Wed, Oct 15th
TALES FROM THE CRYPT:
DEMON KNIGHT
SPECIAL 30TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING
FOLLOWED BY THE VHS 2025 OPENING NIGHT PARTY
Wed, Oct 15th — 7PM - 9PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
VHS is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of 1995’s greatest and goriest horror film, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight. With special guests, stars William Sadler & Sherrie Rose, Producers Gil Adler & Alan Katz, and creator of the Demons themselves, Founder of Masters FX, Todd Masters.
Q&A hosted by Gigi Saul Guerrero.
Ex-soldier Frank Brayker (William Sadler) is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister but charming Collector (Billy Zane) is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse
William Sadler
Sherrie Rose
Alan Katz & Gil Adler
Thurs, Oct 16th
Mother of flies
BC PREMIERE
Thurs, Oct 16th — 8:15 PM - 10:30 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
When a young woman faces a deadly diagnosis, she seeks dark magic from a witch in the woods - but every cure has costs.
Winner of Fantasia Film Festival’s 2025 Cheval Noire Award.
The short film “Pearls” by Alastair Train will screen ahead of the feature.
Featuring Special Guest —
Director, Writer, Actor John Adam
FrI Oct 17th
Armageddon RoaD
A SPECIAL ADVANCED SCREENING
FRI, Oct 17th — 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
A hopeless romantic with big dreams, Steve is an ex-con hired to chauffeur a mob boss' girlfriend for a night. He's blissfully unaware that his passenger has died and is now possessed by one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
The short film “In Old Ranchos” by Matthew Lucas will screen ahead of the feature.
Featuring Special Guest —
Director & Writer Karen Lam
sAT, Oct 18th
portal to hell
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Sat, oct 18 — 5:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
After a debt-collector finds a portal to hell in a washing machine at his local laundromat, he’s propositioned into feeding it sinners to save his neighbor’s soul, maybe even at the expense of his own.
The short film “We Live In the Dark” by Aaron Dawson will screen ahead of the feature.
FEATURE FILM TBD
Sat, oct 18 — 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION TBD
The short film “Monster Medicine” by Veronica Felicity Johnson will screen ahead of the feature.
SUN, Oct 19th
foreigner
Sun, Oct 19th — 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Cineplex International Village
88 W Pender St 3rd floor
Foreigner tells the story of Yasamin Karimi, a Persian teen desperate to fit in at her new high school in 2004. When she dyes her hair blonde to blend in, she unknowingly unleashes a demon tied to the parts of herself she’s trying to erase.
Blending horror with heart, Foreigner explores the terrifying cost of assimilation and the haunting power of identity denied.
The short film “Leave Me Alone” by Shehroze Khan will screen ahead of the feature.
Director Ava Marie Safai
Wed, Oct 22
special advanced screening of
shelby oaks
All purchased VHS 2025 Festival Passes will also include a ticket to a special advance screening of SHELBY OAKS on Wednesday, October 22 at The Rio Theatre in partnership with the Rio and Elevation Pictures.
Actress Camille Sullivan will be joining to intro the film.
Directed by Chris Stuckmann.
A woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil. With Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, and Michael Beach.
Camille Sullivan
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