Movies

Genre: Horror

Friday the 13th Part III in 3D

Join us at the Rio Theatre on FRIDAY, (September) THE 13th for not one, but TWO titles from the iconic slasher franchise: FRIDAY THE 13th: Parts 2 & 3. Best of all Campers, we’re showing FRIDAY THE 13th: Part III in 3D! 

Friday the 13th Part 2

Join us at the Rio Theatre on FRIDAY, (September) THE 13th for not one, but TWO titles from the iconic slasher franchise: FRIDAY THE 13th: Parts 2 & 3. Best of all Campers, we’re showing FRIDAY THE 13th: Part III in 3D! 

Friday the 13th (1980)

We’re definitely getting into the Halloween zone! The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on Friday, October 13 with one of the all-time great entries into the blood great slasher movie canon, the original 1980 summer camp classic FRIDAY THE 13TH. With countless sequels, remakes, and reboots, it

Freddy vs. Jason

Winner Kills All What better way to spend your Friday, January 13th than at the Rio Theatre with a Friday Late Night Movie that features not one, but two of cinema’s biggest slasher icons battling it out for total nightmare domination? Released in 2003, FREDDY vs.

Freaks and Tetsuo: Iron Man Double Feature

FREAKS is screening as part of a Friday Late Night Movie double feature alongside TETSUO: THE IRON MAN! See one or both for one sweet price! FREAKS (1932) “One of us, one of us.” Real sideshow performers star in Tod Browning‘s infamous cult classic,

Frankie Freako

The legendary indie Canadian production company collective Astron-6 made waves across this country (and beyond) thanks to its impressive roster of retro, 80s-centric titles that include fan-favourites like MANBORG, FATHER’S DAY, and THE EDITOR. Though the collective is no more, founding member Steven Kostanski has continued making films that evoke

Frankenstein (1931)

“It’s alive….!” The Rio Theatre‘s series of Halloween favourites continues this month as we venture ever deeper and darker into classic “creature features” of yore with a screening of James Whale‘s stylish, bold, and nuanced FRANKENSTEIN on Saturday, October 25. This iconic horror film follows

Frankenhooker

The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on February 9 with a screening of Frank Henenlotter’s (BASKET CASE, BRAIN DAMAGE) totally absurd (yet totally smart) 90s horror comedy FRANKENHOOKER. Given the recent success of Yorgos Lanthimos‘ not entirely dissimilar transmutation of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” POOR THINGS,

Final Destination: Bloodlines (With Director Q&A!)

The newest chapter in New Line Cinema’s bloody successful franchise takes audiences back to the very beginning of Death’s twisted sense of justice – FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES. Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefani heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break

Exhuma

In the weeks since South Korean filmmaker Jae-hyun Jang‘s folkloric, occult thriller EXHUMA (“Pomyo,” which directly translates to “exhumation for relocation or cremation”) has been released, it has exploded as a bona-fide hit, and is now the highest grossing Korean film of 2024. When a renowned shaman (KIM Go-Eun) and her

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

Info Line: 604.878.3456

Email: info@riotheatre.ca

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