While not everyone is going to experience hot summer weather in the Pacific Northwest this week, I know some places (including Portland) will reach past the 90 degree mark in the next few days. So if checking out a film sounds like your way of beating the heat, this edition of the Weekly Update is full of great features to check out.
It could be worse. At least temperatures won't break 100 degrees like last year. *Knock on wood*
Old favorites, cult classics, modern hits, this list has all the films Pacific Northwest Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Fans will want to check out. And you'll find a few outdoor movies and stage events to help with the warm days ahead. If you want to plan your outings further in the summer months, check out the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar for everything taking place in 2022 and beyond!
Anyway, I'm cutting this short, as I've got to get back to the day job. Stay safe and I'll be back next week with more great events happening under The Shadow Over Portland.
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Happening This Week
VFX artist Phil Tippett's stop motion film Mad God is playing at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland OR; scheduled through Wednesday, July 13) and The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, July 13).
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A new 4K restoration of David Lynch's Lost Highway is being shown at the SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Thursday, July 14), the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 14) and Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 14).
The Geekenders and Affair of Honor present Kill the Ripper,
a darkly comic production about a trio of women who take on the
murderer as he stalks the streets of Whitechapel. The production runs
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC).
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The animated/live action mockumentary Marcel the Shell with Shoes On opens tonight at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, July 14) and Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; plays through Thursday, July 14).
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; scheduled through Thursday, July 14), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, July 14), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 14), and the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 14).
Hey you guys! The Goonies is play at the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 14).
The Mummy, starring Brandon Fraser and Rachel Weisz, will be unearthed at the Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA; plays through Thursday, July 14).
She's a supermodel by day, a secret agent by night! She's Cleopatra Jones and she's coming to the Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA; plays through Wednesday, July 13).
Director Scott Derickson's (Sinister) latest horror film, The Black Phone (based on a Joe Hill story) is still playing at the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Lane SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, July 14), and Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 14).
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The latest Disney/Pixar toy commercial animated feature, Lightyear, is showing at the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 14), the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Lane SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, July 14), and the Milton-Freewater Drive-In (84322 Oregon-Washington Highway in Milton Freewater, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, July 13).
Jurassic World: Dominion, the *cough cough* "epic conclusion," is playing at the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park Lane SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, July 14), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 14), and the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; plays through Thursday, July 14).
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness heads to the McMenamin Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, July 14).
The 14th Annual GuignolFest
is taking applications for filmmaker to put together a short horror
film in just 72 hours. If you're up for the challenge, you'll find
details on the link. And you can follow the event on Facebook.
The Hourglass Escapes Mystery at Innsmouth
(located in Seattle, WA) is now open. Play as one of seven characters
from the Fantasy Flight Games Arkham Horror as you try to solve why you
and your fellow investigators have been summoned to a dingy ocean side
hotel with a view of Devil's Reef.
Or, check out the Hourglass Escapes Evil Dead 2
room (located in Seattle, WA), where you and your fellow paranormal
investigators visit Knowby Cabin to add Ash in his attempt to vanquish
the Deadites.
Explore the spooky side of Vancouver, WA, by attending one of the Ghostly Vancouver Tours. You can choose either Ghostly Gastown Tour, or the Ghostly Downtown Tour. Or, better yet, check them both out this summer! You can also follow them on Facebook.
ScareGrounds PDX
is now hiring for the building crew, walkaround actors and management
positions, with other jobs to be announced in the future. Mandatory
auditions for walkaround cast members will take place on Saturday, June
18, at Oaks Park. Visit the link above for all the details.
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.
July, 2022
Saturday, July 9
The A24 Encore series CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) continues with Robert Eggers' chilling folk horror tale, The VVitch, tonight at 9 pm.
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will present a 40th anniversary screening of Conan the Barbarian, in GLORIOUS 35mm, tonight only at 9 pm.
Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema at the Fairhaven Village Green (1207 10 St in Bellingham, WA) will show the Disney animated feature Encanto tonight after sundown.
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The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will show the animated film Shrek today and tomorrow at 3 pm.
The 80s sci fi classic Night of the Comet will be shown at 7 pm tonight only at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR).
The (I assume) cocaine-fueled fantasy Xanadu,
with Gene Kelly in his final film performance putting most everyone to
shame (even on roller skates), will be shown tonight only at the Grand Illusion Cinema
(1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA; plays through Wednesday, July 13).
Just go and enjoy the excess that comes from filmmakers setting out to
make a movie with WAY too many drugs available. Again that's my
assumption. Take a look and judge for yourselves.
Film restoration and distribution company Vinegar Syndrome returns to Movie Madness
(4320 SE Belmont St in Portland, OR) for a pop-up shop from 11 am to 7
pm (or until sold out). You'll find Blu-Rays, merch, collectible box
sets and MORE!
Ack Ack, ACKACK ACK! For those of you who don't speak Martian, it means head to LL Stub Stewart State Park (in Buxton, OR) as the Hollywood Theatre Summer Movies at Oregon State Parks, screens Mars Attacks!. Admission is FREE, with free day-use parking after 7 pm. The show starts at dusk.
The Meadowlark Comic Con takes place today at the Josephine County Fairgrounds (1451 Fairgrounds Rd in Grants Pass, OR). Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, TV's Justice League, Sharktopus), Eliza Roberts (Doctor Who: The Movie, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Schlock), ILM VFX artist C. Andrew Nelson, and Tuskin Raider actor Alan Fernades (Star Wars: A New Hope) are scheduled to appear. You can follow the event on Facebook for updates.
