the change. It's one of the best scenes in all the Poe films, and one of Price's finest moments. And the final shot still sends chills down my spine. If you haven't seen this film, stop reading this and watch it!
2) What is your favorite Vincent Price non-horror film?
You might think this would be easier to answer, but it's not. Is The Fly and The Last Man on Earth horror or sci fi? Is The House on Haunted Hill and The Bat more a thriller than a horror film? Well, those are all candidates for non-horror favorites in my mind, but I'm going to go with his brief performance in Edward Scissorhands.
He's not onscreen for long, but he makes the most of his role. His death scene is SO GOOD, it's impossible not to feel his pain upon leaving his creation/surrogate son incomplete. It's a heartbreaking moment, not just for the titular character, but the audience as well.
I'm not crying, you're crying!
It's not easy picking any Price role as your favorite, as he's always so good. But for some reason, this one hits me every damn time.
3) Who would win in a fight between Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee?
You have no idea how much I would pay to see a movie with Price, Cushing and Lee battling it out. It would be an EPIC struggle, but I suspect Price would come out on top, if the combat wasn't limited to strict physical might.
Let's be honest, Lee would win a physical contest with little effort. Anyone who doesn't have to imagine the sound of a knife entering someone's back knows how to win a physical confrontation. And Lee's just so damn imposing, it's going to put his opponents at a severe disadvantage.
Not that Cushing couldn't hold his own. He might not be the powerhouse Lee is, but he's scrappy and not afraid to mix it up, should the occasion arise.
Amazing how such good friends could beat the crap
out of each other in front of the camera.
Price never showed any ability in a physical altercation in his roles, but he's smart and a great manipulator. His roles as Dr. Phibes, Frederick Loren and Edward Lionheart shows he can set up events to his favor. I see this battle ending up between Lee and Cushing, with Price sitting on the sidelines, sipping champagne and admiring his work setting up the battle and waiting to take out the weakened victor. That would be so Price-like.
Never mind those two beating each other up in the corner,
my dear. More champagne?
4) What was the better Vincent Price contribution to a musical album - his work on Michael Jackson's Thriller or his participation on Alice Cooper's Welcome to My Nightmare?
Damn, these questions are HARD! But I have to go with Thriller on this one. His work with Cooper is great, but Cooper was already scary, with his dark lyrics and shock rock stage shows. However, Michael Jackson was, well, so innocent (at the time), I doubt anyone would feel the same emotional impact from Thriller if Jackson was the only vocal performer in the song. Music video hype aside, it's Price's creepy vocals that sends a chill down my spine every time.
I doubt even Rick Baker's amazing makeup would make this a scary video
without Price's "funk of forty thousand years."
5) If you could replace one actor in any horror film with Vincent Price, what role would you choose?
Well, this is the first easy one for me. I'd replace Vincent Price for Colin Clive in Frankenstein and its sequel, Bride of Frankenstein. I know that's two films, but this is a two-for-one sale in my mind.
Wait, what the hell are you talking about?
I'm awesome in this role!
I'm not saying Clive's performance is lacking. He's terrific in the role and sells Frankenstein's "monster mania" to the hilt. But I'd love to hear Price crying "It's alive. ALIVE! Now I know what it feels like to be God!" And watching Price switch from maniacal to remorseful creator would be amazing. And to see him in Bride, with its wicked sense of humor, would be a performance for the ages.
Man, it would be wonderful!
6) If you met Vincent Price in a movie, he would probably kill you. How would you want to be killed by Vincent Price?
I can't imagine how much I would pay to be killed by Vincent Price in a movie. If he was Kickstarting a movie and one of the rewards was a death scene, I would have to declare bankruptcy the next day.
As to how I'd want to meet my cinematic demise, the choice is easy. While Price has eliminated his victims in amazing ways, I would want to go in a Phibes-like trap.
Here. let me adjust that for you.
That mask looks a bit loose.
The Phibes movies have such amazing kills, it would be an honor to be taken out by such a maniacal genius. Not only would it be themed, but it would be spectacular. If you can't die peacefully in your sleep, might as well be in a manner that will induce nightmares for the witnesses.
Yep, I'm that morbid.
7) Vincent Price guest-starred in several classic TV shows. What is your favorite appearance?
Oh, another easy one. While Price can elevate even The Brady Bunch by appearing in an episode, and he's done some great work in series ranging from Night Gallery to The Bionic Woman, I'm going with his appearances as Egghead in Batman.
Egg-cellent choice.
I know he's done more serious work on television, but his Egghead is just so Price. The egg-mazing puns roll of his tongue with no effort and his snarky villainous performance is the stuff camp classics are made of. He holds his own with the other classic villains from the Batman TV series and really should have made more appearances.
9) If Vincent Price would read you a bedtime story, which one would it be?
Oh, not much of a choice here. While I could think of plenty of bedtime stories I'd love to hear Price read, I'm going with an old tome of German cautionary tales, Struwwelpeter.
The translated title is Shock-Headed Peter.
His comeuppance is being unpopular for his grooming habits,
and he got off EASY!
A children's book written by Heinrich Hoffmann in 1845, this is one my grandmother used to stop me from sucking my thumb. Yeah, bit of a confessional here, but this book is HORRIFYING. Most of the stories involve children behaving badly and suffering the consequences for their actions, which often involves untimely deaths. But the story my grandmother forced on me is about a boy who sucks his thumbs, despite his parent's protests. The "problem behavior" is solved by a mysterious tailor with overlarge scissors, who CUTS OFF HIS THUMBS!
And this is the actual illustration from the book.
Oh, my mother was so angry when she found out
what my grandmother was reading to me.
I can only imagine Price reading this book to me, and showing me the illustrations. I'd be more warped than I am now! And I would love the memory!!
10) Vincent Price lent his voice to several animated shows and films. Which voice over is your favorite?
Nice to end the game on an easy one. Price has done some great voice work, but I've got to pick the Tim Burton short film Vincent, about a boy who fantasizes being his hero, Vincent Price.
Well, I don't know if it looks like me,
but I love it.
Aside from Price calling the film "...the most gratifying thing that ever happened. ...better than a star on Hollywood Boulevard," it's a joy listening to Price narrate the story of a boy that idolizes him. It feels so personal, as I wanted to be like Vincent Price when I was young.
Come to think of it, I still want to be like him. Time to break out the cookbook and brush up on the culinary arts!
He's my inspiration. An artistic soul with a dark heart.
The Masters of Practical Effects series at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) opens today at 2 pm with a screening of Harry and the Hendersons
in GLORIOUS 35mm, and special effects wizard Rick Baker in attendance!
For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
The Masters of Practical Effects series at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) continues at 7 pm with a screening of Gremlins
in GLORIOUS 35mm, and special effects wizard Chris Walas in attendance!
For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
The Masters of Practical Effects series at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) concludes at 7 pm tonight with a screening of An American Werewolf in London
in GLORIOUS 35mm, and special effects wizard Rick Baker in attendance!
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