The Devils screens at VIFF Centre
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY & SATURDAY: Fright Nights features various haunted houses, roving entertainment, and night-time carnival rides at the PNE’s Playland. Note: not recommended for people under 13 years of age.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY: screening at the Rio Theatre of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, director Jim Sharman’s 1975 musical comedy-horror starring Tim Curry as transvestite mad-scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature, running until November 8 at the Vancouver Art Gallery, features more than 100 works by the iconic B.C. artist, exploring in-depth her obsession with the landscape of the Pacific Northwest.
Dark Side at the Dome
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: showing until December 31 at the Dome, Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon is an immersive, 42-minute, 360° surround-sound journey through deep space, alien worlds, and celestial landscapes, featuring music from the legendary prog-rock band’s 1973 album.
SATURDAY: the BC Lions take on the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League western semi-final at BC Place.
SATURDAY: the Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret’s annual Parade of Lost Souls features costumed parades starting at the intersection of Vernon and Napier streets, with after-party to follow at Strange Fellows Brewing.
Event Horizon screens at the Space Centre
SATURDAY: Halloween Movie Night at the H.R. McMillan Space Centre features screenings of Event Horizon and Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Here’s my original review of Event Horizon from 1997.
SATURDAY: screening at the VIFF Centre of a new 4K restoration of director Ken Russell’s highly controversial 1971 horror-drama The Devils, based on Aldous Huxley’s historical narrative of 1952, The Devils of Loudon. Note: the newly restored 114-minute version includes graphic scenes of torture and blasphemous sexual imagery.
SATURDAY: the Vancouver Canucks take on the Toronto Maple Leafs in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.
The Sounders are in town
SUNDAY: the Vancouver Whitecaps take on the Seattle Sounders in Major League Soccer action at BC Place.
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