UPDATE: Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier, the Return to Nuke 'Em High franchise) and Brian A. Prince (The Predator, Black Panther, Captain America: Civil War) are scheduled to attend.
PAMCUT brings John Woo's sci fi-ish action classic Face/Off to Cinema Unbound Outdoor Movies at the Bridge Lot at OMSI (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) tonight at 9 pm.
The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) presents a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture designed for virgins tonight at midnight. Doors open at 11 pm.
Sunday, July 10
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Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg's return to body horror, plays at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) today and Tuesday, July 12, at 9:30 pm.
Alex Garland's Men will be shown one final time at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) tonight at 7 pm.
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Get ready for the Lewton bus, as the 1942 classic, The Cat People, screens at 1:30 pm today only at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA).
Monday, July 11
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The A24 Encore series CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) continues with another classic folk horror film, the director's cut of Ari Aster's Midsommar, tonight at 7 pm.
This is Gwar, the documentary about the "sickest band in the world," will be screened at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) with members of the band conducting a live (yet virtual) Q and A after the film.
Find out if Earth Girls are Easy, as this sci fi musical comedy, starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and Jim Carrey, is shown at 7 pm tonight only at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR).
Tuesday, July 12
Burlynomicon returns to The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand in Portland, OR) tonight at 8 pm. You must be 21 or older to attend. Doors open at 7 pm.
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The A24 Encore series CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) continues with the psychological/horror dance party on LSD, Climax, tonight at 7 pm. The things you never expect to type on your blog...
Wednesday, July 13
The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will show David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, with singer Rebekah Del Rio performing live and sitting down for a Q and A after the screening.
BECU Drive-In Movies at Marymoor Park will show Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 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.
The Whiteside Theatre (361 SW Madison Ave in Corvallis, OR) will screen David Cronenberg's The Fly tonight only at 7 pm. Doors open at 6 pm.
Thursday, July 14
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PAMCUT brings Nia DaCosta's amazing sequel Candyman to Cinema Unbound Outdoor Movies at the Bridge Lot at OMSI
(1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR) tonight at 9 pm. Be aware, this
isn't a family night at the movies, as the film has some very graphic
violence and themes of police brutality.
Baron Von Terror will host a screening of the sci fi cult classic Night of the Comet at 8 pm tonight only at Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA).
Friday, July 15
Friday Night Frights brings John Carpenter's adapation of Stephen King's Christine to the Blue Mouse Theater (2611 N Proctor st in Tacoma, WA) to the big screen tonight only at 10 pm.
Karmalink, a "Buddhist sci fi thriller set in near-future Phnom Penh," opens today at the SIFF Film Center
(305 Harrison St in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Sunday, July 17).
If that discription doesn't peak your interests, I don't know what will.
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One, two, Freddy's coming for you... at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) tonight at 11:15 pm, when you can catch A Nightmare on Elm Street on the big screen.
The Hong Kong supernatural action film The Seventh Curse will be shown at 10 pm tonight only at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA).
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You can catch the animated feature My Neighbor Totoro in either an English dubbed or Japanese with English subtitled version (or both; that's up to you) this week at Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA; plays through Thursday, July 21).
Find out if Earth Girls are Easy, as this sci fi musical comedy, starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and Jim Carrey, is shown at the Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA; plays through Tuesday, July 19).
The sci fi film After Blue will be shown tonight only at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) at 7:30 pm.
The kick ass rock and roll fable Streets of Fire plays at the Grand Illusion Cinema
(1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA; plays through Thursday, July 21).
Look, if you loved this film on cable, you have to see it on the big
screen. It will remind you what it's like to be young. And you get to
see Michael Pare and William DaFoe beat on each other with
sledgehammers. It's almost perfect.
Saturday, July 16
The Buzz is BACK! Wyrd War is bringing The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 to the Hollywood Theatre
(4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) with Bill "Chop-Top" Moseley in
attendance tonight only at 8 pm. And, of course, expect a chili contest
before the film, with prizes courtesy of Wyrd War. I saw
Moseley at his last appearence at the Hollywood, and he is an AMAZING
person, and his Q and A was AWESOME, so get your tickets NOW!
The incredibly creepy Don't Look Now will be shown at 7:30 pm tonight only at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA).
The Roger Corman cult classic Rock 'n' Roll High School will be shown at the Grand Illusion Cinema
(1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA; plays through Wednesday, July 20).
Expect awesomeness from P. J. Soles and The Ramones, and an oversized
rat. If that didn't sell you on this flick, nothing will.
The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will screen Clint Howard's slasher comedy Ice Cream Man tonight only at 7 pm.
The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) presents a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture at midnight with the Clinton Street Cabaret. Doors open at 11 pm.
The Olympia Film Society present The Rocky Horror Picture Show tonight, with Riff Raff's Street Rat at the Capitol Theater (206 5th Ave SE In Olympia, WA) at midnight. Doors open at 11 pm.
Sunday, July 17
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The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will show 2001: A Space Odyssey in GLORUOUS 70mm today only at 2:30 and 7
pm. I saw this when the theater first bought the film in 70mm, and
this is the ONLY way to see it. The stargate scene is HYPNOTIC! DO
NOT miss out!!
Michael Powell's 1960 Peeping Tom
killed his career. This story about a man filming the murders he
commits was just too much for critics and the public to handle. Guess
Hitchcock was lucky Psycho came out after this film and prepped
everyone for a new ear of horror films. But now, you can check out
Powell's 1960 classic on the big screen at 4:30 pm tonight only at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA).