The downside to taking a vacation is having to catch up on all the things you missed while you were gone. And it's been a busy couple of days at The Shadow Over Portland office, as I've been working to get all the amazing Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy events coming to the Pacific Northwest in May. While it might have cost me a few grey hairs, I think I've got everything on the site in time for this edition of the Weekly Update.
Thank the genre lords, I think I got them all!
Wait, what do you mean you found something else?
NOOOOO!
In this edition of the Weekly Update, you'll find details on how you can become a Patron of Horror at the
Portland Horror Film Festival, find some great live theater events in Portland, OR, and Lakewood, WA, get details on the
Seattle International Film Festival genre offerings and SO MUCH MORE!
Getting caught up with all the May events means I haven't had much time to work on all the events happening in June, and later in the year. So be sure to check out the
Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar for some truly amazing films, stage events and conventions coming to the Pacific Northwest. I hope to have the calendar updated by the end of the weekend, so get your day planner of choice ready!
If you want to make sure your event is listed on The Shadow Over Portland, all you need to do is email me at shadowoverportland@live.com with all the details and promotional artwork, and I'll take care of the rest. Best of all, getting your event listed on the site is FREE, so you don't need to worry about being billed for reaching hundreds of Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Fans across the Pacific Northwest.
And please help spread the word. If you attend any of the events listed here, let the organizers know you read about it at The Shadow Over Portland!
Playing This Week
The Endless, the story of two brothers revisiting the UFO death cult they left a decade earlier, opens tonight at
The Hollywood Theatre
(4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR). At this time, the film will run
through Thursday, May 24. For more details and advance ticket sales,
visit
The Hollywood Theatre website.
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Get your ass to The
Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR), as the theater ends it's near three month run of sci fi films with
Total Recall, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film plays through Thursday, May 24. Visit the
Academy Theater website later for showtimes.
Buy Tickets Now
The
Portland Horror Film Festival is selling
Patron of Horror
ticket packages for the 2018 festival through May 31. The package
includes a pass to all four days of the festival, an exclusive
"Bonemask" t-shirt, an exclusive Hand of Glory wooden talisman and
more! Check out the details at
the link.
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The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) has announced two more screenings of the 50th anniversary print of
2001: A Space Odyssey with screenings of the film in GLORIOUS 70mm on Tuesday, May 29 and Wednesday, May 30 at 7 pm. Visit the
Hollywood Theatre website for advance ticket sales.
May, 2018
Wednesday, May 23
The
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) presents the Spanish gothic horror fable
Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil at 9:30 pm tonight and on Sunday, May 27, at the
SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA). For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the
SIFF website.
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The
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) presents the cult classic
Highlander, with Seattle's DJ NicFit re-imagining the soundtrack with an all Queen playlist, at 6:30 pm tonight at the
SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA). For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the
SIFF website.
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Weird Wednesday at
The Joy Cinema and Pub (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR) takes on an international flair with a screening of 1967's
Dracula in Pakistan. This remake of Hammer's
Horror of Dracula
is Pakistan's first horror film and is presented in Urdu with English
subtitles. The show starts at 9:15 pm and admission is FREE, but you
must be 21 or older to attend. And don't forget to visit the concession
stand for some tasty treats and beverages before the show, to support
The Joy's continuing efforts to keep Wednesdays WEIRD!! For more
details, visit
The Joy Cinema website.
Thursday, May 24
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) presents the Sci-Fi Western
Prospect at 4 pm tonight at
SIFF Cinema Uptown
(511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA), and at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, May 30 at the
Shoreline
(16101 Greenwood Ave N in Shoreline, WA). Writers/Directors Zeek Earl
and Chris Caldwell are scheduled to attend all three screenings. For
more details and advance
ticket sales, visit the
SIFF website.
Friday, May 25
Local podcast
The Horror Aisle hosts another edition of the
Frightmare on Main Street series at
The Kiggins Theatre
(1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA) tonight at 9:30 pm. Head in for crowd
participation, games, prizes and tonight's feature, Wes Craven's
Scream. Tickets are $10. For more details and advance ticket sales, visit
The Kiggins Theatre website.
