Victoria BC Free B-Movie Films Under the Stars in Victoria’s Beacon Hill Park This August

This is the kind of event that makes Victoria such a fun place to live and visit. Once again this August, the Victoria Film Festival will host FREE screenings of classic B-movies outside under the stars at the Cameron Bandshell in Beacon Hill Park. All shows start at 9:00 p.m. on select Friday and Saturday nights.

The films are absolutely FREE. Just bring your own snack, flashlights and blankets!

The lineup this year includes:

Labyrinth
Fri, Aug 8th • General; 101 min.
David Bowie stars as the fiendish Goblin King, sending a young Jennifer Connelly through a devious maze in order to save her baby brother from his evil goblin minions. Plus it’s got all the cool, incredible worlds and fascinating creatures from Jim Henson’s Muppet Workshop that you know and love so much.

Teenagers from Outer Space
Sat, Aug 9th
(General, violence); 86 min.
Aliens descend from the stars to take over the earth and turn it into a giant ranch for hideous space monsters! It’s Rebel Without a Cause… but with “lasers”.

The Princess Bride
Sat, Aug 16th • PG; 98 min.
The ultimate fairy tale! High adventure and comedy abound in this fabulous star-packed “twoo-wuv” story of pirates and giants and tyrants. Oh my! Star Fred Savage may be a lot older now but this is a story that will live on forever.

Forbidden Planet
Sat, Aug 23rd • General; 99 min
The sci-fi story that ushered in a new era for the silver screen! On the edge of the galaxy, a strange invisible monster threatens to destroy a lost expedition before they can discover the secrets of the long-dead civilization that once populated a strange and fantastic world.

The Goonies
Fri, Aug 29th • PG (may frighten young children, course language); 114 min.
Get your 80s on because “The Goonies” is back! A mysterious pirate treasure map takes a group of kids on a perilous journey through an old and secret series of caves. Fighting to save their home from an evil developer, those caves will take them on the greatest adventure of their lives…

Bikini Beach
Sat, Aug 30th • General; 100 min
Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello: need we say more? The usual gang of suspects is back for big hi-jinx and slapstick laughs on the surf and on the sand when a millionaire sets out to prove his pet theory about the local teenage population and their strange little surf-happy lifestyle.