The Shadow Over Portland

Sorry I didn't post an update last week, but I just didn't have the time or energy to get it done. Between mandatory overtime at work, several very busy days, and starting a new schedule, I just couldn't focus on the site. By Monday night, I was so over my head, I decided to focus on this week's update instead.

I can hold my breath for a LOOONG time, but not that long!

I know I'm posting this late Sunday night, but I'm counting it as a win. I'm hoping the OT situation changes (not holding my breath), and the schedule change works for me. But for now, let's get to the Weekly Update, full of great movies (both old and new), stage events and at least one haunted attraction opening. Oh, you know more are coming, and I'll be adding a Halloween 2024 page in the next few weeks, so keep checking back.

You'll also want to visit the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar, for all the great films, festivals and events happening during The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! I hope I'm ready for it. Fingers and tentacles crossed!

Well, that's all I've got for now. But I'll be back next weekend (hopefully a bit earlier) with more great events happening under The Shadow Over Portland. Stay safe, everyone.

Happening This Week

Live Attractions

The cats are out! Laika Studios commemorates the 15th anniversary of their film Coraline with Coraline's Curious Cat Trail, with 30 six-foot-tall cat sculptures placed throughout downtown Portland. The cats are hand-painted by local artist and will eventually be auctioned off, with proceeds going to OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital. The link gets you to the KGW article, which didn't include dates when published. Here's a link to a recent story from KOIN.

Film Festival and Stage Performance Submission Information

Nightmare Factory (which takes place at the Oregon School for the Deaf, located at 999 Locust St NE in Salem, OR) is looking for volunteers for the 2024 season. Contact the emails on the above poster for volunteer forms.

The Bleedingham Film Festival is taking submissions through September 28. The festival will take place from Friday, October 25, to Sunday, October 27, at the Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA).

The 16th Annual Guignolfest 72 Hour Horror Film Contest is taking applications for 2024 now. You can also watch the trailer on YouTube, and follow the event on Facebook.

August, 2024

Happening This Week

Longlegs, the horror film written and directed by Osgood Perkins (Anthony Perkins eldest son) and starring Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage, is playing at the Skyline Drive-In Theater (182 SE Brewer Rd in Shelton, WA; scheduled through Sunday, September 8 and playing after Aliens: Romulus).

Fathom Events has extended the running date for Laika's Coraline in remastered 3D (and 2D in some locations) through Thursday, September 12.

The sci fi/horror film Alien: Romulus is playing at the St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), Studio One (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), SIFF Cinema Downtown (21009 4th Ave in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, September 4), the Sandy Cinemas (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, September 11), Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Ark Lodge Cinemas (4816 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Sunday, September 8), the Metro Cinemas (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Porland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), and the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12).

The film is playing at the Skyline Drive-In (182 SE Brewer Rd in Shelton, WA; scheduled through Sunday, September 8) with Longlegs.

The Bella Organic Farm Corn Maze (16205 NW Gillihan Rd in Portland, OR) opens today dedicated to Teacher Appreciation. ALL SCHOLL STAFF members will get free admission if they present their school ID). The maze is open through Thursday, October 31.

The Ghost with the Most is back! Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is playing at the Empirical Theater at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (1945 SE Water Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 19), the Columbia Theatre (212 S 1st St in Saint Helens, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Joy Cinema (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR; schedule TBA), the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Liberty Theatre (315 NE 4th Ave in Camas, WA; scheduled through Friday, September 13), the St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Kelso Theater Pub (214 S Pacific Ave in Kelso, WA; schedule TBA), the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Mount Hood Theatre (401 E Powell Blvd in Gresham, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), Studio One (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Monday, September 16), the Yelm Cinema (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Friday, September 13), the Milton-Freewater Drive-In (84322 Oregon-Washington Highway in Milton Freewater, OR; scheduled through Sunday, Saturday, September 7 with It Ends with Us), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, September 12), the Ark Lodge Cinemas (4816 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Sunday, September 8), the North Bend Theatre (125 Bendigo Blvd N in North Bend, WA; scheduled through Sunday, September 15), the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 19), Metro Cinemas (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), and the following McMenamins theaters: the Anderson School (18607 Bothell Way NE in Bothell, WA: scheduled through Wednesday, September 18), the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, September 18), the Grand Lodge (3505 Pacific Ave in Forest Grove, OR; scheduled through Monday, September 16), the St Francis Theater (700 NW bond St in Bend, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 19), the Olympic Club (122 N Tower Ave in Centralia, WA; scheduled through Monday, September 16), the Power Station (2126 SW Halsey St in Troutdale, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 19), and the St Johns Theater (8203 N Ivanhoe St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 19).

The film is also playing at the Cameo Theatre (304 E 1st St in Newberg, OR; scheduled through Monday, September 9), the Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the 99W Drive-In (3110 Portland Rd in Newberg, OR; scheduled through Sunday, September 8), where it's playing with the musical Little Shop of Horrors), the Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor in Tacoma, WA; scheduled through Monday, September 16), the Salem Cinema (1127 Broadway St in Salem, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), and the SIFF Cinema Downtown (2100 4th Ave in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 19).

