After nearly two years away, the Hollywood Theatre's bimonthly program Queer Horror returns with I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER! This homecoming screening is hosted by Portland's premier drag clown Carla Rossi and opens with a summer flashback drag preshow sponsored by Double Mountain Brewery.

Presented on the cusp of its 25th anniversary and written by out queer screenwriter Kevin Williamson (SCREAM), I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (1997) follows four teens (Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr, and Ryan Phillippe) who cover up an accidental hit-and-run only to find themselves stalked by a hook-wielding fisherman one year later. Co-starring 1990s horcruxes Johnny Galecki and Anne Heche, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER broke the brains of countless queer teenagers between Sarah Michelle Gellar's iconic chase scene, the bold choice to make Jennifer Love Hewitt a Final Girl, and Ryan Phillippe in a towel.

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The Hollywood Theatre celebrates five years of QUEER HORROR with Polish killer mermaid musical THE LURE! Sponsored by Double Mountain Brewery and Cidery, Finger Bang Nail Salon, and Lincoln Memorial Park & Funeral Home, this fifth anniversary Feminist March screening is hosted by Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi and opens with an all-musical preshow starring Rita Lynn, Sign of the Beast Burlesque siren Hai Fleisch, and more!

Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska and featuring music by Barbara & Zuzanna Wrońska, 2015’s THE LURE chronicles Silver and Golden (Marta Mazurek & Michalina Olszańska), two man-eating mermaids who find themselves adopted by a nightclub singer (Kinga Preis) and brought on as entertainment at the sleaziest cabaret in 1980s Warsaw. But when one of them falls in love with a human man, it won’t just be their victims who find themselves ripped apart. Based partially on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” and the life stories of its female creative team, THE LURE is a surreal, frenetic, and gorgeously gory trip into a queer world afloat on rocking techno waves.

Friday, March 20 at 9:30 PM | $10

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The Hollywood Theatre’s bimonthly series QUEER HORROR resurrects its Valentine’s Day Chucky tradition with one of the best films in the series, CHILD’S PLAY 2 on 35mm! Sponsored by Double Mountain Brewery and Cidery, Finger Bang Nail Salon, and Lincoln Memorial Park & Funeral Home, this 30th anniversary screening is hosted by Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi and opens with a “Small Wonder” sitcom preshow starring Portland drag all-stars Clare Apparently, Valerie DeVille, and Vera Mysteria as Chucky!

Written by out queer filmmaker and Chucky mastermind Don Mancini, 1990’s CHILD’S PLAY 2 finds Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) in the care of foster parents (Jenny Agutter & Gerrit Graham) after his first encounter with serial-killer-turned-killer-doll Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif). But the nightmare begins all over again when a revived Chucky finds his way home – and Andy’s only hope is his street-smart foster sister Kyle (Christine Elise). Co-starring genre legends Grace Zabriskie and Beth Grant, CHILD’S PLAY 2 lays gleefully gory groundwork for one of the scariest, queerest, and still thriving horror franchises of the last three decades.

Friday, February 14 at 9:30 PM | $10

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The Hollywood Theatre’s bimonthly series QUEER HORROR lays 2019 to rest with THE SENTINEL on 35mm! Sponsored by Double Mountain Brewery, Finger Bang Nail Salon, and Lincoln Memorial Park & Funeral Home, this December edition is hosted by Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi and opens with an off-the-wall preshow starring Portland drag all-stars as a cabal of legendary pop culture characters!

One of the last great prestige horror films of the 1970s, Michael Winner’s THE SENTINEL (1977) stars Cristina Raines as Alison, a model looking for a New York apartment away from her overbearing boyfriend Michael (Chris Sarandon). When a shady realtor (Ava Gardner) shows her the perfect brownstone, she immediately falls for it and her eccentric new neighbors – including a flamboyant cat-owner (Burgess Meredith) and lesbian ballet dancers (Sylvia Miles & Beverly D’Angelo) – until she realizes the building has a horrifying history, and it might have something to do with the blind priest on the top floor. With a stacked ensemble including Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Walken, Jerry Orbach, José Ferrer, John Carradine, and Deborah Raffin, THE SENTINEL is simultaneously a glitzy time capsule, a gay panic nightmare, and a masterfully made horror classic packed with stars, cats, cakes, and demons aplenty. 

