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Genre: Comedy

Dead Shack (Filmmakers in Attendance!)

On a weekend getaway at a rundown cabin in the woods, Jason, a cautious teen, his crude best friend Colin and his fearless older sister Summer are forced to work together, grow up and save their hard-partying parents from their predatory neighbor intent on feeding them all to her undead

Dazed and Confused (30th Anniversary Screening)

Alright, alright, alright! Why go cruising the strip or climbing the moon tower when you could spend it at your favourite indie movie theatre instead? Join us at the Rio Theatre for 30th Anniversary screenings of a slice of cult-classic nostalgia that celebrates the best day of

Dazed and Confused

“All I’m saying is that if I ever start referring to these as the best years of my life – remind me to kill myself” Alright, alright, alright! Why go cruising the strip or climbing the water tower on a Friday night when you could spend it at

Dazed and Confused

Alright, alright, alright! Why go cruising the strip or climbing the moontower when you could spend it at your favourite indie movie theatre instead? Join us at the Rio Theatre for a slice of cult-classic nostalgia that celebrates the best day of high school you never had:

Dangerous Men

“The most profoundly insane piece of personal filmmaking ever produced.” – Drew McWeeny, HitFix You’ve seen THE ROOM. You know TROLL 2. You witnessed MIAMI CONNECTION. And you’re still trying to understand WTF was going on in ROAR. Now, the latest film in the canon that

Cry-Baby

“Beat it, creep!” This one’s for all the movie-loving “squares,” “drapes,” juvenile delinquents and orphans out there! The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on September 22 with John Waters‘ musical ode to the teen rebel genre, CRY-BABY.  Infectious and gleefully camp, CRY-BABY

Critters 2: The Main Course (With Director Mick Garris in Attendance for Q&A!)

“CRITTERS 1 Got your blood pumping… This time, they want more than a taste!” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a special screening of the totally 80s (not to mention totally fun!) horror comedy cult-classic CRITTERS 2: THE MAIN COURSE. As an extra special treat, the film’s director Mick

Critters #MonsterMonday

The Rio Theatre’s #MonsterMonday series continues on June 20 with a screening of CRITTERS. With Dee Wallace, Scott Grimes, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Zane. “The picture provides a fair amount of knockabout fun, with some sprightly incidental jokes of a suitably unsubtle variety.” (Guardian UK) Prizes! Trivia! Costumes

Creepshow

When two of the horror world’s greatest masters get together, you’re gonna get a masterpiece! Directed by George Romero from a script by Stephen King, Creepshow is a total 80s cult classic compendium inspired by the EC and DC horror comics of the 1950s. Ostensibly an anthology film of five

Crazy Rich Asians

CRAZY RICH ASIANS follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu (Golden Globe nominee Constance Wu) as she accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young, to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore. Excited about visiting Asia for the first time but nervous about meeting Nick’s family, Rachel is unprepared to learn that Nick

About The Rio

Voted the #1 Independent Theatre in Vancouver, the Rio Theatre is a multimedia venue featuring arthouse, mainstream and cult-classic cinemas as well as live entertainment. Built in 1938, the Rio has been fully restored with a state of the art digital projector, surround sound, a huge stage and 420 luxurious seats.

1660 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC

Phone: 604.879.3456

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