October, 2024
The Ghost with the Most is back!
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is playing at
Studio One (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Sunday, October 27
), the Yelm Cinema (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), the Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), the
Mt. Hood Theatre (401 E Powell Blvd in Gresham, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), and the
Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grand, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10)
.
The film is also playing at the
Art House (492 E 13th Ave in Eugene, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 17),
and the Tracyton Movie House (1520 NE Riddell Rd in Bremerton, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, October 9).
The film returns to the
99W Drive-In (3110 Portland Rd in Newberg, OR; scheduled from Friday, October 11 to Sunday, October 13, with Tim Burton's
Batman).
The psychological horror film
Speak No Evil is playing at
Studio One (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, October 9).
The Substance, starring Demi Moore, Margaret Quality and Dennis Quaid, is playing at
Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), the
Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 17), the
Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday October 10), the
Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), the
Metro Cinemas (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), the
Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10),
Studio One (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), the
Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), the
St Johns Twin Cinemas (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), and
SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 10).
The film opens on Thursday, October 17, at the Capitol Theater (206 5th Ave SE in Olympia, WA; scheduled through Sunday, October 27).
The animated feature
The Wild Robot is playing at the
Liberty Theatre (315 NE 4th Ave in Camas, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), and the
Metro Cinemas (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), the
Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grand, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), and the
Joy Cinema (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), the
Laurelhurst Theater (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), the
Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, October 9),
SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave N in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 17), and the
Yelm Cinemas (201 Prairie Park St SE in Yelm, WA; scheduled through Sunday, October 13), the
Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 17),
Studio One (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Wednesday, October 16), the
Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Ave in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), the
Tracyton Movie House (1520 NE Riddell Rd in Bremerton, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, October 9), the
Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor in Tacoma, WA; scheduled through Monday, October 7), the
Cameo Theatre (304 E 1st Sat in Newberg, OR; scheduled through Monday, October 7), and the following McMenamins theaters:
Anderson School (18607 Bothell Way NE in Bothell, WA: scheduled through Wednesday, October 9),
Old St Francis (700 NW bond St in Bend, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), and the
St Johns (8203 N Ivanhoe St in Portland, OR; scheduled from Thursday, September 26, through Wednesday, October 9).
The Olympia Film Society's
Reel Oddities series brings
Carnival of Souls to the
Capitol Theater (206 5th Ave SE in Olympia, WA) every Wednesday in October (with the exception of October 9).
The horror classic Eyes Without a Face is playing at the SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA: scheduled through Sunday, October 13).
The third annual
Stage Fright Festival, the world's only queer Horror theatre festival, takes place through Sunday, October 13, at the
Chapel Theatre (4107 SE Harrison St in Milwaukie, OR).
All Monsters Attack! continues with a screening of
Abruptio, a surrealistic thriller/horror film performed by lifelike puppets with a cast including James Marsters, Robert Englund, Jordan Peele and Sid Haig, at the
Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Sunday, October 13).
George Romero's zombie classic
Night of the Living Dead is playing at the
Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10).
The 1991 film
The Addams Family is playing at the
Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10).
David Cronenberg's
The Brood is playing at the
Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10), and
The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, October 9).
Tobe Hooper's 1974 horror classic,
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, is playing at
CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR) on Tuesday, October 8.
The 4K restoration is also playing at
SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA: scheduled through Wednesday, October 16).
The comedy/horror classic Ghostbusters is playing at the Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, October 9).
The Marvel movie
Blade, starring Wesley Snipes, is playing at
Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA;
scheduled through Wednesday, October 9).
The animated film
Scarygirl (based on a 2012 video game) is playing at the
Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10).
The family horror comedy
Monster Summer is playing at the
Sandy Cinema (16605 Champion Way in Sandy, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 10).
All Monsters Attack! continues with a screening of
Thundercrack!, an underground kinky art adult horror film (no one under 18 will be admitted), at the
Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Sunday, October 13).
The Olympia Film Society's
Kids Club brings Laika's
ParaNorman to the
Capitol Theater (206 5th Ave SE in Olympia, WA) every Sunday this month (with the exception of October 20). Kids 12 and under are admitted FREE!