Thursday, December 12 at 9:30 PM | $10

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The Hollywood Theatre’s bimonthly series QUEER HORROR haunts Halloween night with ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK! Sponsored by Double Mountain Brewery, Finger Bang Nail Salon, and Lincoln Memorial Park & Funeral Home, this spooky screening is hosted by Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi and opens with a pre-show tribute to horror hostesses throughout time featuring PDX burlesque all-stars Wanda Bones, Hai Fleisch, and Rummy Rose!

Starring (and written by) Cassandra Peterson as the titular horror host, 1988’s ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK drops Elvira into the small-minded small town of Falwell, Massachusetts, where she hopes to fund her next show with an inheritance from her deceased aunt Morgana. But when the will leaves her nothing more than a house, a poodle, and a recipe book, Elvira has to draw upon her newfound friends and her bad-ghoul street smarts to raise the money she needs and defeat her evil warlock uncle. Co-starring Edie McClurg as conservative clown Chastity Pariah, ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK is a campy, comedic cult classic living up to the name of one of horror’s best and bustiest icons. Unpleasant dreams!

Thursday, October 31 at 9:30 PM | $10

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The Hollywood Theatre’s bimonthly series QUEER HORROR goes back to school with HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT 2! Sponsored by Double Mountain Brewery, Finger Bang nail salon, and Lincoln Memorial Park & Funeral Home, this ultra-rare 35mm screening is hosted by Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi and opens with a prom pre-show starring Portland drag superstars!

Directed by Bruce Pittman from a script by out gay screenwriter Ron Oliver, 1987’s HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT 2 – connected to 1980’s PROM NIGHT only in name and setting at Hamilton High – opens with 1950’s bad girl Mary Lou Maloney (Lisa Schrage) dying in a smoke bomb accident at her coronation as prom queen. Thirty years later, the vengeful spirit of Mary Lou makes her homecoming and possesses good girl Vicki (Wendy Lyon) so she can finally live the prom night of her dreams – and everyone else’s nightmares! Co-starring genre legend Michael Ironside (SCANNERS, TOTAL RECALL), HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT 2 is a wild, sleazy joyride with one of the most liberated and unapologetic killer women in horror, leading Academy Award-winner Charlize Theron (on the How Did This Get Made? podcast) to say of it, “I have seen hardcore porn with less horniness than this movie!”

Thursday, September 5 at 9:30 PM | $10

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The Hollywood Theatre’s bimonthly series Queer Horror kicks off Pride weekend with RESIDENT EVIL in 35mm! Sponsored by Double Mountain Brewery, Finger Bang nail salon, and Lincoln Memorial Park & Funeral Home, this Pride edition hosted by Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi opens with a Night of 1,000 Millas pre-show starring Portland drag superstars all playing the super-powered action heroine!

Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson from the smash-hit video game series, RESIDENT EVIL opens with Alice (Milla Jovovich) waking up in a mansion without memories – until she’s quickly swept away by a tactical response team into the Hive, the evil Umbrella Corporation’s underground biological weapons lab where a nefarious security system will stop at nothing to contain an unfolding outbreak of the zombifying T-Virus. Co-starring out queer actor Michelle Rodriguez and featuring a score co-composed by Marilyn Manson, RESIDENT EVIL is ground zero for the relentless and completely bonkers action franchise starring perpetual badass and queer icon Milla Jovovich!

Thursday, June 13 at 9:30 PM | $10

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The Hollywood Theatre’s bimonthly series Queer Horror returns with some fava beans and a nice Chianti for THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS! Sponsored by Double Mountain Brewery, Finger Bang nail salon, and Lincoln Memorial Park & Funeral Home, this special presentation hosted by Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi opens with a super-sized preshow starring Pepper Pepper (as Dr. Pepper), Loretta Good Lordchild, and Portland’s Funniest Person finalist & stand-up superstar Corina Lucas!

