Temperatures are cooling down in the Pacific Northwest, but that doesn't mean Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Fans will be without some great movies and stage productions in the coming week. You'll still find a few outdoor events to attend, should the cooler weather draw you outside, but plan to head inside for most of the offerings in the area.
As things get cooler, I'll be able to work a bit more on the
Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar, as I won't have to worry about sweating all over my computer and shorting it out, so be sure to keep checking back. The Shadow Over Portland office might have an AC unit, but the building is built to act like an oven.
It goes without saying the last summer office party
wasn't without some issues. If you think this was bad,
the chicken salad was boiling after a few minutes.
Don't forget, THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR is coming and if you want your event posted on the site, email me at shadowoverportland@live.com with all the details and promotional artwork and I'll take care of the rest. I have one financing plan, FREE listings, which is guaranteed to fit any budget.
And please help spread the word. Should you attend any of the events listed below, let the organizers know you read about it at The Shadow Over Portland.
Playing This Week
The damn dirty apes are coming to
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) with the
Marathon of the Apes. Starting on Saturday, August 4, the series starts off with a 50th anniversary of 1968's
Planet of the Apes, with the four sequels, and the series reboot that started in 2011 with
Rise of the Planet of the Apes,
playing throughout the month. Be aware, each film is showing once, and
the Tim Burton remake is not included in the marathon. Dates and
showtimes for the first three movies are below, and you can visit this
link to The Hollywood Theatre website for more details and advance ticket sales on other films in the series.
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The
Summer Repertory season continues at the
Academy Theater
(7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) with 1954's
Godzilla and the family classic
The NeverEnding Story. Both shows play through August 23. For more details and showtimes (when available), visit the
Academy Theater website.
August, 2018
Wednesday, August 22
Marathon of the Apes continues tonight at
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) with a screening of 2011's
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes at 7:30 pm. For more details and advance ticket sales, visit
The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with
Alphaville at 6:30 pm and
Dune at 8:15 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. For more details and ticket information to each show, head for the
OMSI website.
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Tonight's
Weird Wednesday feature at
The Joy Cinema and Pub (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR) is the second film in the "Blood Island series,"
The Mad Doctor of Blood Island.
Starring John Ashley and Angelique Pettyjohn, the film involves a mad
scientist (my favorite kind!) experimenting on the natives of a tropical
island to create plant/human hybrids with chlorophyll blood. Yeah,
that's WEIRD! Showtime is 9:15 pm and admission is FREE, but you must
be 18 or older to attend. And don't forget to show your support for
Weird Wednesday by stopping at the concession stand before the film for
some tasty treats and beverages! For more details, visit
The Joy Cinema website.
Thursday, August 23
The
North Bend Film Festival opens today at the
North Bend Theatre (125 Bendigo Blvd N in North Bend, WA). The
Something Strange block of films offers a selection of shorts, and the feature films
Time Share (a psychological thriller),
Piercing (about a wanna-be murderer and an unhinged call girl),
Don't Leave Home (influenced by classical Euro-horror),
Model Home (rent free housing is too good to be true),
Billy (a ventriloguist and his dummy fall for different women; how could that POSSIBLY go wrong?),
Relaxer (a slacker tries to beat the final level of Pac-Man during the Y2K apocalypse) and
Anna and the Apocalypse
(described as a "zombie apocalypse-Christmas-comedy-musical," which
sounds awesome). And, as one might expect, events outside the theater
include a
Twin Peaks tour and two
Damn Fine Coffee Hours! For all the details, including a list of the other films and to purchase advance tickets, visit the
North Bend Film Festival website.
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Queer Horror brings
The Final Girls, a mix of
Cabin in the Woods and
The Last Action Hero, to
The Hollywood Theatre
(4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) tonight at 9:30 pm. The screening
opens with a preshow tribute to the greatest final girls of all time,
hosted by Portland's premier drag clown Carla Rossi. For more details
and advance ticket sales, visit
The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The fantasy film
Krull gets the
RiffTrax treatment LIVE tonight in theaters nationwide, thanks to
Fathom Events.
An encore presentation is scheduled for Saturday, August 25. For more
details, including theaters screening the event near you and advance
ticket sales, visit the
Fathom Events website.
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The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with
Blade Runner (Final Cut)
at 7 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. Part of the
Reel Eats series, the film is accompanied by a 10 to 12 curated bites
arranged in numbered boxes matching key moments in the film. Admission
is restricted to 150 guests. Tickets are $30 per person, or $25 per
person for Sci Fi Fest pass holders (limited to one ticket per pass
holder). For more details and ticket information to each show, head for
the
OMSI website.
Friday, August 24
The
Summer Repertory season concludes at the
Academy Theater
(7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) with
Men in Black, playing through August 30. For more details and showtimes (when available), visit the
Academy Theater website.
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The
Rusty Grape Vineyards (16712 NE 219th St in Battleground, WA) presents a
Movies on the Lawn screening of
The 'Burbs
tonight starting at around 9 pm. Low chairs are fine, higher chairs
must be in the back, and no outside food or drinks are allowed (you can
purchase food and drinks in the tasting room to enjoy with the film).
All ages are welcome. For more details, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with
The Last Starfighter at 5:30 pm,
The Matrix at 7:45 pm and
Eraserhead
at 10:30 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. For more
details and ticket information to each show, head for the
OMSI website.