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The
Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) ends three months of Sci Fi with the anime feature
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. The film runs through Thursday, May 31. Visit the
Academy Theater website later for showtimes.
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Torchsong Entertainment presents the world premier of an original rock musical comedy,
Sanguine Academy.
Taking place at a school for vampires, the story takes place as
werewolves are being integrated into the student body and shallow party
vamp Ellie must help the nerdy Miles, whom she sired after a night of
debauchery. The production features an original rock score with a live
band. The show runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through June 3 at
The Headwaters Theatre (55 NE Farragut St, #4, in Portland, OR). For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The
Lakewood Playhouse (5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd in Lakewood, WA) presents the musical
Little Shop of Horrors on stage tonight through June 24th. For showtimes and tickets, visit the
Lakewood Playhouse website.
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The
Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) presents
Blade,
starring Wesley Snipe as a half-vampire, half-mortal protector of
humanity, tonight at 11:45 pm. For more details and a link to advance
ticket sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) presents the UK film
The Devil's Doorway, a tale of sadism and Satanism in a convent, at 11:55 pm tonight at the
SIFF Cinema Eqyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) and at 9:30 pm on Saturday, May 26, at
AMC Pacific Place
(600 Pine St in Seattle, WA). Writer/Director Aislinn Clarke is
scheduled to appear at both screenings. For more details and advance
ticket sales, visit the
SIFF website.
Saturday, May 26
The 16th Vampire's Masquerade Ball is schedule to take place this evening. Advance tickets and further details are now available. Check either the
official website or the
Facebook Event Page.
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Anna Biller's gorgeous tribute to 1960's Technicolor films,
The Love Witch, screens at 9:30 pm tonight at the
Portland Art Museum Whitsell Auditorium (1219 SW Park in Portland, OR). The film is presented by the
Northwest Film Center. For more details and advance tickets, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
UPDATE: The screening will be in GLORIOUS 35mm! Don't miss this chance to see this film the way it should be seen!!
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Tacoma's mini-horror con,
Destiny City Freakycon IV, hosted by
Destiny City Comics (218 St Helens Ave in Tacoma, WA), takes place today from 4 to 8 pm. The event ends with a screening of
Manos Returns tonight at 11 pm (see listing below). More details about the con are coming, so keep an eye on the
Facebook Event Page as details become available.
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Manos Returns to the Pacific Northwest tonight at 11 pm, as
Weird Elephant at
The Grand Cinema (606 S. Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) and
Destiny city Comics presents the sequel to
Manos, The Hands of Fate,
complete with a meet and greet with Jackey Ray Neyman Jones, Debbie in
both films! Director Tonja Atomic, director of photography Joe Sherlock
(of
Skullface Astronaut) and Rachel Jackson (creator of
Manos: Hands of Felt) will also be in attendance. The screening is part of
Destiny City Freakycon IV, Tacoma's mini-horror con. For more details on this screening and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
Sunday, May 27
ParanormalPub at the
McMenamins Mission Theater and Pub 1624 NW Glisan in Portland, OR) presents
Evidence for Soul Survival
tonight at 7 pm. Paranormal educator Neil McNeill draws on sources
from religions and folklore to cutting-edge theories and experiments in
parapsychology and neuroscience the search of the answer to the ultimate
question of if life continues after life. For more details, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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Shriek: A Women of Horror Film Class presents a special Heckle Night screening of the 1988 remake of
The Blob at 7 pm at the
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse
(8564 Greenwood Ave N in Seattle, WA). You must be 21 or older to
attend. For more details, including ticket prices and advance ticket
sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The
Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will screen an English dubbed version of the anime classic
Spirited Away today at 1:45 pm. for more details and advance ticket sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The
Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will screen Alex Garland's
Annihilation tonight at b:45 pm. for more details and advance ticket sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The
Northwest Animation Festival presents
Fantastic Worlds: Sci Fi and Fantasy at 3:30 pm today at
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR). For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
Monday, May 28
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)
presents Zombillenium, a French animated film about a Halloween themed
amusement park staffed by the creatures of the night, at 11 am today, 4
pm on Wedensday, June 6, and 11 am on Saturday, June 9, at the
SIFF Cinema Eqyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA). For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the
SIFF website.
