Doctor Sleep (Featuring Director Mike Flanagan!)

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Friday, December 17 for a unique night of Stephen King-inspired horror: A back-to-back double-feature including Stanley Kubrick‘s iconic 1980 horror masterpiece THE SHiNiNG, followed by Mike Flanagan‘s 2019 follow-up, DOCTOR SLEEP. Even better? Writer-director Mike Flanagan – who … Read more

Divinity

Set in an otherworldly human existence, scientist Sterling Pierce dedicated his life to the quest for immortality, slowly creating the building blocks of a groundbreaking serum named “Divinity.” Jaxxon Pierce, his son, now controls and manufactures his father’s once-benevolent dream. Society on this barren planet has been entirely perverted by the supremacy of the drug, … Read more

Demons with Live Score by Claudio Simonetti’s GOBLIN

The Invisible Orange Presents Claudio Simonetti’s GOBLIN Performs the live score to Dario Argento’s DEMONS A Film by Lamberto Brava Followed by a Classic Goblin Set Monday, October 23 Doors 7:00 pm | Event 8:00 pm *Please arrive on time. Advance tickets available HERE www.orangetickets.ca Composer Claudio Simonetti has written and recorded some of the … Read more

Deathgasm

The Rio Grind Film Festival is pleased to present a very last minute – but so very welcome – late night addition to the Rio Theatre’s calendar on Friday, October 9. Following its World Premiere at SXSW 2015, New Zealander Jason Lei Howden’s DEATHGASM has become one of the “ones to watch” ever since; it’s … Read more

Death Becomes Her

The Rio Theatre‘s series of spooky Halloween fare continues on Thursday, October 24 with DEATH BECOMES HER – a film that has been requested many times over many year, but has yet to be played at the Rio Theatre – until now! In this 1992 cult-classic horror comedy, a novelist (Meryl Streep) loses her man … Read more

Dead Snow

Don’t steal gold. It always ends… Badly. After making a (bloody) splash following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009, Norwegian writer-director Tommy Wirkola‘s Scandinavian CABIN FEVER-esque take on the zombie trope landed itself a cult following (and 2014 sequel) thanks to its fresh take on a well-worn genre. In an interview, Wirkola … Read more

Dead Shack (Filmmakers in Attendance!)

On a weekend getaway at a rundown cabin in the woods, Jason, a cautious teen, his crude best friend Colin and his fearless older sister Summer are forced to work together, grow up and save their hard-partying parents from their predatory neighbor intent on feeding them all to her undead family. Director Peter Ricq in … Read more

Dead Ringers

Following the massive global success of THE FLY in 1986, audiences were properly primed for iconic Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg‘s DEAD RINGERS, an intimate and often uncomfortable psychological thriller that manages to both penetrate and dramatically elevate the body horror genre with its deeply disturbing, twisted love story. Elliot (Jeremy Irons), a successful gynecologist, works … Read more

Day of the Dead (40th Anniversary Screening)

George A. Romero’s DAY OF THE DEAD, the apocalyptic final chapter of the ultimate zombie trilogy, returns for its 40th Anniversary!   Whole generations of horror lovers had never seen any of Romero’s zombie classics at a theatre or drive-in, but in November 2021 Red Band Releasing started helping book the original DAWN OF THE DEAD … Read more

Dawn of the Dead (45th Anniversary Screening)

Celebrate the 45th Anniversary of George A. Romero’s DAWN OF THE DEAD as it was meant to be seen – on the big screen! Long heralded as one of the greatest, most influential horror films of all time, the classic cinematic shocker has been one of the most requested theatrical revival titles from fright fans … Read more