The Swedish horror film Border is playing at the SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Saturday, October 19).
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is playing at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 17).
The supernatural romance
Bell, Book and Candle is playing at the
SIFF Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) on Sunday, October 20, and Wednesday, October 23.
The shot-on-video film
Suffer, Little Children is playing at
SIFF Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) on Friday, October 18, and Thursday, October 24.
Wednesday, October 9
The
Whiteside Theatre (361 SW Madison Ave in Corvallis, OR) is showing Stanley Kubrick's
The Shining tonight at 7 pm.
All Monsters Attack! continues with a screening of
Fresh Kill, in GLORIOUS 35mm and with director Shu Lea Cheang in attendance, at the
Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) tonight at 7:30 pm.
Church of Film brings the horror mix of black comedy, Hitchcockian horror and Yugoslavian punk
Strangler vs. Strangler to the
Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland OR) tonight at 7 pm.
The 2008 horror film
The Strangers is playing at
SIFF Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) tonight and on Saturday, October 19 and 26.
Jose Ramon Larraz's 1974
Vampyers is playing at
The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) tonight at 8:30 pm.
The remake of
13 Ghosts is playing at the
Tracyton Movie House (1520 NE Riddell Rd in Bremerton, WA) tonight.
The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) is showing the horror film
Longlegs, with a live intro from filmmaker Oz Perkins, tonight at 6:30 pm, with a final screening on Sunday, October 13, at 3:30 pm.
Thursday, October 10
Celebrate what would have been Ed Wood Jr's 100th birthday at
the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) with a double feature of Glen or Glenda, and Wood's pornographic horror film Necromania: A Tale of Weird Love, both in GLORIOUS 16mm. This adults only screening starts at 7 pm.
All Monsters Attack! continues with a new 4K remaster of the Wes Craven classic, A Nightmare on Elm Street at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Sunday, October 13).
I'm not sure if Fresh Kill, playing at the Hollywood Theatre in GLORIOUS 35mm tonight at 7:30 pm, is exactly in TSOP wheelhouse. But, as it involves a lesbian couple ensnared in a conspiracy involving a ghost ship of nuclear refuse and deadly cat food, and envision New York City as a toxic dump of consumerist trash, I'm going to add it. Ben Mendelsohn, assistant professor at PSU's School of Film, will host a post-screening Q and A with director Shu Lea Cheang, who will be in attendance.
The Museum of Modern Art restoration of the horror film Ganja and Hess, starring Duane Jones and Marlene Clark, is playing at the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR) tonight at 8 pm, with a special recorded intro by Maya S. Cade, creator and curator of the Black Film Archive. Additional screenings are scheduled on October 17, 24, and 31.
The
Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA) pays tribute to the late James Earl Jones with a screening of
The Empire Strikes Back tonight at 8 pm.
A new 4K restoration of George Romero's
Night of the Living Dead is playing at the
SIFF Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) tonight, and on Thursday, October 17 and 24.
Ghostbusters is playing at the
North Bend Theatre (125 Bendigo Blvd N in North Bend, WA; scheduled through Sunday, October 13).
Thursday Night Terrors at the
99W Drive-In (3110 Portland Rd in Newberg, OR) will show the horror/comedy
Idle Hands tonight at 7:30 pm (or 20 minutes after dusk). Box office opens at 6:15 pm. Please check the link to ensure weather conditions haven't cancelled the screening.
Art the Clown pays a visit to CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR), as
Terrifier 3 is playing through Thursday, October 17.
The film also opens at the
Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC; scheduled from Friday, October 11, through Wednesday, October 16).
Friday, October 11
The Nightmare Before Christmas Ball festivities kick off tonight with The Oogie Boogie Teen Party tonight at the Benton County Fairgrounds (110 SW 53rd St in Corvallis, OR) at 7 pm. This event is open to those 13 to 17 years of age, and features music, dancing, games, a costume contest, prizes and MORE! Advance tickets strongly recommended.
