Halloween is almost here, so the Weekly Update is a bit longer this week.

The only sad part of that headline is THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR is almost over, and it just doesn't feel that way.  The leaves are still clinging to trees, and temperatures are unusually high throughout the Pacific Northwest.  In fact, Seattle was 88 degrees on Sunday, shattering a previous record set for the day by 16 freaking degrees.  And here in Portland, we reached 80 degrees on 12 days, twice the previous October record.

And I haven't even gotten into the smoke coating the area, causing Portland and Seattle air quality to be among the worst globally, with other weather stations recording the worst in the US.

To sum it up, October has felt weird this year.  But all that changes today, as a storm system brings winds and rain to clear the air, drop temperatures, and help get things feeling more like October in the Pacific Northwest.

Of course, if enough fallen leaves clogged up the storm drains, getting around could be pretty wet this weekend.

Regardless of the weather, the magical day will be here soon, so this edition of the Weekly Update covers all the events I've found taking place through October.  From great movies to stage events, from horror-themed burlesque to art gallery openings, the Pacific Northwest is full of great events for Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Fans.

Don't forget to check out the Halloween 2022 page for all the haunted attractions and corn mazes in the region.  I plan to keep the page open through the first weekend of November, as some attractions will be open past Halloween, so you can keep the holiday spirit going.

Also, the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar is up-to-date with events taking place during the rest of the year, and a few coming in 2023.  You know I'll be adding more events as I find them, so keep checking back!

Well, that's all for now.  Stay safe, take care, and I'll be back next week with more great genre events taking place under The Shadow Over Portland!

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 Happening This Week

 

All haunted attractions and corn mazes open through the month of October have been moved to the new Halloween 2022 page.

Live Productions

Experience Theatre Project presents 101 Extraordinarily Awful and Truly Terrible Ways to Die (in one night) on Friday and Saturday, October 21, 22, 28 and 29, at the Beaverton Masonic Lodge (4690 SW Watson ave in Beaverton, OR).  This dark sketch comedy is a 21 and older event.

A group of patients at the Sunnyvale Insane Asylum decide to put on an evening of Edgar Allan Poe tales for the public.  If you want to see what happens, head to the Western Washington Center for the Arts (521 Bay St in Port Orchard, WA) for The Poe Show.  The production runs until HALLOWEEN!

Stumptown Stages brings Little Shop of Horrors to the Portland'5 Winningstad Theatre (1111 SW Broadway in Portland, OR).  The production runs through Sunday, October 30.

You'll also find Audry Two at Theatre in the Grove (2028 Pacific Ave in Forest Grove, OR) with their production of Little Shop of Horrors.  The production runs through Sunday, October 23.

Dark Arbor Lodge presents Oddtober from today to October 29 at Art at the Cave (108 E Evergreen Blvd in Vancouver, WA).  You can follow them on Facebook.

 

Impact Action Sports (19265 SW Schaber Ln in Tualatin, OR) brings back your chance to stop the zombie apocalypse with The Zombie Hunt on October 14, 15, 16, 17, 28 and 29.  You can book a time for you and your friends to take down zombies at the link above.

 

The Marvel Universe of Super Heroes makes a stop at OMSI (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) through April 9, 2023.  Marvel (see what I did there) at the hundred of artifacts, from original comic book pages, interactive displays, life-size statues of Marvel heroes, costumes and props from films and TV programs, and MUCH MORE.  Excelsior!

 

Haunted Tours

 

It's a Halloween Spirit Adventure, as St. Helens native and psychic Kathleen Dering invites you to a spiritual adventure on the main floor of the historic, and haunted, Klondike Tavern (71 Cowlitz St in St Helens, OR) through Friday, October 28.  Space is limited, so get your tickets now. 

 

Back in Theaters 

 

The French horror classic Eyes without a Face (and yes, this film is the inspiration for the Billy Idol ballet) is playing at the 5th Avenue Cinema (510 SW Hall St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Sunday, October 23).

