I don't know why my day job has it out for me, but it seems as we start getting closer to THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR, the work piles up on me. Every damn year.
But it's hard for me to care about the day job right now, as it's October and it's time to get spooky!
Okay, maybe I should say spookier than usual.
And a bit weirder.
I wanted to do a bit more work on the site before I released this edition of the Weekly Update, but I couldn't find the time to get it done. Still, I've listed a lot of great events for Pacific Northwest Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Fans to do with the next week, and I'll be posting updates as often as I can.
Oh, if you want to see what will be coming up later in the month, visit the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar. I'm behind in getting all the events I've found on the site, but that seems to be normal this time of the years. Still, I've listed most of the films showing this month at The Hollywood Theatre, all the films in the Academy Theater's month long Halloween celebration, and up in Seattle, be sure to check out the Beacon Theatre for an impressive Halloween lineup as well.
But I'm stepping out of the office this weekend for the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival and Cthulhucon, where I'll be reading some of my fiction tonight, and taking part in an interview with ROGER CORMAN tomorrow afternoon! If you make it to the festival, I hope you'll stop and say hi. Just look for the big bald guy in the black kilt, carrying a Creature from the Black Lagoon messenger bag!
Well, lunch is almost over and time to get back to work. But remember, if you want your event listed on the site, just email me at shadowoverportland@live.com with the details and promotional artwork, and I'll do the rest. And don't forget, it's FREE!
From Ashland, OR, to Vancouver, BC, The Shadow Over Portland has you covered!!
Looking for Monsters
The Beneath is gearing up for its second year under the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, OR, and is looking for volunteers to play monsters! If you're interested, visit The Beneath website and click on the Monsters Needed button.
Film Festival Submissions
The PNW Film Festival 2019
is now accepting submissions for short (up to 30 minutes)
sci-fi/fantasy/action/horror films for the two day festival starting on
Monday, October 21. Submission deadline is Saturday, October 5. For
all the details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
October, 2019
Friday, October 4
Night TWO of Metalesque Fest 2019 kicks off at 8 pm tonight at Dante's (350 W Burnside St in Portland, OR). More details will follow, so keep checking back here or at the Facebook Event Page later.
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The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival and Cthulhucon takes place this weekend at The Hollywood Theatre
(4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR). Guests adding to the cosmic
insanity this year include Victoria Price (daughter of Vincent Price),
Roger Corman (Really, do I need to say any more?) and Richard Stanley,
who's film The Color Out of Space (starring Nicolas Cage) will have its regional premiere at the festival. For more details and advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page or the official website.
UPDATE: This event is SOLD OUT!
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The ShoeString Community Players and D.B.K Investigations invite you to have some Paranormal Adventures on Friday and Saturday, October 4, 5, 25 and 26. The event starts at the SSCP ShoeBox Theater
(231 S First St in St Helens (AKA Halloweentown), OR) at 10 pm, and is
60 minutes of being with a paranormal investigator within haunted St.
Helens. No theatrics, it's all real! For more details and a link to
advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Academy Theater
(7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) starts their Halloween celebration
tonight. The theater will screen two horror movies a week through
October, starting with Bride of Frankenstein in GLORIOUS 35mm and The Brood through Thursday, October 10. For more details, including showtimes, visit the Academy Theater website.
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The Beacon Theater (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) continues The October Country program with Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock. The
film runs through Thursday, October 10. For more details, including showtimes, visit The Beacon website.
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The Beacon Theater (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) continues The October Country program with the slasher film The Town that Dreaded Sundown. The
film runs through Saturday, October 5. For more details, including showtimes, visit The Beacon website.
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The new exhibit at Wyrd War gallery (3505 NE Broadway St in Portland, OR) opens tonight from 5 to 7 pm. Fright Gallery
is a visual collection of promotional graphics and products
representing the gory glory days of international horror cinema from the
1970s and 80s. The exhibit will be open every Saturday and Sunday from
noon to 7 pm through Sunday, November 3. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
Saturday, October 5
Night THREE (and the final night) of Metalesque Fest 2019 kicks off at 8 pm tonight at High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE M L King Blvd in Portland, OR). More details will follow, so keep checking back here or at the Facebook Event Page later.
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The original rock musical comedy Sanguine Academy, the tale of a vampire academy integrating werewolves into the student body, opens tonight at Peninsula Lodge #128, IOOF (4834 N Lombard St in Portland, OR). Presented by Torchsong Theater Company, the production runs Saturday and Sunday, October 5, 6, 12 and 13. For showtimes and advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Big Halloween Parade 2019 starts at 6 pm tonight in Halloweentown
(AKA St. Helens, OR) on top of Columbia Blvd by the Chamber building.
The route runs down Columbia Blvd to 1st St, running by the town
square. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The October Haunted Taft Tours start
today, and continue on various dates through October 26. These walking
tours of the Historic Taft District of Lincoln City start at the Sapphire Center
(4840 SE Highway 101 in Lincoln City, OR) and tell the tales of the
Ghost Schooner of Siletz Bay, the goings-on at the Oregon Coast's oldest
continuously operating pub, and MUCH MORE! For more details, including
tour dates and a link to advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
Sunday, October 6
Fathom Events brings the original Ghostbusters
back to theaters nationwide today and Thursday, October 10. The
screening includes an introduction with newly found and rarely seen
alternate takes. To find a cinema showing the film near you, visit the Fathom Events website.
