Well, it's been a busy couple of days at The Shadow Over Portland office (better sounding that at my dining table), as I've come across a lot of wonderful events happening around the Pacific Northwest. And, not surprising, a few have to do with Valentines Day.
Yep, we all know nothing says "I love you" more than going into a dark theater or creepy haunted attraction with your sweetheart and having the living hell scared out of you!
Oh, I love cherry filled chocolates!
They are cherry filled, right?
And, as always, The Shadow Over Portland is here to help in that regard. You'll find information and links to the new Resident Evil Escape Experience, two local haunted attractions with some romantic themes between the screams, the NerdNightOut music and comedy show, more films in the PIFF After Dark Series and the upcoming Eat Your Heart Out Film Festival!
But, if you want to see what is coming up in the rest of February, as well as throughout 2017, visit the Horror Calendar, with updates on Crypticon Seattle, The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, and a stage production of The Addams Family coming in June!
As this is Women in Horror Month, both PDXtreme and the Portland Horror Film Festival are offering discounts for women filmmakers. You'll find details below and on the Open Film Submission Page.
Remember, getting your horror/sci fi/fantasy event listed on The Shadow Over Portland is FREE and easy. Just email me at shadowoverportland@live.com and I'll be happy to add it to the site.
And remember, if you attend any of the events listed below, let the organizers know you read about it at The Shadow Over Portland!
Ongoing
Mental Trap Escape Room Games (3855 SW Murray Blvd in Beaverton, OR) has opened the Dead End Alley Ghost Trap,
an Escape Room Game encompassing a real City Alley! Your team of 4 to
10 players are a group of Ghost Hunters working to gain access into
several buildings to capture escaped ghosts from an Entity Containment
Unit breach. This Escape Room contains lifelike gore and decay, loud
noises and realistic collapsing buildings, as well as potential dense
fog and strobe lights! The game is open for a limited time, so be sure
to check out the Mental Trap Escape Room Game Facebook Page or Website for all the details.
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Capcom and iam8bit is bringing the Resident Evil Escape Experience to Portland through Sunday, March 5. The location is secret at this time, but tickets are on sale and going fast! Visit the link for more details.
Open Film Submission
Please visit the Open Film Submission page for details on several local film festival accepting submissions at this time.
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During
February, Women in Horror Month, the Portland Horror Film Festival is
waving submission fees for women directors. Check out the Portland Horror Film Festival Facebook Page for more details.
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During February, Women in Horror Month, PDXtreme Film Festival will offer 25% off submission fees for all films directed or written by women. Visit the PDXtreme Fest Facebook Page for the required code and a link for submitting your film.
February, 2017
Tuesday, February 7
The classic anime, Ghost in the Shell, screens tonight at 7:30 pm at the Guild 45 Theatre (2115 N 45th St in Seattle, WA). This version is presented in Japanese with English subtitles (the English dub version plays tomorrow: see listing below). Before the live action version hits theaters, be sure to check out the original version on the big screen! For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Guild 45 Theatre website.
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The Northwest Horror Pub Quiz takes place tonight at 7:30 pm at Home, A Bar (719 SE Morrison St in Portland, OR). The top two teams win gift certificates to Home: A Bar, but you can also score individual prizes during the lightning rounds. You must be 21 or older to attend. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
Wednesday, February 8
The English dubbed version of the classic anime, Ghost in the Shell, screens tonight at 7:30 pm at the Guild 45 Theatre (2115 N 45th St in Seattle, WA). Before the live action version hits theaters, be sure to check out the original version on the big screen! For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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Ghost in the Shell will also screen at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) tonight at 7:30 pm. No word on if it is a dubbed or subtitled version at this time. For more details, and a link to advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
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Capcom and iam8bit is bringing the Resident Evil Escape Experience to Portland through Sunday, March 5. The location is secret at this time, but tickets are on sale and going fast! Visit the link for more details.