 

The annual All Monsters Attack! series at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) continues with F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu (scheduled through Sunday, October 23).

The Halloween classic Trick 'r Treat is part of the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA) Classic Film Series, playing through Thursday, October 27.

 

McMenamins Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave in Portland, OR) gets into the Halloween spirit with screenings of the animated film The Addams Family, Bettlejuice and Bodies Bodies Bodies through Thursday, October 18.  Separate admission required each film. 

You can catch Beetlejuice and The Addams Family at the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27).

 

Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) will show the whacked out (in the BEST way) Japanese ghost film Hausu (House) through Wednesday, October 26.

Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) is bringing Freddy to you with A Nightmare on Elm Street playing through Wednesday, October 26.  The Monday, October 24, screening is in... Hecklevision?  Okay.

 

The Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) will show A Nightmare on Elm Street through Thursday, October 27.

The Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) will show The Conjuring through Thursday, October 27.

 

 

 

The Cinema of Horrors brings a drive-in experience with MONSTERS roaming outside your car window!  The drive-in, at the Clark County Fairgrounds (17402 NE Delfel Rd in Ridgefield, WA), will be open through Halloween, and the list of films is pretty cool; Hocus Pocus (10/20), The Nun (10/21), Blair Witch remake (10/22), IT part one (10/23), the original Ghostbusters (10/27), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (10/28), The Conjuring (10/29), Scream (10/30) and John Carpenter's Halloween on Halloween Night.  

 

First Run Features
 

Just in time for Halloween, Henry Selick's (The Nightmare before Christmas) new stop motion horror/comedy film, Wendell and Wild, arrives at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27) and the Salem Cinema (1127 Broadway St NE in Salem, OR).

 

Halloween Ends is showing at the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the 99W Drive-In (3110 Portland Rd in Newberg, OR with John Carpenter's The Thing; scheduled through Sunday, October 23), the Joy Cinema (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, October 27), the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), and the Tracyton Movie House (1520 NE Riddell Rd in Bremerton, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 27).

 

The horror film Smile, which has the BEST final shot ever in a trailer, is playing at the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), and the Liberty Theatre (315 NE 4th Ave in Camas, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 27).

 

It's just what the season needs, another scary clown.  Terrifier 2 is still in theaters nationwide.  Visit the link to find a theater near you.  It will be shown at the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27).

 

Dario Argento's latest giallo, Dark Glasses, opens tonight at CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, October 26).

 

The Spainish horror film Piggy opens tonight at The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 27).

 

Pearl, Ti West's prequel to X is playing at the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27). 

Jordan Peele's latest film, Nope, is playing at the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, October 27) and the Capitol Theatre (206 5th Ave SE in Olympia, WA; scheduled through Thursday, November 3).

 

Well, I mentioned Marvel movies over the summer, so I should include DC's heroes as well.  Black  Adam is playing at the St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, November 27), Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the Liberty Theatre (315 NE 4th Ave in Camas, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the Kelso Theater Pub (214 S Pacific Ave in Kelso, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, October 26), the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the Columbia Theatre - St Helens (212 S 1st St in Saint Helens, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the Mount Hood Theatre (401 E Powell Blvd in Gresham, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, October 27), the Cameo Theatre (304 E 1st St in Newberg, OR; scheduled through Monday, October 24), the Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor Ave in Tacoma, WA; scheduled Fridays to Mondays through Monday, October 31), the Tracyton Movie House (1520 NE Riddell Rd in Bremerton, WA; currently scheduled through Wednesday, October 27), the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; currently scheduled through Thursday, October 27), the Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 27), and the following McMenamin locations: Anderson School (18607 Bothell Way NE in Bothell, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, November 2), Bagdad Theater and Pub (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, November 3), Grand Lodge (3505 Pacific Ave in Forest Grove, OR; scheduled to Thursday, November 3), Old St. Francis School (700 NW Bond St in Bend, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, November 2), Olympic Club (112 N Tower Ave in Centrailia, WA; scheduled through Thursday, November 3), Power Station Theater (2126 SW Halsey St in Troutdale, OR; opens Friday, October 21 and scheduled through Thursday, November 3), and the St Johns Theater (8203 N Ivanhoe St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, November 2). 

