Join us for Friday Late Night Movie EVENT HORIZON, director Paul Anderson’s (MORTAL KOMBAT, RESIDENT EVIL) a sci-fi horror story about a rescue crew investigating a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole that’s now returned…with someone or something new on-board on April 17. Starring Sam Neill, Laurence Fishburne, Kathleen Quinlan and Joely Richardson. Friday, … Read more
1997 — The EVENT HORIZON that brought the dawning of Y-2-K. What movie better sums up the nihilistic little minds of those millennial rascals, than a film about human technology opening inter-dimensional gateways that ultimately lead to the inevitable doom and destruction of mankind by using our own hidden, suppressed fears against us? Yay, Y2K! … Read more
Like so many movie-lovers around the world, we were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of filmmaker David Lynch, whose contribution to arts and culture is immeasurable. His monumentally beloved catalogue is its own impressive, cinematic legacy rich with old friends and oddball characters who make regular visits upon our silver screen. In the … Read more
Shot on 16mm, ENYS MEN is a mind-bending Cornish folk horror set in 1973 that unfolds on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast. A wildlife volunteer’s daily observations of a rare flower take a dark turn into the strange and metaphysical, forcing both her and viewers to question what is real and what is … Read more
When her great aunt dies, famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight new England town of Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted house, a witch’s cookbook and a punk rock poodle. But once the stuffy locals get an eyeful of the scream queen’s ample assets, all hell busts out & breaks loose. … Read more
“This play can be played without any age restriction. It will work if the chemistry between all the characters makes sense. Human behavior and betrayal applies to all of us. It exists within ourselves. You love somebody. Do you? What is love?” So begins Tommy Wiseau’s first draft of what eventually became his landmark 2001 … Read more
Following its World Premiere at TIFF and its European Premiere as Sitges Film Festival‘s closing night film, director Brian O’Malley‘s (2015’s criminally under-seen LET US PREY) exquisite, sensual and chilling work of pure gothic horror, THE LODGERS, is coming to the Rio Theatre on Friday, February 23 as part of the Dread Central Presents screening … Read more
The Rio Theatre continues its dive into classic monster movies of the past with a screening of director Todd Browning’s pre-code work of “romantic horror”, DRACULA, based on the 1924 stage play “Dracula,” which in turn was adapted from the 1897 novel of the same name by Bram Stoker. The film stars Bela Lugosi as … Read more
This small, snow-covered Indigenous community is about to see an upturn. Mining company WEC has just made an agreement for drilling on this tribal land, and it’s looking like everyone will benefit – except the land itself. Local activist Kharis Redwater is one of those protesting the deal when her voice is silenced in a … Read more
Nicolas Roeg‘s acclaimed supernatural thriller DON’T LOOK NOW is as much a surrealistic ghost story as it is a meditative exploration on grief, told through the experiences of a married couple. Noted for its innovative use of imagery and colour (and a legendary love scene featuring the late, great Canadian icon Donald Sutherland and Julie … Read more
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