The Zombie Hunt 2024 opens tonight at Impact Action Sports (19265 SW Schaber Ln in Tualatin, OR). You can hunt the living dead through Saturday, October 26.
The Cult Sensation series at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) presents a screening of the 80s vampire classic, The Lost Boys, with DJ Violet Hex providing pre-show "vampiric beach boogie sounds," and a pre film tribute drag show, tonight at 8 pm. Doors open at 7 pm.
Silents Synced brings F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu, paired with Radiohead, to the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) tonight at 6:20 pm.
The film is also being shown at the
Salem Cinema (1127 Broadway St NE in Salem, OR) tonight and tomorrow at 8 pm.
The
Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) is presenting a 50th anniversary screening of Tobe Hooper's classic
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre tonight at 11:30 pm.
All Monsters Attack! continues with director Steven Kostanski's (Psycho Goreman, The Void) latest film, Frankie Freako, at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Thursday, October 17).
The film is also playing at the Garland Theater (924 W Garland Ave in Spokane, WA; scheduled on Friday, October 11 and Saturday, October 12), and the
Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) on Monday, October 14, at 6:45 pm, with filmmaker Steven Kostanski present (maybe with puppets!) for a live Q and A.
The stop-motion version of Tim Burton's
Frankenweenie is playing at the
Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Tuesday, October 15).
The crazy-in-all-the-best-ways Japanese ghost story
Hausu (AKA
House) is playing at the
Central Cinema (1411 21st Ave in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, October 16).
The romantic fantasy Wings of Desire is playing at the 5th Ave Cinema (501 SW Hall St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Sunday, October 13).
Wes Craven's slasher classic Scream is playing at the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 17).
James Whale's 1931 classic Frankenstein, starring the great Boris Karloff, is playing at the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 17).
The 1976 slasher film Alice, Sweet Alice (AKA Communion) is playing at the Academy Theater (7818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 17).
The
Tomorrow Theater (3530 SE Division St in Portland, OR) is showing the 1996 witchy classic
The Craft, with the
Opulent Witch leading a group ritual and live tarot readings.
The horror/comedy classic
An American Werewolf in London is playing at the
Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR; scheduled through Thursday, October 17). Beware the moon on your way home!
BOOOOY! The
Garland Theater (924 W Garland Ave in Spokane, WA) is showing
Phantasm tonight at 9:45 pm.
Saturday, October 12
Tacoma Dance Studios presents
Dracula: Alternative Dance Theatre tonight at 8 pm. The location will be announced sone. Doors open at 7 pm.
The Nightmare Before Christmas Ball at the Benton County Fairgrounds (110 SW 53rd St in Corvallis, OR) holds a Family Hour event from 11 am to 3 pm today, followed by a 21 and older ball from 7 pm to midnight. Visit the link for details. Advance tickets strongly recommended.
Queer Horror at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) presents The Covent, with stars Liam Kyle Sullivan and Megahn Perry in attendance, tonight at 8 pm. The event is hosted by Portland's premier drag clown Carla Rossi. Oh, and the film also stars genre legends Adrienne Barbeau and Bill Moseley.
The Washington State Toy Show heads to the Clark County Event Center (17494 NE Delfel Rd in Ridgefield, WA) today until 4 pm. Early Bird ticket buyers (at $10) get in at 9 am, General Admission (at $5) starts at 10 am.
All Monsters Attack! continues with AWESOME Blaxploitation zombie film Sugar Hill at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Sunday, October 13). You can read my review
here.
Panos Cosmatos' nightmarish fairy tale Mandy, starring Nicolas Cage, is playing at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) tonight at 7 pm.
The Tomorrow Theater (3530 SE Division St in Portland, OR) is showing
Practical Magic, with
Clary Sage Herbarium selling witchy herds and talking about sourcing as an active modality of weaving webs of relationship.
The
Salem Cinema (1127 Broadway St NE in Salem, OR) is showing the musical version of
Little Shop of Horrors today at noon.
