I want to start by thanking everyone for their kind words about the passing of my father. So many of you posted on Facebook after I posted about him on my site, it was very touching. Again, thank you everyone.
As for the Weekly Update, May is ending with a bang! We have two cons this weekend (and maybe a third next week, but I doubt Star Trek Mission Seattle is a go; you'll find details below), The Beacon in Seattle is hosting a three day Memorial Day Weekend Rip-Off Rampage, while at the same time, the Hollywood Theatre in Portland is screening some classic 80s sci fi/action flicks. And Satanic Panic returns to the Hollywood Theatre on the last day of May with a screening of The Devil's Rain in GLORIOUS 35mm, along with some other treats!
I have conjured up a devilish good ten days for Pacific Northwest Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Fans!
And let's not forget the end of Pagan May at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, the start of the BECU Drive-In Movies at Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA, and Fathom Events bringing the director's cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture to the big screen! Yep, this month is ending on a high note.
But the rest of the summer is looking pretty awesome as well. You'll find all the details at the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar, including more outdoor movies, cons, stage shows and SO MUCH MORE! Click on the link to take a look, but keep checking back, as I update the page every few days, and I'll have details about EVEN MORE outdoor flicks, where to go see David Cronenberg's new film, Crimes of the Future, and anything else I can find that will thrill Pacific Northwest Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Fans.
That's all I have for now. Until next week, stay safe and I'll be back with more great events happening under 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 continues this week at the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR), the St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR), the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, 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), the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR), the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR), the Empirical Theater at OMSI (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR), and Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR).
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Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) will show Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle
at 4 and 7 pm through Wednesday, May 25, and a 5 pm showing on
Thursday, May 26. The 4 pm screenings are English dubbed, the 7 pm in
Japanese with English subtitles. No word on the 5 pm show yet.
Get to da chopper! Er, I mean get to Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) for screenings of the original Predator through Wednesday, May 25.
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The latest adaptation of Stephen King's Firestarter continues this weekat the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Ln SE in Yelm, WA), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR), and Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR).
It will play at the following McMenamins locations through Wednesday, May 25: 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).
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore continues at next week at the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Ln SE in Yelm, WA)
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The Bleedingham Horror Film Festival
is taking submissions through September 1, 2022. The event takes place
on Saturday and Sunday, October 22 and 23, in Bellingham, WA.
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.
May, 2022
Friday, May 20
This Mother's Day, take your mother to the Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor St in Tacoma, WA) as Friday Night Frights screens 1980's Mother's Day tonight at 10 pm. Mom's gonna love it!
Crypticon Seattle takes place this weekend at the Doubletree Hotel Sea Tac (18740 International Blvd in Seattle, WA). Bill Moseley (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, The Devil's Rejects), Noah Hathaway (The NeverEnding Story, the original Battlestar Galactica), The Chiodo Brothers (Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Critters), William Katt (Carrie, House) and Phil Fondacaro (Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Troll, Willow) Dana DeLorenzo (Ash vs. Evil Dead), Christine Elise (Child's Play 2, TV's Chucky), Alex Vincent (Child's Play, Child's Play 2) voice actor Roger Jackson (Scream, The Powerpuff Girls) and Fiona Dourif (TV's Chucky, Cult of Chucky) are scheduled to attend.
UPDATE: Cassandra Peterson (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark), author/director Matt Shaw (Monster), Eugene Clark (Big Daddy in George Romero's Land of the Dead), David Tennant (Doctor Who, Good Omens, Jessica Jones) Eileen Dietz (The Exorcist and local film A Haunting in Ravenwood, which will be screened at the con), and actor Phil Fondacaro (Troll, Willow, Return of the Jedi) are scheduled to attend. And Northwest filmmaker Joe Sherlock's latest film, Dark Zone Thirteen Part Two, will be screened at the con at midnight on Saturday, May 21. Also, author/filmmaker John Skipp (Tales of Halloween) has cancelled his appearance due to illness.
The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will screen Cowboy Bebop: The Movie tonight at 11:15 pm.
The 7th Street Theatre (313 7th St in Hoquiam, WA) will show the shot-in-Oregon favorite The Goonies today and tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
Saturday, May 21
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The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) presents an encore screening of the anime classic Akira tonight at 9:30 pm.
UPDATE: This event is SOLD OUT.
The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will screen Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away today at 2 pm and on Monday, May 23, at 1:30 pm. Both screenings are English dubbed versions.
VHS Uber Alles presents a Teen Zombie Thriller in GLORIOUS VHS at 9 pm tonight at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA). Don't know the title of the film, but a plot summery is available at the link.
Pagan May continues at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) with screenings of Gaspar Noe's Lux AEterna, at 7 and 9 pm.
