No fooling, I'm back on schedule!

Happy April First, everyone.  Hope you haven't fallen for any April Fool's Pranks today, if that's still a thing.  Is it?  I don't know.  Jeez, I am old.

But one thing I do know.  This is the perfect day for a scary clown picture!

One thing that isn't a prank is this edition of the Weekly Update.  I've stuffed it full of great movies, stage events and even a bit of crazy kung fu mayhem, guarenteed to keep Pacific Northwest Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Fans happy.

As always, I'll remind you to check out the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar if you want to see what's coming up later in the month and throughout the year.  I update it every few days, so be sure to keep checking back.

Oh, my move is over.  I'm in my new place and enjoying the new neighborhood, but still have A LOT of unpacking to do.  And, best of all, I only had one cheap Halloween themed plate break.  I'll miss the plate, but glad that was the only thing to break.

Be safe, stay healthy and I'll be back next week with all the events happening under The Shadow Over Portland

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Happening This Week   

The International Mermaid Museum (7 S Arbor Rd in Aberdeen, WA) will hold its annual Mermaid Festival through Sunday, April 3.  During this week, admission into the museum is FREE.  Aside from the exhibits in the museum, you'll find a series of special attractions, including performances by Una the Mermaid and MORE!  Follow the museum on Facebook.   

 

You Won't Be Alone, about a witch living among humans in anothers skin, opens tonight at the the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR), the Salem Cinema (1127 Broadway NE in Salem, OR), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR), Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR), the Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA) and The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA).

"If Boogie Nights and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre had a baby, X would be their demonic love-child!"  Well, just shut up and take my money!!  The latest from director Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers), X X continues at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR)and the Laurelhurst Theater and Pub (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR) and Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR) through Thursday, April 7.

 

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 will continue at The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) and the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) through Thursday, April 7.

No fooling!  A 2K restoration of John Carpenter's first film, 1974's Dark Star, will be shown at The Grand Illusion (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) through Tuesday, April 5.

Central Cinema (1411 21St Ave in Seattle, WA) will show the fantasy classic The Princess Bride through Thursday, April 7.

 

Stumptown Stages presents Tinderella: the Modern Musical, in which a princess is shown the magic of Tinder by her fairy-god-roommate.  Doesn't sound like a Disney-fied take on the classic fairy tale!  The production runs through April 17 at the Portland'5 Brunish Theatre at Antoinette Hatfield Hall (1111SW Broadway in Portland, OR).

 

The latest film in the Sony Spiderverse, Morbius, opens this week at Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR), the St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR), the Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR), the Liberty Theatre (312 NE 4th Ave in Camas, WA), the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR), and the following McMenamins locations: Anderson School Theater (18607 Bothell Way NE in Bothell, WA), Old St. Francis Theater (700 NW Bond St in Bend, OR), the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR), the Grand Lodge Theater (3505 Pacific Ave in Forest Grove, OR), the Olympic Club Theater (112 N Tower Ave in Centralia, WA), the Power Station Theater at Edgefield (2126 SW Halsey St in Troutdale, OR),  and the St Johns Theater (8023 N Ivanhoe St in Portland, OR).

 

The Batman continues this week at the Academy Theater (78818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR), the Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR), Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR) and the Laurelhurst Theater and Pub (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR) through Thursday, April 7.

 

The Portland Horror Film Festival is accepting submissions for the upcoming festival.  And, until March 31, the festival is waiving submission fees for woman directors.  You must apply for the waiver here.

April, 2022

Friday, April 1

VHS Night at CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) will show Traxx, an action/comedy intended to satirize the 80's action heroes and was sent straight to VHS when the studio heads didn't get the joke, where it's stayed ever since. 

Head over to the Rio Theatre as Samuel L. Jackson takes on some "monkey-fighting snakes" on a "Monday to Friday plane!"  Snakes on a Plane hits the big screen once again, tonight at 10:30 pm.

Morbius will play at  the 99W Drive-In (3110 Portland Rd in Newberg, OR) Friday and Saturday, along with Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Saturday, April 2

Horrific: A Night of Horror Themed Dance is back from the dead at Alma Mater's Fawcett Hall (1322 South Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) tonight at 8 pm.  Advance tickets are recommended.  You must be 21 or older to attend.

 

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will screen the Foo Fighter-starring horror film Studio 666 tonight at 10 pm.

 

Okay, yesterday was April 1, so this could be a belated joke.  But if it isn't, this will be crap-tastic!  The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) will screen Unmasking the Idol tonight at 7:30 pm.  What's it about, you might ask.  Well, according to the web site, the movie is about a ninja spy and his martial arts master BABOON SIDEKICK battling a masked villain who pushes elderly women in wheelchairs into A POOL FULL OF PIRANHAS!!  Shut up and take my money!! 

Okay, I just found a poster online and it's AMAZING!

Celebrate the Clinton Street Theater's (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) 44th anniversary of weekly screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with screenings in GLORIOUS 35mm at 7 pm and midnight tonight.  The event features a live shadow cast by the Clinton Street Cabaret.  Door open an hour before each screening.  Advance ticket purchases recommended.

 

Sunday, April 3

 

Fathom Event's Studio Ghibli Fest 2022 brings Princess Mononoke back to the big screen for its 25th anniversary on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, April 3, 4, and 6.  Monday's screening is subtitled, the others are dubbed.  Visit the link to find a theater near you.

Monday, April 4

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will have a FINAL SCREENING of 2021's Dune tonight at 9 pm.

 

Wednesday, April 6

 

Celebrate First Contact Day at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) as they screen Star Trek: First Contact tonight at 7:30 pm. 

Thursday, April 7

The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) will screen the Czechoslovak fantasy/comedy The Girl on the Broomstick tonight at 8 pm.

 

Friday, April 8

 

Michelle Yeoh fighting to save the multiverse?  I'm SOLD!  Also starring the amazing James Hong and Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once opens this week at the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR), the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) and CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR).

 

Catch the greatest exploding head scene ever filmed on THE BIG SCREEN, as the Hollywood Theatre shows David Cronenberg's sci fi/horror film Scanners tonight at 7:30 pm.

 

Central Cinema (1411 21St Ave in Seattle, WA) will screen Wes Anderson's animated sci fi/comedy Isle of Dogs through Thursday, April 14.

 

Takashi Mikke's musical/horror/comedy The Happiness of the Katakuris plays at Central Cinema (1411 21St Ave in Seattle, WA) through Wednesday, April 13. 

 

Tuesday, April 12

 

Kung Fu Theater at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen the AMAZING Master of the Flying Guillotine at 7:30 pm tonight in GLORIOUS 35mm.  I know it's martial arts, but I can't not mention a movie where a one armed martial arts master must defend himself against a blind master of the Flying Guillotine.  And yes, that weapon is what you're thinking!

 

Burlynomicon returns to The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand in Portland, OR) tonight at 8 pm.  Advance tickets are recommended, but if you want to risk it, doors open at 7 pm.