 

Film Festival Submission Information

 

The Crypticon Seattle Film Festival is now open for submissions.  The Late Deadline is April 4, 2023.  Visit the link for all the details.

October 2022

 

Friday, October 21

 

Tonight at 9 pm, the Alberta Abbey (126 NE Alberta St in Portland, OR) plays host to Gods and Monsters: A Burlesque Tribute to American Horror Story.  You can buy tickets at the door, but a sell-out crowd might keep you from getting inside.  If you want to take your chances, doors open at 8 pm.

 

Queers From Space: Triple Feature comes to the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) tonight at 7:30 pm.  Hosted by one-half NelSon and Jocelyn Knobs, you're envited to see the anthology birth from the early days of quarantine.  Costumes and space fashion highly encouraged. 

 

Packer Orchards (3020 Thomsen Rd in Hood River, OR) hosts a Flashlight Maze from 7 to 9 pm tonight.  The event is family friendly, not spooky, but DO NOT forget a flashlight!   

 

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) is showing a hellava double feature with Todd Brownings Freaks, followed by Shin'ya Tsukamotot's Tetsuo: The Iron Man.  See one or buy a double feature pass!  The show starts at 11 pm.

Weird Elephant at The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) will bring Wesley Snipes as Blade back to the big screen tonight and tomorrow at 10 pm.

 

It's a Deadite Double Feature at the Tracyton Movie House (1520 NE Riddell Rd in Bremerton, WA), with The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn starting at 8 pm.

 

 

CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) will show the Dario Argento giallo Cat O' Nine Tails tonight and on Wednesday, October 26.

It's a Lucio Fulci Giallo Double Feature at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) tonight at 7 pm, with A Lizard in a Woman's Skin and Don't Torture a Duckling.

 

Friday Night Frights will show the Halloween classic Trick 'r Treat at the Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor St in Tacoma, WA) tonight only at 10 pm.

 

 

There'll be more witchy fun at 7:30 pm tonight at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR), with a screening of The Witches of Eastwick. 

 

The Kelso Theater Pub (214 S Pacific Ave in Kelso, WA) invites you to to the Time Warp again (or for the first time) with screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show tonight and tomorrow.  Doors open around 9:30 pm.

Saturday, October 22

Wyrd War (3505 NE Broadway St in Portland, OR) is hosting an opening reception from 5 to 8 pm today for Witch's Eye: The Camera Lens as Occult Device, The Art and Legacy of William Mortensen.  Curated by acclaimed collector and archivist Stephen Romano, the exhibit features original photographic works of the 20th century master of the macabre William Mortensen, called the Antichrist by Ansel Adams.  The exhibit will be displayed through November 26.

Frankenstein's Comicbook Swap Returns!  Only now, it's at Lloyd Center (1405 Lloyd Center in Portland, OR).  Early bird admission (starting at 11 am) is $5, while general admission (starting at noon) is $1.  Youths and Elders are admitted for FREE.  The show's over at 6 pm.

Tonight and tomorrow night, between 6 and 10:30 pm, the Maple Ridge Historical Society hosts The Dead of the Night: A Paranormal Investigation at Thomas Haney House (11612 224 St in Maple Ridge, BC).  One of the oldest homes in Maple Ridge, you'll explore the darker side of Haney House with a professional paranormal investigation team.  Visit the link to book your tickets.

The 11th Bleedingham Film Festival takes place today and tomorrow at the Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA).  You can also follow the festival on Facebook.

 

 

The Portland Oddities and Curiosities Expo 2022 takes place from 10 am to 6 pm today at the Oregon Convention Center (777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in Portland, OR).  Lovers of the Strange, Unusual and Bizarre will find plenty to add to your spooky decor.  Click the link for advance tickets.

The Grit City Comic Show 2022 takes place today at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center (1500 Commerce St in Tacoma, WA) from 10 am to 5 pm.

