And it's opening day for Rabbit Season....
Oh come on. I just couldn't pass up that joke, any more than I could pass up using the picture below...
Hippity hoppity HOLY F'ING HELL!
It shouldn't be any surprise that, even though it's Easter, the Pacific Northwest still has lots of great things for Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Fans to do. We've got lots of great movies, a few stage events and even a con (which I found out about yesterday; sorry Norwescon!) taking place this week.
Even more is coming next month, including appearances by Lloyd Kaufman and Brian Trenchard-Smith at the Hollywood Theatre! If you want more details on this, or other great events taking place in 2022, visit the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar and start making plans for the rest of the year!!
Take care, have a great week and I'll be back next Friday with another Weekly Update from The Shadow Over Portland!
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Happening This Week
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 is showing at The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR), the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR), the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR), at Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA), the Salem Cinema (1127 Broadway NE in Salem, OR), CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR), the Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA), the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Ln SE in Yelm, WA), the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR) and Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR).
Central Cinema (1411 21St Ave in Seattle, WA) will show the action classic Raiders of the Lost Ark through Thursday, April 21.
Oh my GOD!!! Central Cinema (1411 21St Ave in Seattle, WA) is showing Troll 2 in Hecklevision through Tuesday, April 19.
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"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 continues at the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR).
Artist Repertory Theatre brings The Children, a look at climate change and what, if anything, one generation owes the next, to the Portland Center Stage: Ellyn Bye Studio (128 NW 11th Ave in Portland, OR) through May 15.
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).
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore opens today at the St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR), the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR), the Cameo Theatre (304 E 1st St in Newberg, OR), the Liberty Theatre (312 NE 4th Ave in Camas, WA), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR), the Kelso Theater Pub (214 S Pacific Highway in Kelso, WA), the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Ln SE in Yelm, WA) and the following McMenamins locations: Anderson School (18607 Bothell Way NE in Bothell, WA), the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthrone Blvd in Portland, OR), Grand Lodge (3505 Pacific Ave in Forest Grove, OR), Old St. Francis School (700 NW Bond St in Bend, OR), the Olympic Club (112 N Tower Ave in Centralia, WA), the Edgefield Power Station Theater (2126 SW Halsey St in Troutdale, OR), and the St Johns Theatre (8203 N Ivanhoe St in Portland, OR). It opens Friday, April 15, at the Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR).
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The latest film in the Sony Spiderverse, Morbius, continues at Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR) and the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Ln SE in Yelm, WA).
Spider-Man: No Way Home swings into the McMenamins Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave in Portland, OR) through Thursday, April 21.
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Metalesque Fest
will be taking performer applications through June 18. The festival
takes place from September 30 to October 2 at locations in Portland, OR.
Friday, April 15
Whether you need a break from your taxes, head over to the Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor St in Tacoma, WA) tonight at 10 pm, as Friday Night Frights presents 1983's Mausoleum. Hey, a film about demonic possession will get your mind off most anything!
The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) offers you the chance to revisit the film that likely scarred you as a child, Watership Down, tonight at 7 pm.
The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will show David Cronenberg's Rabid tonight at 10 pm.
Head to the work shed... I mean the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) for a 35th anniversary screening of Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn tonight at 10:30 pm and on Thursday, April 21, at 9:45 pm.
In conjunction with Janus films, The Grand Illusion (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) will present FREE screenings of David Lynch's Eraserhead at 7:30 pm on Friday, April 15 and Wednesday, April 20.
The 7th Street Theatre (313 7th St in Hoquiam, WA) will show Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory today and tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
The film is also being shown at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) tonight at 7:30 pm, and at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) tonight at 4:20 pm and on Sunday, April 17, at 1 pm.
Saturday, April 16
Wyrd War is hosting an adult Easter egg hunt, with lots of cool prizes, and a screening of Critters 2: The Main Course at the Hollywood Theatre
(4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) starting at 7:30 pm. Writer,
director and podcaster Mick Garris will be in attendance to talk all
things Crites after the film. Doors open at 7 pm.
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We have worm sign! And another final screening of the 2021's Dune at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) sign, tonight at 9:45 pm
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In conjunction with Janus films, The Grand Illusion (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) will present FREE screenings of the horror/musical about carnivorous mermaid sister, The Lure, at 7:30 pm on Saturday, April 16 and Monday, April 18.
Ruh-Roo. The Whiteside Theatre (361 SW Madison in Corvallis, OR) is showing the live-action Scooby-Doo today at 3 pm.
Sunday, April 17
Church of Film presents a restored version of Wan Laiming's 1965 animated film Uproar in Heaven, based on the 16th century classic Journey to the West, tonight at 8 pm. The screening takes place at the Red Fox (5128 N Albina Ave in Portland, OR) in an covered and headed outdoor area.
The Hollywood Theatre
(4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) is starting special service
industry screenings (tickets are $7 if you present your OLCC card at the
box office) with the Schwarzenegger sci fi/action classic Predator tonight at 7:30 pm.
In conjunction with Janus films, The Grand Illusion (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) will present FREE screenings of Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast at 7:30 pm on Sunday, April 17, and Thursday, April 21.
Tuesday, April 19
The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) will screen Jess Franco's classic Venus in Furs tonight at 8 pm.
Wednesday, April 20
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) invites you to celebrate 4/20 with a screening of 1970's Pufnstuf,
a film based on the trippiest Saturday morning kid's show. Come on,
it's about a boy who blows on a magic flute and is transported to a
psychedelic world full of witches and a friendly dragon. You know the
writers had to be smoking something!
Thursday, April 21
Celebrate April Fool's Day a little late as the Central Cinema (1411 21St Ave in Seattle, WA) brings Baron Von Terror to host a screening of the 1986 slasher comedy.
Friday, April 22
The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) presents a 45th anniversary screening of David Lynch's Eraserhead tonight at 11:30 pm.
Weird Elephant at The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) pays tribute to the late William Hurt with screenings of Altered States tonight and tomorrow night at 10 pm.
The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) will show David Lynch's last film to date, Inland Empire, through Thursday, April 28.
The coming-of-age horror film We're All Going to the World's Fair plays at The Grand Illusion
(1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) through Thursday, April 28. The film
will also be shown today and tomorrow, April 22 and 23, at the Whitsell
Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park Ave in Portland,
OR).
The Kiggins' Cult of Horror series brings the podcast Horror Movie Talk to the Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA) to introduce Joe Dante's horror/comedy The 'Burbs tonight at 9:30 pm.
Disney's Descendants the Musical takes to the stage through Saturday, April 30. This Journey Theater production will be at Fort Vancouver High Schoool (5700 E 18 St in Vancouver, WA).
Saturday, April 23
The VHS Uber Alles April '22
feature is a TOP SECRET CANUXPLOITATION FEATURE! The hints to the 1987
film include "the biggest, wimpiest scaredy-cat bad guy ever; a legit
treasure chest full of guns and ammo; a DIY bullet-proof mask made out
of a shovel!" To find out what the film is, head to The Grand Illusion (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) tonight at 10 pm.
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The Denton Delinquents take a break from doing the Time Warp to shadowcast a screening of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice at the Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA). Wonder if they'll cause the real ghost with the most to appear by accident?
The Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor St in Tacoma, WA) will screening The Rocky Horror Picture Show tonight at midnight.
The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will host a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show for Virgins tonight at midnight. Doors open at 11 pm.