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The Beacon Theater (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) continues The October Country program with the made-for-TV horror comedy The Midnight Hour tonight at 9 pm. For more details, including showtimes, visit The Beacon website.
Monday, October 7
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen the new documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien tonight, tomorrow and Thursday, October 7, 8 and 10, at 7 pm. For more details and advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
Tuesday, October 8
The Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR) continues to celebrate THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR with more Homegrown Horrors courtesy of local horror filmmaker Joe Sherlock. Tonight's feature is Drifter.
It might look like a simple slasher film, but just wait for the
ending! The show starts at 7 pm, and is followed by a cast and crew Q
and A. Tickets are just $10. For more details, including a link to
advance ticket sales, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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Expect some classic kung fu fighting as the Kung Fu Theater series at The Hollywood Theatre screens Seven Brothers meet Dracula (AKA The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires)
starring Peter Cushing in GLORIOUS 35mm! This co-production between
Hammer and the Shaw Brothers features martial arts mayhem, hopping
vampires and Cushing being AWESOME!! The show starts at 7:30 pm and
will likely sell out, so buy tickets early. For more details and
advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
Wednesday, October 9
Seattle Horror Hostess Isabella L. Price hosts a screening of Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror at 6 pm tonight at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute
(104 17th Ave S in Seattle, WA). Writer and educator Tananarive Due,
one of the film's executive producers, will video chat a Q and A
session. For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
Thursday, October 10
The Hollywood Babylon series at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) presents the pre-Code version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
in GLORIOUS 35mm tonight at 7:30 pm. Frederic March's performance as
Jekyll and Hyde earned him a Best Actor Oscar and is just as powerful
today. For more details and advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
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The Haunting of Cloud Gallery: Suspiria takes place tonight from 6 to 9 pm at Cloud Gallery
(901 E Pike St in Seattle, WA). After the reception, head to the
Mercury for a special Berlin10: Suspiria featuring the artwork of Pink
Halloween. For details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
Friday, October 11
Evil Dead: The Musical returns to Portland tonight at 7:30 pm and tomorrow at 6 pm, at The Alberta Rose Theatre
(3000 NE Alberta St in Portland, OR). And, of course, there will be a
splatter zone! For more details and a link to advance ticket sales,
visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Isn't She Great series at The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) presents the witchy Halloween favorite Hocus Pocus in
GLORIOUS 35mm tonight at 7:30 pm. The screening, hosted by comedian
Elizabeth Teets and Queer Horror's Anthony Hudson opens with stand-up
from Ella Gale. For more details and advance ticket sales, visit The Hollywood Theatre website.
NOTE: This event is SOLD OUT!
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The Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR)
continue their Halloween celebration with screenings of Brian DePalma's Carrie and the cult classic Basket Case through Thursday, October 17. For more details, including showtimes, visit the Academy Theater website.
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The Beacon Theater (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) continues The October Country program with the 1951 sci fi/horror classic The Thing from Another World. The film runs through Thursday, October 17 For more details, including showtimes, visit The Beacon website.
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The Beacon Theater (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) continues The October Country program with the Spanish drama The Spirit of the Beehive, about a young girl fascinated with the 1931 classic Frankenstein. The film runs through Thursday, October 17 For more details, including showtimes, visit The Beacon website.
Saturday, October 12
The Denton Delinquents will bring the cult classic Shaun of the Dead to life at the Kiggins Theatre
(1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA), acting out the film on stage, in the
aisles and IN YOUR FACE! It will be a night filled with comedy, trivia
and MORE! Of course, you can dress up as a zombie, or one of Shaun's
group, and organize a team for the pre-show trivia quiz!! The fun
starts at 9 pm. For more details and a link to advance ticket sales,
visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Beacon Theater (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) continues The October Country program with the dark urban fairy tale Candyman tonight and tomorrow. For more details, including showtimes, visit The Beacon website.
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The 2019 Gresham Zombie Walk takes place today at noon, at the Gresham Splash Pad (401 NE 2nd St in Gresham, OR). Come as zombied as you want and be ready for photo ops and fun! For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
Sunday, October 13
Maybe in space, no one can hear you scream, but they sure can in a movie theater. Fathom Events brings Ridley Scott's Alien
back to theaters nationwide today, and on Tuesday, October 15 and
Wednesday, Oct 16. To find a theater in your area screening the film,
visit the Fathom Events website.
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The Sasquatch Comic and Toy Sale takes place today from noon to 5 pm at the Eugene Elks Lodge #357 (2470 W 11th Ave in Eugene, OR). For more details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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SIFF (305 Harrison St in Seattle, WA) presents the class Universal Monsters: A Psychohistory,
with instructor and "Jungian horror evangelist" Willy Greer, today at 2
pm. For more details on the class and a link to advance ticket sales,
visit the Facebook Event Page.
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The Beacon Theater (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) continues The October Country program with The Beacon Guide to Unsolved Mysteries,
a 90 special program exploring some of the paranormal "documentary
show." The show plays tonight only at 7:30 pm. For more details,
including showtimes, visit The Beacon website.
The Beneath is gearing up for its second year under the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, OR, and is looking for volunteers to play monsters! If you're interested, visit The Beneath website and click on the Monsters Needed button.
The PNW Film Festival 2019
is now accepting submissions for short (up to 30 minutes)
sci-fi/fantasy/action/horror films for the two day festival starting on
Monday, October 21. Submission deadline is Saturday, October 5. For
all the details, visit the Facebook Event Page.
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