 

It's a Kids Monster Fest at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum (300 N Ramsay Way in Portland, OR) today and tomorrow from noon to 3 pm.  It's a special matinee haunted house experience for children below 12, where they will receive a magic want to frighten away any ghouls, monsters or creeps.  If you find Harry, Underhill Manor's cute resident bat, prizes await! 

 

Today at 2:30 pm, Dark Arts presents the post-apocalypse sci fi/horror film The Aftermath at Cinemagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR).

 

CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) will show the fully restored version of the  Dario Argento giallo Deep Red tonight and on Tuesday, October 25.

 

The TV Party series at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) presents Over the Garden Wall, from Patrick McHale (Adventure Time) today at 2 pm.

 

The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) presents Henri-Georges Clouzot's classic chiller Diabolique tonight at 8 pm.

Freddy's back at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) with a screening of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge tonight at 10 pm.

 

VHS Uber Alles brings a Secret Student Slasher Thrillride to the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA), in GLORIOUS VHS, tonight at 9:30 pm.  This film has never been released on DVD.

 

All Freakin' Night 2022 takes place tonight at the Capitol Theatre (206 5th Ave SE in Olympia, WA).  The films are Death Bed: The Bed that Eats, Blood and Black Lace, Spookies, Dark Glasses (directed by Dario Argento) and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.  That ought to wake you up!  Doors open at 9 pm, movies start at 10 pm.

 

The annual All Monsters Attack! series at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) continues with Francis Ford Coppola's version of Bram Stoker's Dracula (scheduled through Wednesday, October 26).

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will celebrate the Halloween season with a screening of Mandy tonight at 7 pm.

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) delivers more Cage with a screening of Vampire's Kiss today at 4 pm.

 

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will show The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with a screening designed for "virgins" wanting to experience the film for the first time, tonight at midnight.  Doors open at 11 pm.  

The Kiggin Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA) will show The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Denton Delinquents tonight at 10 pm.  Pre-show starts at 9 pm.

The Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor Ave in Tacoma, WA) is having a Pre- Halloween showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.  Tickets are only available at the door, so arrive early.  Doors open at 10:30 pm.

 

Sunday, October 23

 

You'll have a wicked good time at the Khaos and Kosmos Holistic Salon (140 Gage Blvd #103 in Richland, WA) Witches Brunch.  The event runs from 10 am to noon.  You can buy tickets at this link, or stop by the salon.

 

The PNW Witches' Market (715 8th St, Suite A, in Kirkland, WA) will hold a Samhain Celebration today from noon to 6 pm. Expect raffles, merchants and mystics, performers and MUCH MORE!  All vendors are from the Pacific Northwest, so go support them!

 

The 14th Annual GuignolFest takes place tonight at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR).  See what the 25 teams (at the time of this post) have come up with in 72 hours of frantic filmmaking.  The fest has two screenings this year.  The first, the Ghoul Category, will be at 2 pm, and consist of teams that have competed in GuignolFest for three years or less.  The Legacy Category, will be at 7:30 pm, and consist of teams that have competed more than three years, or have placed in the top three movies in the Ghoul Category.  Tickets will be released on Tuesday, October 18, on the Clinton Street Theater website.

The Vancouver Badass Film Festival VIII takes place today at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC), starting with world premiere of Vancouver writer/director Rusty Nixon's latest film, Death Rumble at 3 pm (with live wrestling and a cast and crew Q and A), non-local short films at 5:30 pm, and local short films and awards with Caravan of Curiosities starting at 7:30 pm.  Day passes are available.

 

Church of Film presents the Iranian horror film Girl's Dormitory at the Red Fox (5128 N Albina Ave in Portland, OR) tonight at 8 pm.  Screening is in a covered, outdoor area.  Admission is FREE.

 

Today at noon, Notcool presents the vampire film Only Lovers Left Alive at Cinemagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR).

 

Fathom Events brings Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stocker's Dracula back to theatres nationwide tonight and Thursday, October 27.  Click the link to find showtimes and theaters near you.

