Midslumber Media is so so excited and honored to welcome Director Shaela Payne for a special audience test screening of her new psychological thriller, Seeing Red.

Join us for a Q&A with the director afterwards!

When: Tuesday, February 17th @ 7:00PM

Where: Midslumber Media (1609 NE Alberta St, Portland, Oregon, 97211 - Street Parking)

What: Short Film Screening + Q&A

Tickets: FREE Limited Event - RSVP Required*

More About the Short Film:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39182335/

*If you’d like to attend, please add the tickets below to your cart and check out!

Midslumber Media is excited and honored to host the multi-talented Harlequin Grim, author of The Black Carnival!

Join us for a Q&A with the author along with a book signing

When: Sunday, February 15th @ 5:00PM

Where: Midslumber Media (1609 NE Alberta St, Portland, Oregon, 97211 - Street Parking)

What: Q&A and Book Signing

Tickets: FREE Limited Event - RSVP Required*

*If you’d like to attend, please add the tickets below to your cart and check out!

About the Author:

Mortuary worker turned full-time circus artist, Harlequin Grim leads a dual life as an entertainer and writer. He co-founded The Grim Theatre, a troupe dedicated to creating dark yet whimsical stories through literary, illustrative, and performing arts.

About The Black Carnival:

A gothic, Victorian-era novel set in 1886 England, following mortician Atherton Graves as he investigates a series of child murders while navigating a sinister carnival and a dangerous gang

Pre-Order a copy of The Black Carnival

Come hang out with us at Midslumber Media on February 6th for a cozy FREE Final Gal-entines themed card making session with movie screening of the blood-soaked slasher Valentine (2001)!

When: Friday, February 6 @ 5:00PM - 7:00PM

Where: Midslumber Media (1609 NE Alberta St, Portland, Oregon, 97211 - Street Parking)

What: Galentines or Valentines (or whatever floats your boat!) card making session and movie - supplies for card making will be provided/you’re welcome to bring your own!

Tickets: FREE Limited Capacity Event - RSVP Required*

*If you’d like to attend, please add ticket(s) below to your cart and check out!

Join us for an after hours New Year VHS Swap and Market!

Featuring local vendors and VHS collectors:

• Night Channels

• Woodland and Shrine

• Brain Shudder Studios

• Diner Ghoul

• Retro Release VHS

• Gravy Tapes

• And more!

When: January 2nd 5:30pm - 9:30pm

Where: Midslumber Media Horror Film and Literature (1609 NE Alberta St)

What: Free to attend New Year VHS Swap and Market

See you there!

Join us for Midslumber Media’s Horror Film Club showing of Black Christmas Directed by Bob Clark with guided discussion after the movie!

When: Sunday, December 21st 6:00PM - about 8:00 PM

Where: At Midslumber Media (1609 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211 - Street Parking)

What: Horror Film Club! We vote on a themed horror film to watch each month together and discuss our thoughts afterwards.

How: This is a limited capacity event, please add the *free* ticket/s below to your cart and check out to reserve your seat/seats (so we can get the right amount of chairs). That's it!

You can also join our thriving horror community on Discord here!

-While not required we do strongly encourage wearing a mask for the safety of our weird and wonderful horror community!

-Midslumber Media is reasonably accessible however, we do not have a public restroom. We can point you in the direction of one nearby if needed, however.

If you need further accommodations or have questions please email Mick at midslumbermedia@gmail.com!

See you there nerds!

Join us for Midslumber Media’s Horror Film Club showing of Blood Quantum Directed by Jeff Barnaby with guided discussion after the movie!

When: Sunday, November 30th 6:00PM - about 8:00 PM

Where: At Midslumber Media (1609 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211 - Street Parking)

What: Horror Film Club! We vote on a themed horror film to watch each month together and discuss our thoughts afterwards.

How: This is a limited capacity event, please add the *free* ticket/s below to your cart and check out to reserve your seat/seats (so we can get the right amount of chairs). That's it!

You can also join our thriving horror community on Discord here!

-While not required we do strongly encourage wearing a mask for the safety of our weird and wonderful horror community!