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The Portland Community College South East Campus (2305 SE 82nd Ave in Portland, OR) hosts the return of the PCC SE Mini Comic Con today and tomorrow from 10 am to 6 pm. The event features artist, vendors, cosplay, live events and more. For additional details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Church of Film presents The Castle of Purity, an allegory on life under authoritarian control by Mexican auteur Arturo Ripstein. The story deals with a tyrannical rat poison salesman who subjects his family to imprisonment, isolation, forced labor and other atrocities. This film is for mature views, as it deals with domestic violence, marital rape and incest. The film starts at 8 pm at the North Star Ballroom (635 N Killingsworth Ct in Portland, OR). Donations are gladly accepted. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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Weird Wednesday at The Joy Cinema and Pub (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR) invites you to play a game of Monster Roulette. Tonight's feature, which will contain a monster, will be drawn at random by a member of the audience! The show starts at 9:15 pm and, as always, admission is FREE, but you must be 21 or older to attend. Be sure to stop at the concession stand before the show and support The Joy's efforts to keep Wednesdays WEIRD! Do not sneak outside food or beverages into the theater, as you'll invoke the wrath of the monster on the screen, and that's not a good thing! For more details, visit The Joy Cinema website.
Thursday, February 9
The Hoquiam High School Drama Club presents a production of the musical Little Shop of Horrors through Sunday, February 12, at the 7th Street Theatre (313 7th St in Hoquiam, WA). Showtimes are 7:30 pm through Saturday, February 11, and 2 pm on Sunday, February 12. For more details, and a list of local businesses selling tickets, visit the 7th Street Theatre website or the Facebook Event Page.
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Why Aren't Comics Funny Anymore?, a discussion on humor in comics lead by Charles Brownstein (Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund) takes place tonight at 7:15 pm at University of Portland (5000 N. Willamette Blvd in Portland, OR). Panelists include Diana Schutz (editor for Sin City, Grendel and Usagi Yojimbo), Mark Russell (DC's The Flintstones), Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man) and MK Reed (The Castoffs). Admission is free and open to all. The event takes place at Franz Hall 120, and is co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center. For more information, and ADA accommodations, call (503) 943-7702 or send an email to garaventa@up.edu.
Friday, February 10
The Portland International Film Festival After Dark program kicks off with Oriol Paulo's "Rashomonic" thriller The Invisible Guest tonight at 10:30 pm at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR). The film is presented in Spanish with English subtitles. For more details on the film, and a link to advance ticket sales, visit this link.
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First Friday at Wells and Verne (734 E Burnside in Portland, OR) presents the John Donald Carlucci Art Opening tonight from 6 to 9 pm. The opening was delayed, due to the possibility of severe winter weather, from February 3. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The House of Shadows (1776 NW Fairview Dr in Gresham, OR) presents Psychotic Couples: The Twisted Love Story just in time for Valentine's Day! This special haunted attraction is open only on February 10 and 11 from 7 to 11 pm, and February 14 from 7 to 9 pm. Tickets are $20 and available only online (a sellout is expected). The attraction is recommended for those 13 years of age or older. For more details, visit The House of Shadows Facebook Page. You will find a link to advance ticket sales on that page, but you can visit this link to purchase tickets.
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The FearPDX Haunted House (5413 NE Columbia Blvd in Portland, OR) presents a special Valentines Day treat, 'til Death do us Part, through Sunday, February 12. The Bear Butcher and his copycat followers are out and about, and the only light available to you is a single candle. Sounds romantic, scares by candlelight! General admission is $25 per person. For additional details, and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
Saturday, February 11
Coffy in GLORIOUS 35mm at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) with the GLORIOUS Pam Grier in attendance has sold out.
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The Undead Masquerade takes place tonight at Haunted Nightmare (6601 244th St SW in Mountlake Terrace in WA) at 7 pm. This all ages event invites you to dress up as your favorite undead character and "strut your stuff to some deadly beats." Tickets are $15 per person, $25 per couple. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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Terror in Tacoma at Bob's Java Jive, a night of night of bizarre electronic music, takes place tonight at Bob's Java Jive (2102 S Tacoma Way in Tacoma, WA). The show, featuring Fischkopf Sinfoniker, Noisepoetnobody, Rainbow Wolves and Mudslug, starts at 9 pm (doors open at 8 pm) and the cover is only $5. You must be 21 or older to attend. For more details on the event, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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Considered by the Portland International Film Festival website to be the "most transgressive film in this year's program," the Mexican horror film We Are the Flesh plays tonight at The Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR). Part of the PIFF After Dark series, this film is presented in Spanish with English subtitles, and is for adult audiences only. You can find more details, and a link to advance ticket sales, at this link.