 

The Tracyton Movie House (1520 NE Riddell Rd in Bremerton, WA) will show the animated feature Monster House today at 4 pm.

 

Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) brings horror loving drag queens Mae Flood and Princess Charming to host a screening of A Nightmare on Elm Steet 2: Freddy's Revenge tonight only at 7 pm.

CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) will show the Dario Argento giallo (and his directorial debut) The Bird with the Crystal Plumage through Monday, October 24.

 

The killer mermaid (or is she) film Night Tide, and other works by Marjorie Cameron, will be shown at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) tonight at 7:30 pm.

 

The annual All Monsters Attack! series at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) continues with a newly restored version of  Def by Temptation (scheduled through Thursday, October 27).

 

Crypticon Seattle and the Renton Civic Theatre (507 S 3rd St in Renton, WA) are showing Brian Yuzna's body horror film Society, and Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator tonight.  Showtime to be announced.

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will show The Babadook tonight only at 7:30 pm.

Monday, October 24

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show the 1999 horror/action classic The Mummy tonight at 6:45 pm.

#MonsterMonday at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) brings Chucky back on the big screen, with the origial Child's Play showing at 9:30 pm.

The psychological horror film Berberian Sound Studio plays at 7 pm tonight at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR).

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will show the post-apocalyptic film The Road tonight only at 7:30 pm.  Part of the #oregonmade film series, scenes were shot at Mout St. Helens, the Columbia River Gorge and the wreck of the Peter Iredale at Ft. Stevens.

Tuesday, October 25

The Seattle 48 Hour Film Project Horror Edition takes place tonight an tomorrow at SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA).  It's four blocks of films made by 50 filmmakers in 48 hours.  See one block, or buy a pass for all four!

CMNYK and the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR) presents the silent German horror classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, with live music by Sonochromatic, tonight at 7 pm.

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show Dario Argento's classic Suspiria tonight at 6 pm and Saturday, October 29, at 9 pm.  Tonight's screening is part of the Ghouls!  Ghouls!  Ghouls! Triple Feature.  You can buy a pass for this film, as well as Carrie and Jennifer's Body, which is a perfect ghoul's night at the movies.

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show Brian DePalma's Carrie tonight at 8 pm.  Part of the Ghouls!  Ghouls!  Ghouls! Triple Feature, you can buy a pass for Suspiria and Jennifer's Body, which is a perfect ghoul's night at the movies. 

The Ghouls!  Ghouls!  Ghouls! Triple Feature at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) concludes with a screening of Jennifer's Body tonight at 10:15 pm.  See one flick, or check out all three with a ghoul's night pass.

The annual All Monsters Attack! series at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) continues as the Sprocket Society presents Todd Browning's Freaks and a second Pre-Code shocker, in GLORIOUS 16mm, tonight only at 7:30 pm.

 

The Grindhouse Film Festival at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen the 1988 remake of The Blob in GLORIOUS 35mm tonight only at 7:30 pm.

Wednesday, October 26  

Lacy Productions brings Rock 'n Tease: A Burlesque Revue to The Garages Music Venue Eatery and Taphouse (17880 SW McEwan Rd in Lake Oswego, OR) tonight at 7 pm.  You must be 21 or older to attend.

 

The crazy-in-all-the-right-ways Japanese ghost story Hausu (House) is playing at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) tonight at 8:20 pm.

The Tracyton Movie House (1520 NE Riddell Rd in Bremerton, WA) will show The Addams Family tonight at 6 pm.

The film is also screening at 6 pm tonight at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC)

The Whiteside Theatre (361 SW Madison Ave in Corvallis, OR) will show the horror/comedy classic (Yeah, I'm calling it) The Cabin in the Woods tonight at 7 pm.

Church of Film brings the Russian folk horror film VIY Spirit of Evil to the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) tonight at 8 pm.

Re-Run Theater at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) presents Thriller and More, a collection of horror and Halloween themed videos (including the 15 minute version of Thriller) tonight at 7:30 pm.

