Movies
Genre: Horror
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage
The Rio Theatre is excited to head into our third annual cinematic celebration of Italian Heritage Month in Vancouver with a Friday Late Night Movie screening of horror maestro Dario Argento‘s debut feature (and first foray into the stylish genre known throughout the world as “giallo”), the landmark 1970 film,
The Beyond: The Composer’s Cut (2022 Restoration)
Don’t go in unless you’re ready to die! From legendary Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci (ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS) comes the ultimate classic of supernatural terror, THE BEYOND. Inspired from the work of H.P. Lovecraft, Fulci’s gory and surreal “Italian Gothique” masterpiece is the epitome of the “cosmic horror”
The Bad Batch
Filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour‘s sophomore effort takes a sharp detour from her breakthrough, self-described “Iranian Vampire Spaghetti Western,” A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, with a highly-stylized love story with undertones of social commentary – set in a cannibal commune in a future dystopia, somewhere in the desert wasteland of
The Babadook + WiHM’s 2016 Blood Drive PSAs
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Sunday, February 28 to recognize Women In Horror Month with a screening of Jennifer Kent’s critically acclaimed (not to mention terrifying) take on every parent’s worst nightmare, THE BABADOOK, proceeded by this year’s bloody brilliant crop of WiHM’s blood-drive public service announcements. For seven
The Babadook (10th Anniversary Screening)
The Rio Theatre‘s series of Halloween classics continues with a 10th Anniversary screening of Jennifer Kent’s critically acclaimed (not to mention terrifying) take on every parent’s worst nightmare, THE BABADOOK. Released in 2014, the Australian indie horror film struck an immediate nerve among genre lovers, and in the decade since
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Norwegian director André Øvredal (TROLLHUNTER) returns to theatres with his latest soon-to-be horror classic and first English language release, THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE, a film that finds itself squarely on the indie arthouse horror slab. A festival hit in 2016 (TIFF, 2nd Place in People’s Choice Midnight Madness; Fantastic
Terrifier 3
After surviving Art the Clown’s Halloween massacre, Sienna and her brother struggle to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. However, just when they think they’re safe, Art returns, determined to turn their
Terrifier 2
“Who’s laughing now?” Since its release in 2016, Damien Leone‘s TERRIFIER has become a bonafide cult classic. The slasher gave Art the Clown his own film and delivered some of the nastiest kills in slasher history. Since then, the horror community has been clamoring for more and has
Terrifier (2016) #MonsterMonday
There is nothing more frightening than a clown after midnight. #MonsterMonday returns on November 14 with a look at Damien Leone‘s original 2016 slasher feature TERRIFIER, starring the now iconic character of Art the Clown, a maniacal clown who terrorizes three women on Halloween night. “David Thornton stays
Tammy and the T-Rex
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on March 1 with a quirky screwball horror comedy from the 90s’s vault, the post-JURASSIC jam TAMMY AND THE T-REX. Directed by Stewart Raffill (MAC AND ME, THE ICE PIRATES), TAMMY AND THE T-REX is a love story as