-Midslumber Media is reasonably accessible however, we do not have a public restroom. We can point you in the direction of one nearby if needed, however.

If you need further accommodations or have questions please email Mick at midslumbermedia@gmail.com!

See you there nerds!

Horror Movie Swap & Tattoos!

Come swap your lightly used/unwanted horror movies (DVD, Blu-ray, 4K, VHS) with other horror/physical media lovers + get a tattoo from local tattoo artist Lauren (Find her work here: https://tinyurl.com/4679mht8)

When: Saturday October 4th, 2025

Time: 1:00PM - 5:00PM

Where: In the store!

Type: FREE event (Tattoo pricing TBA)

Horror Book Swap & Tattoos!

Come swap your lightly used/unwanted horror books with other horror readers + get a tattoo from local tattoo artist Lauren (Find her work here: https://tinyurl.com/4679mht8)

When: Saturday September 27th, 2025

Time: 1:00PM - 5:00PM

Where: In the store!

Type: FREE event (Tattoo pricing TBA)

Craft Night!

Come craft and chat at the store after hours!

Horror/fall themed crafts and supplies will be provided or you can bring your own projects!

When: Thursday, September 11th 2025

Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Where: In the store!

Type: FREE event

*Due to the small size of the store we’ll need a headcount on how many people are planning to show up so we can properly prepare. Please RSVP by adding this event to your cart and checking out!

Midslumber Media Presents: Movie Night-Mares!

It’s just a movie night but make it scary!

Showing: Popcorn (1991) Directed by Mitchell Smith (Courtesy of Mick’s personal collection!)

Time: 8 PM

Where: In the store! (Chairs and free snacks will be provided!)

*Due to the small size of the store this will be a limited capacity event and will require an RSVP

Tickets: $5 (This is just to cover the chair rental cost)

Rated R - 1 hr 31 Mins Run Time

Midslumber Media Presents: Movie Night-Mares!

It’s just a movie night but make it scary!

Showing: Possession (1981) Directed by Andrzej Żuławski (Courtesy of Mick’s personal collection!)

Time: 7 PM

Where: In the store! (Chairs and free snacks will be provided!)

*Due to the small size of the store this will be a limited capacity event and will require an RSVP

Tickets: $5 (This is just to cover the chair rental cost)

Tickets go on sale June 27th at 6PM

Rated R - 2hr 4m Run Time

Join us for a collaborative author event celebrating the recent release of Caitlin Starlings ‘The Starving Saints’ and Wendy Wagners upcoming ‘Girl in the Creek’!

Where: Midslumber Media - 1609 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97213

When: Sunday, June 8th, 2025 @ 5:00 PM

Price: FREE

Type: Author Event - Limited Capacity and RSVP Required

*Due to the overwhelming success of ‘The Starving Saints’ we may not have enough copies in time for the event - we are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible and will update instagram (@midslumbermedia) should this change! Thanks for your patience and congrats Caitlin! In the meantime, you can pre-order ‘Girl in the Creek’ on our ‘pre-order’ tab!

About Caitlyn Starling:

Caitlin Starling is the nationally bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence, the Bram Stoker-nominated The Luminous Dead, and Last To Leave The Room. Her upcoming novels The Starving Saints and The Graceview Patient epitomize her love of genre-hopping horror; her bibliography spans besieged castles, alien caves, and haunted hospitals. Her short fiction has been published by GrimDark Magazine and Neon Hemlock, and her nonfiction has appeared in Nightmare, Uncanny, and Nightfire. Caitlin also works in narrative design, and has been paid to invent body parts. She’s always on the lookout for new ways to inflict insomnia.

About Wendy Wagner:

Wendy N. Wagner’s longer works include the forthcoming Girl in the Creek (Tor Nightfire, 2025), The Secret Skin, The Deer Kings and An Oath of Dogs. Her more than seventy published pieces of short fiction, essays, and poetry range from horror to environmental literature, and her stories have been nominated for the Theodore Sturgeon and Shirley Jackson awards. The Locus award-nominated editor-in-chief of Nightmare Magazine, Wagner lives, works, and hikes in the Pacific Northwest. Keep up with her at winniewoohoo.com.