Sunday, February 12
Shriek: A Women of Horror Film Class presents The Cabin in the Woods tonight at 6:30 pm at Naked city Brewery and Taphouse (8564 Greenwood Ave N in Seattle, WA). Of course, a discussion on the film will take place, and the Cutest Horror Couple or Group will receive one free admission each to a future Shriek event! General admission is $10, $5 for teachers/professors, seniors 65 and older, veterans and students with ID. For more details, and a link to advance ticket sales (you must be 21 or older to attend), visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Zymoglyphic Museum (6225 SE Alder in Portland, OR) is open to the public from 11 am to 5 pm today. For additional details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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PIFF After Dark continues at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) with A Dark Song tonight at 10:30 pm. The tale of a grieving mother trying to bring her son back to life "upends audience expectations of how horror films about people trying to resurrect their loved ones ought to operate," according to the PIFF website. For more details on the film, and a link to advance ticket sales, visit this link.
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NerdNightOut, featuring Portland's nerd-folk band The Doubleclicks, comedian/writer Joseph Scrimshaw and songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Dr. Something, takes place tonight at the Doug Fir Lounge (830 E Burnside St in Portland, OR). Doors open at 7 pm, the show starts at 8 pm. Tickets are $15 to $17 and you must be 21 or older to attend. For more details on the acts, and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
Tuesday, February 14
Just in time for Valentine's Day, The Love Witch will screen at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) in GLORIOUS 35mm! Showtime is 6:45 pm. For more details, visit the Grand Illusion Cinema website.
Friday, February 17
WizardWorld returns to the Oregon Convention Center (777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr, Blvd) in Portland, OR this weekend. Not much on guests at this time, but you know that will change soon. For more details, check back here later, or visit the link.
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Friday Night Frights presents the Brian DePalma classic, Carrie, tonight at 10 pm at the Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor St in Tacoma, WA). Based on the Stephen King novel, the film stars Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, P. J. Soles, Nancy Allen and John Travolta. But you probably knew that. Tickets are just $6 for this Women in Horror Month celebration. Oh, and dress in your finest high school prom clothing for a chance to win some killer horror loot! For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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PIFF After Dark continues at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) with a screening of The Eyes of My Mother at 10:30 pm. The story of a solitary woman, the witness to a violent act perpetrated upon her mother, spends her days caring for the family's farm and a mysterious figure in the barn. Please note, this film is in black and white, but don't let that keep you away. The A.V. Club says, "If Ingmar Bergman had helmed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, it might look something like this exquisite nightmare." That should be enough of a recommendation for most horror fans. For more details, and a link to advance ticket sales, visit this link.
Saturday, February 18
Rocket Sci-Fi Matinee, presented by Rocket Donuts, will show George Pal's classic War of the Worlds today at noon at the Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA). This 1953 film still looks great, even judged by today's effects, so don't miss this chance to see it on the big screen! Tickets are just $3, and you can find a link to advance ticket sales, as well as more details on the screening, at the Pickford Film Center website.
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PIFF After Dark continues at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) with a screening of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's French ghost story Daguerrotype at 10:30 pm. Please note, the movie is in French with English subtitles. For more details on the film, and a link to advance ticket sales, visit this link.
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The Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) presents a screening of The Love Witch in GLORIOUS 35mm! Showtime is 9 pm. For more details, visit the Grand Illusion Cinema website.
Sunday, February 19
The Eat Your Heart Out Horror Film Festival takes place today at the Northwest Film Forum (1515 12th Ave in Seattle, WA) starting at 6 pm. Delay your Valentines Day date night and spend the evening eating popcorn and getting scared silly with your sweetheart! And 100% of ticket sales go to supporting Planned Parenthood!! Admission is just $10. For more details, and a link to advance ticket sales, visit this link or the Facebook Event Page.