Stunt Rock, about an Australian stuntman developing pyrotechnic magic tricks for a rock band's show, will be screened at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) tonight at 7 pm. Legendary Ozploitation director Brian Trenchard-Smith (Turkey Shoot, Leprechaun 4: In Space) and star Margaret Trenchard-Smith (AKA Margaret Gerard) will be in attendance for a Q and A after the film.
The Mid Valley Comic Art Expo takes place today from 10 am to 6 pm, with a cosplay contest from 6 to 7:30 pm, at the Oregon State Fairgrounds Columbia Hall (2330 17th St NE in Salem, OR). You can follow the expo on Facebook.
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The Whiteside Theatre (361 SW Madison Ave in Corvallis, OR) will show the animated sci fi film Home today at 3 pm.
The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show The Rocky Horror Picture Show at 11:30 pm tonight with a live shadowcast from the Geekenders. Costumes and audience participation is encouraged. Doors open at 10 :45 pm.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show will be shown tonight at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) with a shadowcast from the Clinton Street Cabaret. Doors open at 11 pm, movie starts at midnight.
Sunday, May 22
Fathom Events brings the director's edition of Star Trek: The Motion Picture
to theaters nationwide today, on Monday, May 23 and Wednesday, May 25.
Follow the link to find a theater near you showing the film.
Tuesday, May 24
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will show a new restoration of Johnnie To's 1993 Hong Kong classic The Heroic Trio, starring Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung and Anita Mui, tonight at 7:30 pm.
Wednesday, May 25
BECU Drive-In Movies at Marymoor Park will show The Princess Bride at Marymoor Park (6046 W Lake Sammamish Parkway NE in Redmond, WA) tonight at 9 pm. For more details and to buy tickets, visit the link above.
Thursday, May 26
BECU Drive-In Movies at Marymoor Park will show E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial at Marymoor Park (6046 W Lake Sammamish Parkway NE in Redmond, WA) tonight at 9 pm. For more details and to buy tickets, visit the link above.
Star Trek Mission Seattle
takes place through Saturday, May 28. At least that was what was posted on Facebook in April. But I have yet to see any updates including the venue, guests and such. You can also
visit the official website, though I didn't find anything about this event there, either.
Friday, May 27
The Mermorial Day Weekend Rip-Off Rampage opens at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) with the Star Wars rip-off Message from Space, starring Sonny Chiba, Sue Shiomi and Vic Morrow, followed by the Raider/ET "homage" Magic Crystal, staring Andy Lau, Cynthia Rothrock and Richard Norton. Showtime is 8 pm.
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Pagan May concludes at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) with Roger Corman's 1982 Sorceress at 10 pm. As the film stars Playboy playmates Leigh and Lynette Harris, you know what's in store with this flick.
The Mondo Trasho series at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) takes on the bugs with a 25th anniversary screening of Starship Troopers tonight at 7:30 pm. Would you like to know more? Than just click on the link above.
5th Avenue Cinema (501 SW Hall St in Portland, OR) will show the South Korean monster movie The Host in GLORIOUS 35mm through Sunday, May 29.
The Kiggins' Cult of Horror series brings the podcast Horror Movie Talk to the Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA) to introduce the body horror of David Cronenberg's The Fly tonight at 9:30 pm.
Saturday, May 28
The Mermorial Day Weekend Rip-Off Rampage continues at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) with the Jaws rip-off Alligator, starring Robert Forster, and the post-apocalyptic Escape from the Bronx. Showtime is 9 pm.
The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) has added the teen comedy Teen Witch to the Pagan May lineup. Showtime is 7 pm.
Game over, man! GAME OVER!! The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen James Cameron's sci fi classic Aliens today at 3 pm. The film features Sigourney Weaver as Ripley,
Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton and the best timed countdown
in cinematic history (just so you know, it ends a few seconds EARLY!).
He did say he'd be back. The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen James Cameron's 1984 classic The Terminator tonight at 7 pm.
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Rounding out the 80's sci fi/action films playing today at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) is a new restoration of Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop, screening tonight at 9:30 pm.
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The Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA) series It's Alive! continues with the 1933 horror classic The Invisible Man today at noon.
The Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA) will show The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with the Denton Delinquents Time Warping across the stage, tonight at 10 pm. Doors open at 9 pm.
The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will show The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with a shadow cast by the Clinton Street Cabaret.
Sunday, May 29
The Mermorial Day Weekend Rip-Off Rampage concludes at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) with Bruno Mattei's Robowar and his Aliens/Terminator rip-off Shocking Dark (AKA Terminator 2: Mattei's not even trying to hide it) Showtime is 7:30.
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen Terminator 2: Judgement Day tonight at 6 pm.
Game over, man! GAME OVER!! The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen James Cameron's sci fi classic Aliens
tonight at 9:30 pm. The film features Sigourney Weaver as Ripley,
Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton and the best timed countdown
in cinematic history (just so you know, it ends a few seconds EARLY!).
Tuesday, May 31
