Movies
Genre: Horror
George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (Restoration)
“They’re coming to get you… Barbara, there’s one of them now!” The Rio Theatre begins its annual (not to mention terrifying) deep dive into seasonal, Halloween-y goodness with a screening of the late, great George Romero’s landmark 1968 “zombie horror apocalypse” thriller NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. This
Ganja & Hess (Restoration)
Flirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and horror, Bill Gunn’s revolutionary independent film GANJA & HESS is a highly stylized and utterly original treatise on sex, religion, and African American identity. Duane Jones (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD – screening at the Rio on October 8) stars as anthropologist Hess
From Dusk Till Dawn
Now with a Halloween night costume contest and scary movie trivia party! Test your trivia and come dressed up for prizes and and more!! As much as Halloween is a celebration of all things goblins, ghouls, ghosts n’ glitter, it’s also one of the highest holy days on the calendar
Friday the 13th: Jason X
It’s Friday, (May) the 13th… And Jason Voorhees lives! The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on May 13 with the final film in the iconic FRIDAY THE 13th movie franchise, the 2001 installment JASON X. (We’ve been plugging in other films from the series, in
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (40th Anniversary Screening)
FRIDAY THE 13th on… Friday, the 13th….? (So meta!) The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on June 13 with a 40th Anniversary screening of the fifth installment of the legendary franchise, A NEW BEGINNING. In this installment, homicidal maniac Jason returns from the grave to cause more
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Mass murderer Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder) is resurrected from the bottom of Crystal Lake. After he kills a passing boat’s occupants, he stows away on a cruise ship filled with a high-school graduating class bound for New York City. Biology teacher Charles McCulloch (Peter Mark Richman) is on board with
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on Friday, March 13 with… FRIDAY THE 13th! (So meta.) This time, we’re screening 1988’s entry, THE NEW BLOOD (aka Part VII). Friday, March 13 Doors 10:30 pm | Movie 11:00 pm *Start time subject to change.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (40th Anniversary Screening)
FRIDAY THE 13th on… Friday, the 13th….? (So meta!) The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on March 13 with a 40th Anniversary screening of the sixth installment of the legendary franchise, JASON LIVES. In this installment, Tommy Jarvis and a friend exhume Jason’s corpse in order to
Friday the 13th Part IX Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on August 13 with – what else? – FRIDAY THE 13th PART IX JASON GOES TO HELL: THE FINAL FRIDAY. So meta! Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder), the living, breathing essence of evil, is back for one fierce, final fling!
Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter (40th Anniversary)
Enter, if you dare, the Rio Theatre on just another average, probably rainy, East Van, Thursday the 12th. But if you survive the night and a machete swing or two, you’ll emerge and have survived, FRIDAY THE 13th (Part IV: The Final Chapter… but not really. Thanks franchising.). Another year