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) is showing The Rocky Horror Picture Show, featuring the Geekenders, at 10:30 pm tonight and tomorrow night, at 11:30 pm on Friday and Saturday, October 28 and 29, and at 11 pm on Sunday, October 30, and Halloween Night.  Be aware, the events are selling out at the time of this post.

 

Thursday, October 27

 

Stage Fright: A Festival of Theatrical Horrors opens tonight at the Curious Comedy Theatre (5225 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in Portland, OR).   Four different plays over four nights, closing with the Macabre Cabaret, you can attend a single performance or buy a festival pass.  Follow the event on Facebook.

UPDATE: A flash sale isrunning now through 11:59 pm on Sunday, October 16.  You can save $5 on tickets during this time with promo code Discount Dracula.

 

Night Flight's Fright Night 2022 takes place through Saturday, October 30.  The show, which is a circus tribute to the golden age of classic VHS horror movies, takes place at PSU's Lincoln Hall (1620 SW Park Ave in Portland, OR).

 

The Devil made her do it!  Pray for the Devil is showing at the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, November 2) and the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, November 3).

 

Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street is showing at the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, November 3).

 

The witch is back at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC), with a screening of Hocus Pocus tonight at 6 pm.

 

Tonight at 7 pm, Fisk presents the whacked out (in the BEST way) Japanese ghost film Hausu (House) at Cinemagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR).

 

 

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) has such sights to show you with at 35th anniversary screening of Hellraiser tonight at 8:20 pm and Halloween Night at 8:30 pm.

 

More classic Wes Craven at the Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA) with a screening of Scream tonight at 7:45 pm.

 

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will show David Lynch's Eraserhead tonight at 7 pm.

 

Friday, October 28

 

Halloween weekend at Pheasant Fields Farm (1865 Camp Baker Rd in Medford, OR) get spooky with the Ring of Horror, an immersive 360 degree experience.  You'll also find a new Zombie Train, a Corn Maze and a snack shack, should all the frights make you hungry.

 

Packer Orchards (3020 Thomsen Rd in Hood River, OR) gets its scare on with a Haunted Corn Maze tonight and tomorrow. 

 

It's an evening of dining, mystery and mayhem in store for you if you attend Halloween Murder Mystery Dinner in Giatti's-Terror in Transylvania.  Each attendee will receive a "character part," and you must dress and act like that character when you walk in the front door.  The event starts at 5:30 pm this evening at Salud! (224 NE 3rd Ave in Camas, WA).  Be aware, only 24 tickets will be sold!

 

The Howl 19th Annual Halloween Bash takes place tonight and tomorrow night at The Den (116 SE Yamhill in Portland, OR).  You must be 21 or older, with ID, to attend this fundraiser for City Repair Project.  Doors open at 8 pm, music starts at 9 pm. 

 

Hungry Like the Werewolf Bash takes place at At the Garages (17880 SW McEwan Rd in Lake Oswego, OR) tonight at 8 pm.  The bands are Duran Duran tribute band Notorious and INXS tribute band New Sensation.  This is a 21 and older event. 

 

CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) presents the Provoke Film Festival: Woman Directed Horror through Thursday, November 3.  Details to be announced soon, but you can click on the link to see the films to be shown. 

 

The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) will show Lamberto Bava's bat-sh*t crazy (in the best way) sequal Demons 2 tonight at 7 pm.

Another bat-sh*t crazy sequal (in more a how did they get Christopher Lee to wear those sunglasses way), Howling 2: Your Sister is a Werewolf is playing at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) tonight at 9:30 pm.  Stick around for the ending credits, as the filmmakers get around Sybil Danning's nudity clause in her contract by replaying her topless scene far too many times.  Oh, and Lee apologized to Joe Dante for appearing in the film during the filming of Gremlins 2: The New Batch.  It's simply craptastic, and the perfect Friday night film.

 

The Ghost with the Most is getting around this Halloween season.  Now, Beetlejuice is showing up at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) today at 2 pm, and Halloween Day at 4 pm. 