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The
Joy Cinema and Pub (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR) will show
The Princess Bride through Thursday, August 30. For more details, visit
The Joy Cinema website.
Saturday, August 25
Wyrd War and
Fantagraphics Books celebrate the release of
Jim Osborne: The Black Prince of the Underground,
an adults only collected work and biography of "one of America's most
perplexing, violent and haunted underground comic artists." The event a
slideshow retrospective of Osborne's live and legacy by preeminent
underground comix historian Patrick Rosenkranz, and a "surprise"
cinematic classic that perfectly reflects Osborne's dark aesthetic. For
more details and advance ticket sales, visit
The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival continues at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with the 1951 version of
The Day the Earth Stood Still at 5 pm, Blade Runner (Final Cut) at 7 pm and
Blade Runner 2049
at 9:15 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. Two
attendees to each Blade Runner feature will receive a special door
prize. For more details and ticket information to each show, head for
the
OMSI website.
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Tacoma Ghost Tours is conducting a
Public Ghost Hunt tonight at 8 pm at
Brandy's Attic
(755 Broadway St in Tacoma, WA). This location has been the site of
numerous unexplained occurrences that you're being asked to bring your
own ghost hunting tools to help find more evidence and maybe find
answers to some of the events. Advance tickets are recommended, as
space is limited and tickets will be available at the door ONLY if the
event doesn't sell out. For more details and advance ticket sales,
visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The anime film
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms plays at 3:15 pm today at the
Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC). For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The
Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) presents the serial killer thriller
Summer of '84, from the filmmakers behind
Turbo Kid, tonight and tomorrow at 9 pm. For more details, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
Sunday, August 26
Davis Graveyard (8703 SE 43rd Ave in Milwaukie, OR) is hosting a
Tombstone Workshop
today from 9 am to 1 pm.
You provide the epitaph and the instructors will help you make your
tombstone while providing tips and trick to make many more at your
graveyard! The class
costs $50 per person and is limited to 12 students, so
visit the
Facebook Event Page as soon as possible to reserve your slot.
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FLASH! A-AH!!
McMenamins Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan St in Portland, OR) brings the super cheesy goodness of 1980's
Flash Gordon to the big screen through September 1. For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie screens at
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) today at 2 and 7 pm. For more details and a link to advance ticket sales, visit
The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The
OMSI 2018 Sci Fi Film Festival concludes tonight at the
OMSI Empirical Theater (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) with The Last Starfighter at 5 pm and
The Matrix at 7 pm, shown on the theater's four-story tall screen. For more details and ticket information to each show, head for the
OMSI website.
Monday, August 27
Marathon of the Apes concludes tonight at
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) with a screening of 2011's
War for the Planet of the Apes at 7:30 pm. For more details and advance ticket sales, visit
The Hollywood Theatre website.
Tuesday, August 28
The
Grindhouse Film Festival brings the Shaw Brothers sci-fi "freakout"
Infra-Man to
The Hollywood Theatre
(4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) in GLORIOUS 35mm tonight at 7:30
pm. The film follows Infra-Man, a bionic superhero and the only one who
can stop a demon princess and her horde of rubber suited monsters from
destroying the Earth! What more do you need to know, other than advance
tickets are strongly recommended for this one!! For more details and
advance ticket sales, visit
The Hollywood Theatre website.
Wednesday, August 29
Shriek: A Women of Horror Film Class the 80s slasher classic with the MOST WHACKED OUT ENDING EVER,
Sleepaway Camp, tonight at
Central Cinema
(1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA). The event starts at 7 pm and the film
will be followed by a discussion of the LGBTQ and feminist themes found
within. And half of the night's door will be donated to the local
homeless youth program Sanctuary Art Center. For more details and a
link to
advance ticket sales, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
Thursday, August 30
The
Northwest Film Center Rooftop Cinema presents John Carpenter's
Escape from New York tonight at the
Portland State University PS2 parking structure
(1724 SW Broadway in Portland, OR). Doors open at 7 pm with food and
beverages available for purchase. Music begins at 8 pm, and the film
starts at dusk. Advance tickets are available and ensure you easy entry
until 8:30 pm. A limited number of chairs are available at a first
come basis, so feel free to bring your own chair, pillow or blanket. No
outside food and drinks or pets are allowed. Be sure to dress for the
weather! For all the details, and a link to advance ticket sales, visit
the
Facebook Event Page.
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The
Rusty Grape Vineyards (16712 NE 219th St in Battleground, WA) presents a
Movies on the Lawn screening of
The Sixth Sense
tonight starting at around 9 pm. Low chairs are fine, higher chairs
must be in the back, and no outside food or drinks are allowed (you can
purchase food and drinks in the tasting room to enjoy with the film).
All ages are welcome. For more details, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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The
Olympia Film Society Fright Club will screen the South Korean monster movie
The Host at 9 pm tonight at the
Capitol Theater
(206 5th Ave SE in Olympia, WA). The film will also screen at 9 pm on
Friday, September 7 and 28. For more details, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
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Funhouse Lounge (2432 SE 11th Ave in Portland, OR) presents
Back to the Future, the Musical Parody
through Saturday, September 29. This live presentation features 14
original songs. For more details and ticket information, visit the
Facebook Event Page.