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The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) presents
Blue My Mind, a fantasy film about adolescent transformation from Switzerland. The film will screen at 8:30 pm tonight at
SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA). For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the
SIFF website.
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The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) presents the Swedish Rankin/Bass-style stop motion feature
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland at 1 pm today at the
Shoreline (16101 Greenwood Ave N in Shoreline, WA). For more details and advance
ticket sales, visit the
SIFF website.
Tuesday, May 29
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) celebrates the 50th anniversary of
2001: A Space Odyssey with screenings of the film in GLORIOUS 70mm through Sunday, June 3. All screenings have sold out.
NOTE: Two more screenings of this film have been added on Tuesday, May 29 and Wednesday, May 30 at 7 pm. Visit the
Hollywood Theatre website for advance ticket sales.
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Horror Brew Pub Quiz! takes place at 7:30 pm tonight at
Home, A Bar
(719 SE Morrison St in Portland, OR). Gather up at team and try to
take home one of two gift certificates, and see if you win some sweet
horror prizes in the raffle. For more details, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
Wednesday, May 30
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) presents the Mexican horror film
Tigers Are Not Afraid at 9:30 pm tonight at
SIFF Cinema Uptown
(511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA). Writer/Director Aislinn Clarke is
scheduled to appear. For more details and advance
ticket sales, visit the
SIFF website.
Thursday, May 31
The
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) presents
A Rough Draft, a Russian film about a videogame designer recruited to be the gatekeeper of a multi-dimensional portal, at 8:30 pm tonight at
Shoreline
(16101 Greenwood Ave N (Building 1600 in Shoreline, WA) and at 9:15 pm
on Friday, June 1, and 1:30 pm on Saturday, June 2 at the
SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA). For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the
SIFF website.
June, 2018
Friday, June 1
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) celebrates the 50th anniversary of
2001: A Space Odyssey with screenings of the film in GLORIOUS 70mm through Sunday, June 3. All screenings have sold out.
NOTE: Two more screenings of this film have been added on Tuesday, May 29 and Wednesday, May 30 at 7 pm. Visit the
Hollywood Theatre website for advance ticket sales.
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The
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) presents the Austrian horror anthology
The Field Guide to Evil at 11:59 pm tonight at
SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) and at 9:30 pm on Monday, June 4, at the
SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA). For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the
SIFF website.
Saturday, June 2
The
Lilac City Comicon has announce the dates for 2018. The event will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 2 and 3. Visit the
Lilac City Comicon website for more details and advance ticket sales.
UPDATE: Lou Ferigno (
The Incredible Hulk) and Daniel Logan (Boba Fett in
Star Wars Episode II) is scheduled to appear.
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The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) presents the German film
Hagazussa - A Heathern's Curse, at 9 pm tonight at the
SIFF Cinema Eqyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) and at 9:15 pm on Saturday, June 9 and 9:30 pm on Tuesday, June 5, at
SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA). For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the
SIFF website.
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The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)
presents ★, a cosmic tapestry cut together from over a century of film
starscapes, at 6 pm tonight 3:30 pm on Sunday, June 3, at the
SIFF Film Center (305 Harrison St in Seattle, WA). For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the
SIFF website.
Sunday, June 3
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) presents
The Bottomless Bag, a Russian version of Kurosawa's
Rashomon, at 8:30 pm tonight at
SIFF Cinema Uptown
(511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA), and at 4:30 pm on Monday, June 4, at the
AMC Pacific Place (600 Pine St in Seattle, WA). For more details and advance
ticket sales, visit the
SIFF website.
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The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) presents
Automata,
a sci-fi noir about a hard-boiled detective and his robot sidekick, at 6:30 pm today at the
SIFF Cinema Eqyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA), and at 7 pm on Tuesday, June 5, at the
AMC Pacific Place (600 Pine St in Seattle, WA). For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the
SIFF website.
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