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show The Exorcist: The Director's Cut tonight Sunday, October 30, at 8 pm.

 

The Egyptian Theatre (229 S Broadway in Coos Bay, OR) will show the Disney Halloween favorite Hocus Pocus tonight and tomorrow at 7 pm.  Come in costume and get a treat!

 

Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) puts a spell on you with screening of The Craft through Wednesday, November 2 (that screening is in Hecklevision).  Bet you were expecting a different batch of witches.

 

McMenamins Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave in Portland, OR) finishes the Halloween holiday with screenings of Bettlejuice, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining and Poltergeist through Halloween night.  Seperate admission required each film. 

The Kiggins Threatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA) will show George Romero's classic Night of the Living Dead through Halloween Night.

The Kiggins Threatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA) will show the 80s vampire classic The Lost Boys through Halloween Night.

 

The Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) is showing Tobe Hooper's slasher film The Funhouse through Thursday, November 3. 

The Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR) is showing Laika animated feature Coraline through Thursday, November 3.

 

The 7th Street Theatre (313 7th St in Hoquiam, WA) will show the fantasy Willow tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 pm.  Doors open a half-hour before showtime.

The Liberty Theatre Astoria (1203 Commercial St in Astoria, OR) is hosting a Creature Double Feature tonight, with The Lost Boys and An American Werewolf in London, starting at 7 pm.  The event features live music with Idanha, and costumes are welcome.  Doors open at 6 pm.

 

More French horror comes to the 5th Avenue Cinema (510 SW Hall St in Portland, OR), as the theater presents Raw through Sunday, October 30.

 

The annual All Monsters Attack! series at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) continues as Bat City Cinema and the American Genre Film Archive (with support from the Sprocket Society) presents Satanageddon!  This collection of trailers, cartoons and shorts alsof features to ultra-rare featurs, Satan War and Gene Roddenberry's Spectre in GLORIOUS 16mm shows tonight only at 7 pm.

 

Start Halloween weekend out with a howl as the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) shows Joe Dante's werewolf classic The Howling tonight at 7 pm.

 

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) is ready to blow your mind with a screening of Scanners tonight at 10 pm.

 

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will show the queer Eurohorror classic Daughters of Darkness tonight at 7 pm.

 

The Mondo Trasho series at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) brings The Rage: Carrie 2 back to the big screen in GLORIOUS 35mm tonight at 9:30 pm.

 

The horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street is the final film in the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA) Classic Film Series, playing through Thursday, November 6.

Not sure how I feel about this one, but it is news.  A 3D conversion of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead will be screening at Regal theaters through Halloween.  Use this link to find a theater near you (when you arrive on the Regal page, click the "Book Now" button).

Saturday, October 29

Oregon Contemporary (8371 N Interstate Ave in Portland, OR) is hosting Carla Rossi's Hell House Halloween, a party and fundraiser, tonight.  More details to follow.  For the most up-to-date information, follow Oregon Contemporary on Facebook.

It's a Devilish Night of mischief and mayhem, as Tacoma Dance Studios, in association with Horrific Show, presents Devil's Night at ALMA Tacoma (1322 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA).  The program promises belly dance, burlesque, sideshow, aerialists, hip hop and MORE!  And you can dress up in your most atrocious attire.  The show starts at 8 pm (doors open at 7 pm) for this 21 and older show.

 

Highway to Hell-O-Ween IV, Night 2 takes place at At the Garages (17880 SW McEwan Rd in Lake Oswego, OR) tonight at 8 pm.  The bands are AC/DC tribute band Shoot to Kill and Ozzy Osbourne tribute band Crazy Train.  This is a 21 and older event. 

 

The Oregon Symphony will presents Hocus Pocus in Concert through Halloween at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (1037 SW Broadway in Portland, OR). 

 

The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) is hosting Part 2: The Return-A Horror Movie Mystery Marathon tonight starting at 4 pm.  It's an evening of Part 2s spaning "all recored history," so it should be a real treat for horror fans.