The psychological horror The Front Room is playing at the Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, September 12), the SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), Metro Cinemas (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), the Salem Cinema (1127 Broadway St in Salem, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12), and The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 12).

The shot-in-Oregon thriller Strange Darlings is playing at the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12).

The Lost World: Jurassic Park is playing at the Art House (492 E 13th Ave in Eugene, OR) through Thursday, September 12).

The Ron Howard/George Lucas fantasy Willow is playing at Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, September 11).

John Carpenter's sci fi classic They Live is playing at Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, September 11).

The French sci fi animate film The Time Masters is playing at The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Thursday, September 12).

The Directorial Debuts series at CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) includes features such as Ari Aster's Hereditary and David Lynch's Eraserhead. Visit the link for showtimes. The series runs through Tuesday, September 17.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (or should it be KHAAN?) is playing at the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12).

My Neighbor Totoro is playing at McMenamins Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, September 12) in both subtitled and dubbed versions. Visit the link for more details.

Sunday, September 8

Cult Of! brings Enter the Labyrinth: A Jim Henson's Labyrinth Themed Drag and Burlesque Show to the Mississippi Pizza Pub and Atlantis Lounge (3552 N Mississippi Ave in Portland, OR) tonight at 8 pm. Doors open for this 21 and older event at 7 pm.

The revenge film turned into a parallel universe battle, The Paragon, is playing at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) tonight at 9:30 pm.

Monday, September 9

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will screen the animated psychological thriller Perfect Blue, in Japanese with English subtitles, tonight at 7 pm. This is part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival, running through September 13. Limited Festival Passes are available for all films.

Best of Fest: PFCAT Animation After Dark is screening at Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR) tonight at 7 pm. Just one look at the poster shows what you're in for. Oh, and it's Rated R.

Tuesday, September 10

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

Church of Film brings the Sci Fi film Hard to be a God to Turn Turn Turn (8 NE Killingworth St in Portland, OR) tonight at 8 pm.

Wednesday, September 11

The Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre (508 S Main St in Moscow, ID) will screen Lon Chaney's 1927 silent film The Unknown tonight at 7 pm.

Thursday, September 12

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will screen the anime sci fi classic Ghost in the Shell with a live score by Portland visual artist Eatcho and musician Pink Buddha tonight at 7 pm. The film will be shown with English subtitles.

Baron Von Terror presents the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers at 8 pm tonight at Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA).

Friday, September 13

The Northwest Flying Saucer Film Festival returns to McFiler's Chehalis Theater (558 N Market Blvd in Chehalis, WA) today. Details to come.

The Fear PDX Haunted House (12219 NE Glisan St in Portland, OR) opens tonight, and plans to deliver the scars through Friday, November 1. Visit the link for more details and advance ticket sales. You can also follow them on Facebook.

SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) is hosting a screening of House (Hausu) to benefit Scarecrow Video (a GREAT video rental shop in Seattle, WA that is endanger of closing) tonight at 7 pm. The screening will have Scarecrow merch, raffles, and you are encouraged to come in costumes inspired by films from the Psychotronic room. No worries if you don't. Visit the link on Scarecrow Video to find out how you can donate, or become a member (Scarecrow will mail you videos if you can't get to the store).

The Tomorrow Theater (3530 SE Division St in Portland, OR) presents Barbarella Bingo, hosted by Violet Hex, tonight at tonight at 7 pm, featuring a screening of the 1968 psychedelia film and, of course, bingo.

The Hallow Ian Horror Hour, Season Two, takes place at 7 pm tonight at the Kirkland Arts Center (620 Market St in Kirkland, WA). Hosted by the Horror Writer's Association of Seattle, the event has such short to show you! Click the link to RSVP, as spots are limited.

The body horror comedy Booger, about a woman dealing with the death of her best friend and roommate, only to be bitten by the roommate's cat and start undergoing terrifying physical changes, is playing at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Sunday, September 15).

The animated feature Dandadan: First Encounter screens tonight at the Liberty Theatre (316 NE 4th Ave in Camas, WA) at 7:30 pm. From what I can gather on Wikipedia, this "premiere event" is the first three episode of an upcoming television series based on a manga where a girl who believes in ghosts, and a boy who believes in aliens, end up proving each other right. And, of course, mayhem ensues.

The film is also playing at the SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Sunday, September 15).

The Egyptian Theatre (229 S Broadway in Coos Bay, OR) is showing the 1976 horror classic The Omen tonight at 7 pm, and on Saturday, September 14, at 2 pm.

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) is showing Friday the 13th Part 2 tonight at 9:15 pm, followed by Friday the 13th Part II in 3D at 11:15 pm. And yes, you can make it a double feature!

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will screen Takashi Miike's horror film Audition in Japanese with English subtitles tonight at 7 pm.

Saturday, September 14

The second annual Olympic Peninsula Toy and Collectibles Show takes place for 10 am to 3 pm today at the Guy Cole Event Center (144 N Blake Ave in Sequim, WA).