Oh yes, I've started gearing up for THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR, and it looks like we might get a Halloween season this year. At least keep your fingers and tentacles crossed that we get past this current wave of Covid 19 infections. 'Cause I don't know what I'd do if Halloween was cancelled again. So let's do all we can to make sure it happens!!!
If Jason can mask up, so can you! He's double masking and still slashing!!
Part of getting ready for the season is opening the HALLOWEEN 2021 page. It's pretty sparse right now, but keep checking back as more haunted attractions, corn mazes and the like start announcing dates and times!
Of course, the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar will always be full of great events to attend year round. And you'll find all the Halloween films, film festivals and bazaars on that page. I'll do my best to keep that site up to date, but the Weekly Updates might continue to be a bit late, as my day job schedule is changing and I'm not going to have much free time to head into the office for at least the next month.
Remember, if you want to support the site, please visit my Ko-fi page. Thanks! Now, on to the Weekly Update!!
Ongoing
Stalker Farms Haunted Attractions
is looking for actors and security for the 2021 season. Hiring
sessions take place on Sunday, August 15, from 11 am to 2 pm, and on
Sunday, August 29, from 5 to 8 pm at Stocker Farms Country Market Office
(10622 Airport Way in Snohomish, WA). Visit the link to fill out an
application BEFORE you attend a session. Visit the Stalker Farms Haunted Attractions Facebook Page for more details.
The 13th Annual Guignolfest: 3-Day Horror Movie Contest
is looking for more teams to join the 2021 list. If you're up to
making a 6:66 minute horror short in 72 hours, from script to final
edit, visit the link and sign up!
Bleedingham: A Northwest Horror Short Film Festival, is accepting submissions for the 2021 program, scheduled to be held in Bellingham, WA, on Halloween weekend.
Northwest Ghost Tours has released its summer schedule. If you want to take a spooky, walking tour to the most haunted spots in Oregon City, be sure to check out the site. The tours run through August 14.
The Slay Film Festival is looking for some great horror short (8 minutes or less) films. The festival is taking submissions through September 15.
Playing This Week
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The Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) will screen the horror classic Carnival of Souls and Jim Henson's Labyrinth through Thursday, August 12.
Oh, I HAD to include this one! The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) presents Pig,
a revenge-thriller starring Nicolas Cage as a reclusive Oregon truffle
hunter on the trail of his kidnapped, prize hunting pig. Yeah, that
sounds AMAZING! And it must be, as the Rio continues to add additional
screenings. You can see it on Wendesday and Thursday, August 4 and 5,
at 9:15 pm, Sunday, August 8, at 9:30 pm, Wednesday, August 11, at 9 pm,
and Saturday, August 14, and 8:15 pm.
Pig has also been carried over at the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR) until August 8.
August, 2021
Sunday, August 8
Fathom Events celebrates the 40th anniversary of The Great Muppet Caper
with screenings of the film on Sunday, August 8, and Wednesday, August
11, in theaters nationwide. Check the link to find a theater screening
the film near you.
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The charming fantasy Kiki's Delivery Service plays at 1 pm today at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC).
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen Kathryn Bigelow's vampire western Near Dark on Sunday, August 8, at 9:30 pm in GLORIOUS 35mm.
Monday, August 9
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) presents the restored version of the George Romero film, The Amusement Park, on Monday, August 9, at 7:30 pm, and on Thursday, August 12, at 7:30 pm. I saw this on the big screen last month and found it disturbing and disorienting. Very worth checking out.
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The Clinton Street Resistance series at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) presents Brazil tonight at 7 pm.
The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will screen Demon Slayer "Kimetsu no Yaiba" The Movie: Mugen Train tonight at 8:45 pm. The presentation is in Japanese with English subtitles.
Wednesday, August 11
Get ready for Samuel L. Jackson to start "fighting monkey flying snakes" on a "Monday to Friday plane," as the Whiteside Theatre (361 SW Madison Ave in Corvallis, OR) screens the more explicit version of this line during Snakes on a Plane, tonight at 7 pm.
Thursday, August 12
McMenamin's Kalama Harbor Lodge (215 Hendrickson Dr in Kalama, WA) presents the sci fi film Super 8,
outside and under the stars in the Westin Amphitheater, tonight at
dusk. Admission is FREE, but minors must be accompanied by a parent or
guardian.