 

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will screen Dario Argento's classic Suspiria tonight at 9 pm.

The Olympia Film Society hosts the Northwest Horrorfest 2022 tonight at the Capitol Theater (206 5th Ave SE in Olympia, WA).  Post-film Q and A with filmmakers to follow screening.  Visit the link for more detials, including a list of films to be shown.

Scare-A-Thon returns to the Joy Cinema (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR) today.  The films to be shown are Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein at 1 pm, The Mummy's Hand at 3 pm, a "secret added shocker" at 5 pm, Horror of Dracula at 7 pm and From Dusk to Dawn at 9 pm.  All-Day Passes available soon, or you can check out the films you want. 

UPDATE: The 5 pm film is It Came from Outer Space.

 

Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) is screening the John Carpenter holiday classic Halloween through Wednesday, November 2

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera, with organist Martin Ellis performing his original score live on the Wurlitzer pipe organ, today at 2 pm.

 

Time for a bit of spooky family fun at the Whiteside Theatre (361 SW Madison Ave in Corvallis, OR) as the Bob Newton Family Movie is Hotel Transylvania, today at 3 pm.  Admission is FREE for kids under 12.

 

The annual All Monsters Attack! series at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) concludes this weekend with a 4K restoration, featuring a 5.1 audio mix, of Lucio Fulci's gore classic Zombie (scheduled through Halloween).

 

The annual All Monsters Attack! series at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) concludes this weekend with a 4K restoration, featuring a 5.1 audio mix, of Lucio Fulci's Lovecraftian horror classic The Beyond: The Composer's Cut (features Fabio Frizzi's expanded score; scheduled through Halloween).

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR)will screen the anthology horror film Body Bags, directed by John Carpenter (who also plays the creepy coroner introducing the stories) and Tobe Hooper, tonight at 7 pm.

Fathom Events brings two classic Universal Monster Movies, Creature from the Black Lagoon and 1943's Phantom of the Opera back to theaters nationwide tonight only.  Visit the link to find a theater near you. 

 

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will show The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with a shadowcast by the Clinton Street Cabaret, through Halloween.  Visit the link for showtimes.

The Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor Ave in Tacoma, WA) is having a Halloween Extravaganza showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with a costume contest and prizes.  Tickets are only available at the door, so arrive early.  Doors open at 10:30 pm.

The Kiggin Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA) will show The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Denton Delinquents tonight at 10 pm.  Pre-show starts at 9 pm.

 

Sunday, October 30

 

It's the 8th Annual Scary Run in Washougal, WA, as you can pick your your pace and run or walk a race in your scariest costume.  Click on the link for details.

The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) will show Dario Argento's Inferno tonight at 7:30 pm.

 

SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) will show the Universal Horror Classic Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein today at 3:15 pm. 

SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) will show the Universal Horror Classic Frankenstein today at 1 pm. 

 

SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) will show the Universal Horror Classic The Wolf Man today at 5:45 pm. 

 

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen the family classic appropriate for TWO holidays, The Nightmare before Christmas, today only at 2 pm.

 

The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen the 80s vampire classic The Lost Boys tonight only at 7 pm.

 

Fathom Event's Studio Ghibli Fest 2022 brings Spirited Away back to the big screen on Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 30, and November 1 and 2.  Monday's screening is subtitled, the others are dubbed.  Visit the link to find a theater near you.

 

Monday, October 31

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

 

Collide-O-Scope's Annual Halloween Celebration returns to SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) today at 8 pm.  Virtual tickets are also available.  

 

The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) will show Dan O'Bannon's horror/comedy classic Return of the Living Dead tonight at 7 pm.

 

Oh my GOOOOOD!  The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) is showing Troll 2 tonight at 9:30 pm.

 

The Queer Horror series at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) brings Francis Ford Coppola's horror film Bram Stoker's Dracula to the big screen tonight only at 8 pm.  The event is hosted by Portland's premier drag clown Carla Rossi, and features a preshow with Wanda Bones and Loretta Lordchild.