LISTEN: A free set from folk-pop darlings the Old Believers at cozy Valentine’s. 232 SW Ankeny St., 248-1600. 9 pm Monday, Jan. 12. Free.

From the Deal Box: Give as good as you get—donate a used winter jacket to Transition Projects and get $20 off your next shopping tab at Lizard Lounge. Drop off at Lizard Lounge, 1323 NW Irving St., 416-7476, through Dec. 24.www.lizardloungepdx.com

The priceless irony is that Clark also made the sickest Xmas movie out there. BLACK CHRISTMAS–presented in a re-struck 35mm print–starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, and Margot Kidder, is a uniquely disturbing ’sorority house meets strange killer’ drill of skin-crawl style and some very unforgettable from-hell ‘moancalls.’  Don’t miss it on the screen, big.

BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) Dir. Bob Clark

Saturday, November 29th 10PM Doors; 11PM Show

Bagdad Theater

21 & Over

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 Win Passes to Supertrash Saturday Screening of Halloween (1978)!   The cat is de-bagged.  Truth spills out.  Simplicity runs amok.  SuperTrash Saturdays are on.  The new cult is mainstream.  Don’t be addicted to movies, be ridiculously addicted.  Go to the neighborhood theater-pub with the biggest screen and sweetest, loudest sound around–it’s the BAGDAD!  I’ve heard it referred to as the “bag,” or the “dad,” even “bagdaddy-o,” or my favorite–the “baggydada.”  Moving on, look at this movie line up…and, good news-all shows $3!  Shows start at 10pm, with live sets from Bridgetown Comedy; awesome 35mm trailers; unreleased vintage rock performances from Classic Concert Series (Bowie, Sabbath, Miles Davis, Pink Floyd, The Clash, etc.); and animation curated by Floating World Comics.  Then at 11pm, the movie!

Satuday, November 8th, HALLOWEEN (1978) Dir. John Carpenter

Okay, Rob Zombie tried, but Carpenter’s homicidal groove is the stuff of thumping perfection–steady and terrifying as death itself. 

(check theater listing for additional showtimes during week)

Halloween Synopsis:  Perhaps the most influential and successful independent film ever made, HALLOWEEN is the movie that put director John Carpenter on the map as a viable filmmaker. An exercise in simple, pure horror, HALLOWEEN takes us into the world of a mad killer, Michael Myers, who at a very young age stabbed his older sister to death. Locked away for many years in a mental hospital Michael escapes one night and returns to his hometown to continue his killing spree. Jamie Lee Curtis, in her first role, plays the resourceful babysitter who is chased by the killer on Halloween night. Produced for very little money and a tight shooting schedule, HALLOWEEN was a stunning success when it was released. Written by John Carpenter and his longtime producer Debra Hill, the film set their careers on fire, with both of them working together many times over the next 25 years. The film also made a star out of Jamie Lee Curtis and turned the slasher movie into a viable, successful genre. HALLOWEEN has been copied, parodied and even turned into a franchise of its own, but the original is still considered the best of the bunch. HALLOWEEN was John Carpenter’s first foray into horror, and remains the standard to which all other modern horror films are measured. 

Win Yours!

   The cat is de-bagged.  Truth spills out.  Simplicity runs amok.  SuperTrash Saturdays are on.  The new cult is mainstream.  Don’t be addicted to movies, be ridiculously addicted.  Go to the neighborhood theater-pub with the biggest screen and sweetest, loudest sound around–it’s the BAGDAD!  I’ve heard it referred to as the “bag,” or the “dad,” even “bagdaddy-o,” or my favorite–the “baggydada.”  Moving on, look at this movie line up…and, good news-all shows $3!  Shows start at 10pm, with live sets from Bridgetown Comedy; awesome 35mm trailers; unreleased vintage rock performances from Classic Concert Series (Bowie, Sabbath, Miles Davis, Pink Floyd, The Clash, etc.); and animation curated by Floating World Comics.  Then at 11pm, the movie!  Satuday, November 1st BATMAN (1989) Dir. Tim Burton It’s time  to re-visit Burton’s clusterparty of goth-broth and kitsch-stitch and see if Jack’s Joker outfreaks Heath’s lip-tics!   WIN YOURS!

Thursday, October 30

her husband’s dead…wants company.

her husband’s dead…feeling very lonely.

What do you do the night BEFORE Halloween? The night before HE CAME HOME? Why, you go to a great, big naturally haunted house like the Bagdad Theater to watch the PORTLAND PREMIERE of Eric Red’s new ghost movie 100 FEET.

OCT 30
BAGDAD THEATER 3702 SE HAWTHORNE
ONE SHOW ONLY
8PM
35mm print

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