Friday, August 13
The City of Vancouver, WA, Friday Night Movies in the Parks presents the Disney animated feature Frozen II (what, you expecting a Friday the 13th film?). The film starts at dusk, at Hearthwood Park (801 NE Hearthwood Blvd in Vancouver, WA).
On a less family-friendly note, the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) presents El Topo and The Holy Mountain, from writer/director Alexandro Jodorowsky, at 7 and 10 pm tonight. You can purchase a Double Feature Pass if you want to see both films.
The 7th Annual PDX Drive-In Spectacular continues tonight at the Portland Expo Center (2060 N Marine Dr in Portland, OR) with one of the greatest fantasy movies ever made, The Princess Bride. Gates open at 7 pm, with music by Bill Wadhams (from Animotion) and Friends until dusk, when the movie begins.
It's about time we get a Jason sighting on Friday the 13th. The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show Friday the 13th Part IX Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday tonight at 11 pm.
CineMagic Theater (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) will show Nicholas Cage's latest, Pig, starting on Friday, August 13.
Saturday, August 14
The Meadowlark Comic Con
takes place from 10 am to 5 pm today at the Ramada Medford (2250 Biddle
Rd in Medford, OR). No other details are available at this time, so
keep checking back here or at the Facebook Event Page.
A new take on the Arthurian legend, David Lowery's The Green Knight joins the Northwest Film Center's Cinema Unbound Summer Movies and Open-Air Experiences tonight at the Lloyd Center Rooftop Cinema
(1317 Lloyd Center in Portland, OR; the entrance is at the West-end
parking garage on 10th Ave and NE Halsey). Doors open at 7 pm, with
food and beverages available for purchase (please, no outside food or
drinks). Music begins at 7 pm, with the film starting at dusk. Advance
tickets ensure you won't wait in the ticket purchase line, but DO NOT
guarantee entry after 8:30 pm. No refunds or exchanges for arrivals
after the film starts (around 9 pm) or missed screenings. Bring a chair
or blanket, dress for the weather, but leave pets at home. Click on
the link for all the details, than scroll down to the movie link, and
check out the other great films in the series!
The Wyrd War Summer Bummer DOUBLE FEATURE returns to the Hollywood Theatre tonight at 7 pm, with cult director/screenwriter Steve De Jarnatt for a screening of his pre-apocalyptic thriller Miracle Mile and his post-apocalyptic rom/com Cherry 2000. Wyrd War's Dennis Dread will conduct an onstage Q and A with De Jarnette between the films. Tickets will be on sale soon.
Trade your old toys from 5 to 7 pm tonight at the August Trade Night at Rogue Toys Portland
(10414 SE 82nd Ave in Happy Valley, OR). Oh, and there will be food
and prizes, as well as great folks to talk with about all things toys!
The 7th Annual PDX Drive-In Spectacular continues tonight at the Portland Expo Center (2060 N Marine Dr in Portland, OR) as the Hollywood Theatre's Queer Horror presents the witchy cult classic The Craft. Gates open at 7 pm, with music by Glume until dusk, when the movie begins.
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"It's your one way ticket to midnight.... Call it Heavy Metal!" The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) screens the adult animated feature tonight at 10:30 pm.
The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) invite you to "Be It Yourself" at tonight's screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Doors open at 11 pm.
Sunday, August 15
Jim Henson's amazing fantasy film, The Dark Crystal, joins the Northwest Film Center's Cinema Unbound Summer Movies and Open-Air Experiences tonight at the Lloyd Center Rooftop Cinema
(1317 Lloyd Center in Portland, OR; the entrance is at the West-end
parking garage on 10th Ave and NE Halsey). Doors open at 7 pm, with
food and beverages available for purchase (please, no outside food or
drinks). Music begins at 7 pm, with the film starting at dusk. Advance
tickets ensure you won't wait in the ticket purchase line, but DO NOT
guarantee entry after 8:30 pm. No refunds or exchanges for arrivals
after the film starts (around 9 pm) or missed screenings. Bring a chair
or blanket, dress for the weather, but leave pets at home. Click on
the link for all the details, than scroll down to the movie link, and
check out the other great films in the series!
Fathom Events celebrates the 50th anniversary of the classic (and, at times, terrifying) family classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with screenings of the film on Sunday, August 15, and Wednesday, August
18, in theaters nationwide. Check the link to find a theater screening
the film near you.
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