Following a mediocre one-night stand, Anx and Cass are forced into lockdown together in Anx’s apartment. A mysterious virus is causing people’s bodies to melt and fuse with the surfaces of inanimate objects. All the infected can do is moan in pain as their body slowly merges with whatever they are touching. Holed up for … Read more
Many years after a viral zombie outbreak, three brothers are forced to fend for themselves, living off the land in a cabin in the woods. With their parents long gone, the eldest, Salvador is tasked with feeding and protecting his brothers, but his amputated leg means he needs assistance from the younger Oliver and Benjamin. … Read more
Moving into their new home, the members of the Payne family are saddled with considerable baggage. With legal trouble already looming due to her workplace misconduct, Rebekah (Lucy Liu) is called out by her husband Chris (Chris Sullivan) for the overt favouritism she bestows on their competitive, callous son Tyler (Eddy Maday). Meanwhile, daughter Chloe … Read more
Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König, her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn’t seem right … Read more
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! Part 2 picks up… Months after Alice (Adrienne King) beheaded psycho killer/mother Pamela … 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
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on August 30 with one of the aii-time classic grindhouse films ever made, Ruggero Deodato’s exploitation staple CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST. Since its release in 1980, the film has been both banned and heavily censored throughout the world; decades after its release it continues to be a film … Read more
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! Part 2 picks up… Months after Alice (Adrienne King) beheaded psycho killer/mother Pamela … Read more
In the year 2056 – the not so distant future – an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GeneCo, a biotech company that offers organ transplants, for a price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession and hunted by villainous Repo Men. In a world … Read more
Filmmaker Ti West‘s 2022 slasher hit X and its surprise origin story prequel PEARL, released that same year, amassed a major following among dedicated horror movie fans (including some guy named Martin Scorsese, who has been particular effusive in his support). The franchise concludes with the highly anticipated release of MAXXXINE, which is a direct … Read more
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