This Weekly Update has everything from great films, to cons and stage productions!

The next nine days are full of great Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy events happening across the Pacific Northwest.  This weekend, you can catch some great 80s Sci Fi action films at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, or two cheesy rip-off double features at The Beacon in Seattle.  The Clinton Street Theater in Portland is finishing off Pagan May, while Little Shop of Horrors is at the Western Washington Center for the Arts in Port Orchard.  

Later in the week, Bride of Satanic Panic takes over the Hollywood Theatre with The Devil's Rain in GLORIOUS 35mm, the Portland Horror Trivia Massacre is set to test your knowledge of all things scary, and the new David Cronenberg film opens on Thursday.  And next weekend, you can head to the Lilac City Comic Con in Spokane, the Oregon Renaissance Faire in Canby, or check out The Traveling Vampire Show at Dante's in Portland! 

 

It's really scary how much stuff is happening this week!

And that's only some of the highlights happening under The Shadow Over Portland.  To see the rest, just scroll down.  Of course, if you want to know what's happening in the next few months, just visit the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar.  I've got all the cons, film festival and stage productions happening during the entire year listed, and I add more every few days. 

I'll be back next week to cover more great events  under The Shadow Over Portland.  Stay safe, everyone!

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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; plays through Thursday, June 2), the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2), the Salem Cinema (1127 Broadway NE in Salem, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2), Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2), the Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA; plays through Thursday, June 2), the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2), the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2), the Empirical Theater at OMSI (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR; plays through Monday, May 30), The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA; plays through Thursday, June 2), and Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; plays through Wednesday, June 1).  The Olympic Film Society will screen it on Sunday, May 29, and Thursday, June 2, at 7 pm at the Capitol Theater (206 5th Ave SE in Olympia, WA).

The Nordic horror film The Innocents is at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA; plays through Thursday, June 2).

 

Alex Garland's (Ex Machina, Annihilation) latest horror film, Men, opens tonight at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2),  the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2), SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA; plays through Thursday, June 2), Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2), the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2),  the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2), the Salem Cinema (1127 Broadway NE in Salem, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2), the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2), The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA; plays through Thursday, June 2), and Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; plays through Wednesday, June 1). 

 

This is the last weekend to see the stage production of Little Shop of Horrors at the Western Washington Center for the Arts (521 Bay St in Port Orchard, WA).  The production runs through May 29.

 

Guilds of Manzoa: Fantasy Rock Musical takes the stage at the Samaritan Odd Fellows Lodge (10282 SE Main St in Milwaukie, OR) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 20 to 22 and May 27 to 29.  The Torchsong Theater Company production follows a group of D and D players transported to a fantasy world when they start playing a mysterious RPG called Guilds of Manzoa.  Dragons, meta humor and musical numbers ensue.  You can listen to some of the songs from the score at the link. 
 

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness continues next week at the Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; plays through Wednesday, June 1) and the M-F Drive-In Theater (84322 Oregon-Washington Highway in Milton Freewater, OR; co-feature is The Bob's Burgers Movie).

Morbius continues to bare his fangs at the McMenamins Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, June 2).

 

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

 

Saturday, May 28

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 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.

"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 will have one final screening at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) tonight at 11:45 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. 

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.

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 Vampire's Masquerade Ball takes place at 9 pm tonight at the Portland Art Museum (1119 SW Park Ave in Portland, OR).  For all the details concerning the event, visit the Facebook Event Page.

 

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, tailored for "virgins."

 

The Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor St in Tacoma, WA) presents The Rocky Horror Picture Show tonight at midnight.  The Blue Mouseketeers will provide a live shadowcast, with any donations going to the production of Little Shop of Horrors in July, in collaberation with Friday Night Frights.

Sunday, May 29

Norwegian filmmaker Eskil Volgt's supernatural thriller The Innocents will screen at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) tonight at 9:30 pm.

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

Satanic Panic returns to the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) with a screening of the 1975 horror film The Devil's Rain, starring William Shatner, Ernest Borgnine, Ida Lupino and gallons of goo!  The evening will include a selection of occult short horror films, horror-themed burlesque performances, diabolic giveaways and MORE!  You can read my review of The Devil's Rain here, and you'll find me discussing it with Derek M. Kock on Monster Kid Radio here.

The Portland Horror Trivia Massacre returns to Home, A Bar (719 SE Morrison St in Portland, OR) tonight at 7:30 pm.

 

June, 2022

Thursday, June 2

Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg's return to body horror, opens tonight at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, June 9), and Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, June 9).

BECU Drive-In Movies at Marymoor Park will show the musical fantasy Labyrinth at Marymoor Park (6046 W Lake Sammamish Parkway NE in Redmond, WA) tonight at 9:15 pm.  For more details and to buy tickets, visit the link above.

Friday, June 3

Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg's return to body horror, opens tonight at the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR) and SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA; plays through Thursday, June 9).

 

The serial killer thriller Watcher opens at Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, June 9).

 

The Shaw Brother's whacked (in the best way) superhero battling rubber-suited monsters movie, Infra-Man, plays at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) tonight at 8:30 pm.

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) has rescheduled Gaspar Noe's Lux AEterna to this evening at 6 pm.

VHS Night at CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen Stuart Gordon's fighting giant robots flick Robot Jox in GLORIOUS VHS tonight at midnight.  The show starts at 11:30 pm with VHS trailers.

Weird Elephant at The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) will show the 2022 remastered version of David Lynch's Inland Empire tonight and tomorrow night at 10 pm.

Game over, man!  GAME OVER!!  Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) will screen James Cameron's sci fi classic Aliens through Thursday, June 9.  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!).

Bertrand Mandico's After Blue, about a girl on a distant planet who releases an assassin and is force to track her down with her mother, plays at 7:30 pm tonight at The Grand Illusion (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA).  Visit the site for a more detailed summery of the film.  It's much more complex than my description.

Saturday, June 4

Though it might sound like a basic slasher flick, 1976's Massacre at Central High is more a combination of political allegory, social commentary with a helping of low-budget exploitation troupes stirred into the mix.  You can see it on the big screen at 10:30 pm tonight at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA).

In celebration of the film's 40th anniversary, the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will screen Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan tonight at 11:30 pm.

The Lilac City Comic Con takes place today and tomorrow at the Spokane Convention Center (334 W Spokane Falls Blvd in Spokane, WA).  Daniel Cudmore (Colossus in X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men: Days of Future Past) is scheduled to attend.

The Oregon Renaissance Faire takes place this weekend and next weekend at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds (694 NE 4th Ave in Canby, OR).  Click on the link for all the details.

Wyrd War Presents: Autopsy, with Spirit Possession, Deathcharge and Hellshock at 7:30 pm tonight at Stage 722 (722 SE 10th Ave in Portland, OR).  Doors open at 7 pm.  You must be 21 or older to attend. 

 

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.

 

Sunday, June 5

 

The Traveling Vampire Show stops by Dante's (350 W Burnside St in Portlandd, OR) tonight at 7:30 pm.  This blend of cirque and soul, a spectacle of blood, sex, fire and ritual, showcases the hypnotic vocals of Soriah, a veteran of Anne Rice's New Orleans Vampire Ball.  Purchasing tickets in advance would be a good idea.  This event is for those 21 or older.

 

Fathom Events brings The Wizard of Oz back to theaters nationwide to celebrate what would have been Judy Garland's 100th birthday.  Screenings take place today and tomorrow.  Visit the link to find a theater near you showing the film.