Directed by Jonathan Demme and based on the book by Thomas Harris, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS opens with FBI trainee Clarice Starling (out queer actor Jodie Foster) being assigned to interview Dr. Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) with the hope of profiling and catching a serial killer called Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). But Clarice and Hannibal form an unlikely connection that will radically alter not only their lives but that of the Senator’s daughter (Brooke Smith) trapped in Bill’s well. Winner of the “Big Five” Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Screenplay), THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS is a modern-day Persephone myth that is as problematic and complex as it is staunchly feminist, queer, and absolutely terrifying.

Thursday, April 11 at 8:45 PM | $10

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In celebration of the Hollywood Theatre’s Feminist March programming, the bimonthly series Queer Horror adds a special off-month screening to its calendar with 1975’s THE STEPFORD WIVES! Sponsored by Finger Bang nail salon and Double Mountain Brewery, this rare 35mm presentation is hosted by Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi with a preshow starring Portland’s own 1950s drag housewife, Madame DuMoore!

Adapted from Ira Levin’s classic thriller, THE STEPFORD WIVES follows photographer Joanna Eberhart (Katharine Ross) as she moves with her husband and children to a quiet suburban community in Connecticut. But something strange is happening in the town of Stepford, where the local women have replaced their careers and ambitions with cooking and cleaning – at least ever since the town’s defunct women’s group was visited by Betty Friedan – and Joanna and fellow newcomer Bobbie (Paula Prentiss) find themselves in a race against time to learn what lurks behind the walls of the Stepford Men’s Association. Derided upon its release for being both too “anti-men” and “a rip-off of the women’s movement,” this incisive and ahead-of-its-time satire is more relevant, hilarious, and terrifying than ever before. 

Friday, March 15 at 8 PM | $10

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The Hollywood Theatre’s bimonthly series Queer Horror comes back from the beyond – just like our favorite killer dolls – with SEED OF CHUCKY! Sponsored by Finger Bang nail salon, this romantic engagement continues Queer Horror’s annual Valentine’s Day + Jennifer Tilly tradition, all hosted by Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi!

Written and directed by series creator and out queer filmmaker Don Mancini, 2005’s SEED OF CHUCKY drops Chucky (Brad Dourif) and Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly) in Hollywood on the set of film-within-a-film “Chucky Goes Psycho,” starring Oscar nominee Jennifer Tilly herself! But this time the killer couple finds themselves raising their non-binary child Glen – or Glenda? – (Billy Boyd) and plotting to take over Jennifer Tilly and Redman’s bodies in order to establish a nuclear family all their own. Also starring the High Pope of Trash John Waters, SEED OF CHUCKY plays like KRAMER VS. KRAMER with a family of murderous dolls, and firmly establishes the CHILD’S PLAY franchise as the absolute queerest, funniest, and most risk-taking and genre-bending slasher series of all time!

Thursday, February 14 at 9:30 PM | $10

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The Hollywood Theatre’s bimonthly series QUEER HORROR closes out a year of slasher films with the classic CANDYMAN! Sponsored by Royale Brewing Co and Finger Bang nail salon, this 35mm screening summons Candyman herself in a pre-show starring the House of Shade’s Flawless Shade and Kimber Shade, all hosted by Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi!

Directed by Bernard Rose and based on a story by queer horror legend Clive Barker, 1992’s CANDYMAN stars Virginia Madsen as Helen Lyle, a white graduate student studying urban legends at the Cabrini-Green projects in Chicago. After hearing the tale of Candyman (Tony Todd) from resident Anne-Marie (Vanessa Williams), Helen and her friend Bernadette (Kasi Lemmons) soon find themselves face-to-face with a terrifying legend brought to life! One of the first mainstream films to confront the real-life horrors of racism and slavery in the horror genre (and to inspire such films as GET OUT by Jordan Peele, who is currently working on a remake) CANDYMAN hooks you with a lullaby-like score by Philip Glass and will keep you from ever looking into a mirror – or the mirror of American history – the same way again.

