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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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. Crawl into the crypt at Queer-Horror.com.