Happy Halloweekend! There are so many spellbinding things to do, from Navy Strength’s Nightmare on Wall Street: The Final Nightmare to Dia de Muertos Festival Seattle and from Draw The Block: Night Of The Starving Artist to a Holiday Decoration Swap. Just don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour on Sunday and VOTE BY NEXT TUESDAY!! For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week.
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Land of the Dead: it’s for the gays
Halloween Eve, but make it for the gays! (The rest of you can come too, I guess.) Presented by Scorpio Rising Productions, Land of the Dead: It’s for the gays is a dark, campy horror/comedy that’s less typical slasher than it is queer and emotionally complicated. The film follows Mel as they confront a literal demon from their past, exploring the messy intersections of gender identity, addiction, trauma, and self-acceptance along the way. It’s a free screening full of supernatural scares, queer quips, and a surprisingly heartfelt take on what it means to face your demons (figuratively and literally). And honestly, what’s scarier than confronting your past? Besides maybe doing it the night before Halloween… LANGSTON THOMAS
(SIFF Film Center, Uptown, free)