The
Egyptian Theatre (229 S Broadway in Coos Bay, OR) will show Fede Alvarez's
Evil Dead tonight at 7 pm. You can read my review of the film
here.
The
Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St in Bellingham, WA) is screening John Carpenter's sci fi/social satire classic
They Live tonight at 10 pm.
The comedy horror film
Rockula is playing at the
SIFF Egyptian (805 E Pine St in Seattle, WA) tonight, and on Monday, October 14 and 21.
The
Garland Theater (924 W Garland Ave in Spokane, WA) is showing the animated, and pretty damn scary, feature Coraline on Saturday and Sunday, October 12 and 13, at 2 pm.
The
Garland Theater (924 W Garland Ave in Spokane, WA) is showing the classic horror film
Rosemary's Baby today at 4:30 pm.
The
Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) is showing a
Universal Monsters Double Feature in GLORIOUS 35mm today at 1:30 pm, and Sunday, October 13, at 2 pm. The films are
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man and
House of Frankenstein.
Sunday, October 13
2 Fingers Social (9211 Delridge Way SW in Seattle, WA) is hosting its 7th Anniversary Shining Ball tonight from 6 pm to 1 am. Shining themed costumes encouraged, and expect a champagne toast at midnight.
The South Korean zombie comedy Zombie for Sale, involving a family selling zombie bite as a fountain of youth until (as expected) things go wrong, is playing at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) today at 3 pm. The film is presented in Korean with English subtitles.
More zombie mayhem takes place at 7 pm tonight at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) with a screening of One Cut of the Dead. The film is presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
Animayhem's Demonic Double Feature takes place at 7 pm tonight at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR). And expect a cosplay competition as well. Be aware, these two (unnamed) deep cut films contain graphic depictions of gore, sexuality and devilish transgressions!
The Tomorrow Theater (3530 SE Division St in Portland, OR) is showing the family Halloween classic Hocus Pocus today at 4 pm.
The Tomorrow Theater (3530 SE Division St in Portland, OR) is showing the underrated horror film Jennifer's Body, hosted by local horror filmmaker Hannah May Cumming, tonight at 7 pm.
The Garland Theater (924 W Garland Ave in Spokane, WA) is showing the horror comedy Zombieland today and on Monday, October 14.
Monday, October 14
Andrzej Zulawski's 1981 masterpiece Possession is playing at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) tonight at 7 pm.
The TGIQ series at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen the third of Amando de Ossorio's Blind Dead films, The Ghost Galleon, tonight at 7:30 pm.
All Monsters Attack! continues with Nicolas Cage starring in Vampire's Kiss at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, October 16).
Tuesday, October 15
The cannibal film Raw, in which a vegetarian student eats raw meat during a hazing ritual at a veterinary school and finds some unexpected consequences connected to her actions, is playing at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) tonight at 7 pm.
The Repressed Cinema series at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen the hard-to-find sequel Fright Night Part II in GLORIOUS 35mm tonight at 7:30 pm.
The Garland Theater (924 W Garland Ave in Spokane, WA) will present a UW School of Medicine Fundraiser screening of Twilight tonight at 6 pm.
Wednesday, October 16
Tyler's Picks at the Garland Theater (924 W Garland Ave in Spokane, WA) concludes with Lucio Fulci's classic Zombie, AKA Zombi 2 and Zombie Flesh Eaters (showtime TBA). Expect some extreme gut munching, horrific ocular trauma, and AWESOME zombie verses shark action!
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will show Brian DePalma's adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie tonight at 7:30 pm.
The Whiteside Theatre (361 SW Madison Ave in Corvallis, OR) is showing
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone tonight at 7 pm.
Thursday, October 17
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) will screen the 1986 horror classic (yeah, I'm going there) The Hitcher, starring the late Rutger Hauer and C. Thomas Howell, in GLORIOUS 35mm tonight at 7:30 pm.
All Monsters Attack! continues with Guillermo del Toro's Blade II, starring Wesley Snipes, in GLORIOUS 35mm at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA; scheduled through Wednesday, October 23).