Thursday, December 6 at 9:30 PM | $10

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ABOUT QUEER HORROR:

QUEER HORROR is a bimonthly festival of genre works by queer artists, performers, and filmmakers questioning horror’s relation to queerness and what it means to identify with the monster. Maybe it’s the fact that queer people are so often relegated to shadows of otherness that the horror genre is more immediately relatable for us. We grew up with boogeymen. We’ve lived with boogeymen. Goblins and ghosts are a welcome escape from real-life monstrosities.

From the work of James Whale and John Waters to Patricia Highsmith and Clive Barker, horror has deeply impacted queer culture and sensibilities and QUEER HORROR asks why. QUEER HORROR is programmed and hosted by Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi and her human avatar Anthony Hudson, with artwork by resident artist Jason Edward Davis.

The Hollywood Theatre’s bimonthly series QUEER HORROR celebrates the season – and QUEER HORROR’s limited edition BRIDE OF CARLASTEIN porter release with Royale Brewing Co – with HALLOWEEN H20! Sponsored by Royale Brewing Co and Finger Bang, this 20th anniversary screening opens with a preshow tribute to the night HE came home twenty years later (twenty years ago) hosted by Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi!

Directed by Steve Miner from a treatment by producer and out queer screenwriter Kevin Williamson (SCREAM), 1998’s HALLOWEEN H20 finds Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) living under an assumed identity as a private school headmistress in Northern California, two decades after she became the sole survivor of her brother’s bloody rampage in Haddonfield. When Michael returns to finish what began on Halloween night in 1978, Laurie must rediscover her inner survivor to save not just her own life but those of her only son (Josh Hartnett) and his girlfriend (Michelle Williams). Also starring LL Cool J and Joseph Gordon Levitt, HALLOWEEN H20 is the original sequel to ignore the rest of the franchise and pit Laurie Strode in a relentless fight to the death with Michael Myers – and in the process creating a feminist warrior more fierce than death itself.

Thursday, October 25 at 9:30 PM | $10

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The Hollywood Theatre’s bimonthly program QUEER HORROR meets again on a rare Friday the 13th for nothing other than FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD! Now sponsored by Royale Brewing Co, this 30th anniversary 35mm screening opens with a preshow tribute to Camp Crystal Lake and the Haus of Voorhees hosted by Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi and starring Seattle's SPARKLE LEIGH and PDX boylesque star JAXIN YOFF!

Directed by John Carl Buechler, 1988’s FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII follows telekinetic teenager Tina (Lar Park Lincoln) after she unwittingly frees Jason (Kane Hodder) from beneath Crystal Lake and fearlessly commits to returning the hockey masked-slasher from whence he came! Featuring out queer actors Kevin Spirtas, Susan Blu, William Butler, Craig Thomas, and Jeff Bennett in a camp-fest that can only be described as Carrie Goes to Camp Crystal Lake, FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD is as insane and unstoppable as the bloodline of Pamela Voorhees herself!

Friday, April 13th at 9:30 PM | $10 | thecarlarossi.com

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The Hollywood Theatre’s bimonthly program QUEER HORROR celebrates a year of women-centric programming with a 25th anniversary screening BATMAN RETURNS! Hosted by Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi, this 35mm holiday spectacle opens with a huge drag and burlesque preshow tribute to Catwoman in all her incarnations.

Directed by Tim Burton, 1992’s BATMAN RETURNS pits Batman (Michael Keaton) against an inexperienced shock politician (Danny DeVito) funded by a woman-murdering CEO (Christopher Walken). Meanwhile, as the men of Gotham squabble amongst themselves, the mysterious vigilante Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) is born from beneath a swarm of alleycats and prowls the streets of Gotham in search of vengeance. Simultaneously the greatest and least-Batman film ever made, BATMAN RETURNS is the only gothic childhood Christmas classic featuring Siouxsie and the Banshees and an exaltation of the avenging, chaotic feminine led by the battle cry “I am Catwoman – hear me roar!”

Thursday, December 14th at 8:30 PM | $10

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Come dressed up to win our COSTUME CONTEST at the QUEER HORROR HOLIDAY AFTERPARTY right after the movie at THE KNOW! *FREE*