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Genre: Horror

The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Anaconda

Come see folks who wrote jokes for Mystery Science Theater 3000 provide live commentary for the 1997 classic ANACONDA. Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde and Owen Wilson star as a  documentary film crew who have been taken hostage by a snake hunter (Jon Voight!) who

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

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

The Zodiac Killer (1971)

The American Genre Film Archive‘s new remaster of director Tom Hanson‘s exploitative cinematic oddity THE ZODIAC KILLER, is getting some big screen time at the Rio Theatre as part of a double bill with David Fincher‘s cult-classic ZODIAC (Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards) on Sunday, August

It Comes at Night

Imagine the end of the world. Now, imagine something worse. Award-winning filmmaker Trey Edward Shults follows his incredible debut feature KRISHA with IT COMES AT NIGHT, a horror film following a man (Joel Edgerton) as he learns that the evil stalking his family home may be only a prelude to

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

Santa Sangre

Fifteen years after EL TOPO and THE HOLY MOUNTAIN unlocked moviegoers’ collective third-eye, legendary provocateur Alejandro Jodorowsky made his late-’80s comeback with the SANTA SANGRE, a film whose staggering odyssey of ecstasy, anguish, belief, blasphemy, beauty and madness enraptures both Jodo newbies and dedicated fans alike. Fully restored to an

Hounds of Love

Following rapturous responses from festival critics and audience around the world, Ben Young‘s chilling crime thriller HOUNDS OF LOVE has quietly emerged be the breakout, must-see indie Australian film of 2017; “…the rarest of beasts: a directorial debut that’s not only tonally flawless but also manages to radically re-imagine

Get Out

“A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” The Rio Theatre‘s weekly Friday Late Night Movie series returns in February (Black History Month) with a screening writer-director Jordan Peele‘s game changing, groundbreaking,  and Oscar-winning work of socially satirical horror, GET OUT. The film’s impact since its release in

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,

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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