The Rio Theatre’s “Must Be Seen on the Big Screen” series continues with one of the most regularly requested titles we get from our audience, writer-director Tarsem’s (THE CELL) visionary 2006 epic THE FALL. Relive this gorgeous fantasy fable on the big screen with its stunning new 4k restoration, presented by David Fincher and Spike … Read more
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on September 8 with a back-to-school viewing of Robert Rodriguez‘ THE FACULTY on September 8. To the students at Harrington High, the principal and her posse of teachers have always been a little odd, but lately they’ve been behaving positively alien. Controlled by otherworldly parasites, the … Read more
In post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman falls in love with movies after his parents take him to see “The Greatest Show on Earth” and aspires to become a filmmaker himself. Armed with a camera, Sammy starts to make his own films at home, much to the delight of his supportive mother. When … Read more
The Power of Christ compels you! Four decades after its release, director William Friedkin’s supernatural horror classic THE EXORCIST still remains one of the most frightening films ever made. Based on the hugely popular novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty (who also wrote the screenplay), the film was both a massive commercial … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre for the premiere of writer-director Jason William Lee‘s THE EVIL IN US, a stylish and blood-soaked work of sci-fi horror that’s a bit CABIN FEVER meets EVIL DEAD. Filmmakers including Lee, producer Dalj Brar, editor Michael Gyori and actors Debs Howard and Marina Pasqua will be in attendance to both … Read more
“Gimme some sugar, baby.” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a Friday night triple bill featuring Sam Raimi’s glorious EVIL DEAD trilogy: ARMY OF DARKNESS (aka, “The Medieval Dead”). Starring Bruce Campbell. Friday, May 29 THE EVIL DEAD Doors 7:00 / Movie 7:30 THE EVIL DEAD 2 9:30 Tickets $8 in advance / $10 at … Read more
In this ghost story from acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg (THE SOUVENIR, THE SOUVENIR PART II) a middle-aged daughter and her elderly mother must confront long-buried secrets when they return to their former family home, a once-grand manor that has become a nearly vacant hotel brimming with mystery and haunted by its mysterious past. Featuring a … Read more
Longtime collaborators Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (RESOLUTION, SPRING) do the heavy lifting – as writer (Benson), cinematographer (Moorhead) co-directors, and stars – in their latest foray into Lovecraftian indie sci-fi, THE ENDLESS. Appropriately, they take the leads as two brothers who receive a cryptic video message inspiring them to revisit the UFO death cult … Read more
Following its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014, THE EDITOR has gained a massive cult following among horror afficoonados. Astron-6 (the kickass Canadian film crew behind MANBORG and FATHER’S DAY) up their game to a whole new level with a film that works as both a delightfully dark and comic satire … Read more
Director Peter Strickland scores another unnervingly stylish arthouse hit with THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, his follow up to the eerily sound homage to retro horror, BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO (2012). At its core, THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY is a spellbinding, calculating work of tense eroticism that explores the unusually intimate relationship between two women, the wealthy … Read more
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