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Halloween 2025: Get Your Scares In For Live Theatre in Victoria, BC!

Discover Halloween 2025 in Victoria BC with live theatre, immersive shows, and Rocky Horror — spooky, funny, and interactive performances.

Spooky Theatre Victoria Halloween 2025 Halloween 2025 in Victoria, BC is shaping up to be terrifyingly good. There are live theatre and performance events that promise chills, laughs, and plenty of surprises. This year’s lineup spans immersive cabaret, dance tributes to classic monsters, sketch comedy, and even site-specific shows. From werewolves to phantoms, and from haunting elegance to campy chaos, there’s something for every spooky season fan.

And as for Rocky… Janet! Dr. Scott! Janet! Brad! We mustn’t forget that. For anyone wishing to have their show listed, please feel free to register for an account and comment!

BEETLEJUICE JR!

Oct 24–26, 2025, 7:00 PM
Belmont Secondary
3041 Langford Lake Rd

“It’s showtime!” Get ready for a delightfully dark and wildly entertaining ride with Beetlejuice Jr. A musical comedy packed with heart, humour, and a whole lot of haunting fun. This junior adaptation of the Broadway hit brings the outrageous world of the afterlife to the stage in a high-energy production that’s perfect for all ages.

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Crunchyroll’s 2025 Winter Schedule and Our Top 10 Must-Sees

After looking at Crunchyroll’s 2025 Winter Schedule, we feel we can compose a song out of our top ten selection of titles that we feel are must-sees.

2025 Winter Schedule - Crunchyroll Before signing off for a much needed holiday break, we looked at Crunchyroll’s 2025 Winter schedule, and it’s big! The fact the list includes returning anime series makes it huge, and what we are offering is our top ten of must sees. There are a lot of titles debuting in the first two weeks of January, and whether or not we’ll be able to watch everything will depend on other commitments, but can at least watch these series for enjoyment. Not everything will get reviewed.

To note, this schedule and languages available are subject to change, and the show’s availability may vary by region. The dates listed reflect what’ll be subtitled or simulcast premieres.

DECEMBER 31

Fate/strange Fake (A-1 Pictures)

In a Holy Grail War, Mages (Masters) and their Heroic Spirits (Servants) fight for the control of the Holy Grail—an omnipotent wish-granting device said to fulfill any desire. Years have passed since the end of the Fifth Holy Grail War in Japan. Now, signs portend the emergence of a new Holy Grail in the western American city of Snowfield.

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Just How Much More Exciting Episodes of Ranma½ Will There Be? Questioning Netflix’s Commitment

Just like the West, some fond classics are getting a visual update, and Ranma½ looks great, but do we really need it?

Ranma½ Netflix Poster Streaming on Netflix

With the first season still going strong, I’m not finding the refreshed Ranma½ series significantly different from its predecessor. Sadly, the wait for stories from the manga which haven’t been adapted is going to be long. While the order of chapters is different between what I recall from the past version and the book, I’m okay with the alterations.

Here, Kodachi gets introduced much earlier; in the books, she doesn’t appear until chapter 17. In the first series, she didn’t get the spotlight until episode 11. And instead of following the six unit narrative arc from the books, the series condenses it into a well told two-part episode. With the latest, the deadly Golden Pair (ice skating duo), Mikado Sanzenin and Azusa Shiratori, appear to show that some members of the Tendo family have challengers.

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What’s on Stage for Halloween Victoria 2024? The Scares Don’t Have To Be Real

Instead of offering the usual list, the focus here is what live theatre performances are being offered this year for a fun filled Halloween Victoria, BC

Halloween Victoria at the Legislature Buildings

Just what has changed this year for Halloween Victoria is that there are some new acts involved in celebrating the season and some fond returning staples. While this list is not meant to be comprehensive, the focus is with what live theatre performances are being offered over the same ol’ same ol’.

In a nutshell, they include Discover the Past’s Ghostly Walks, Galey Farms’ Festival of Fear and Ocean View / Saanichton Corn Mazes Fright Nights. It seems some local neighbourhood style events have disappeared, and they might make a comeback when nobody is worried about Covid. But as for other semi-regular shows, they are mentioned in the Honourable Mention section.

Also, thanks goes to the Theatre Victoria Facebook group for helping me compile this list. Presented in alphabetical order are:

ATOMIC VAUDEVILLE PRESENTS:
CABARET #88 CRONE-O-PHOBIA

Join Victoria’s own Wyrd Sisters Kelly Hobson and Amanda Butler on a journey to the Crone Zone featuring cats, tradwives, and a bucket of pig’s blood. They will be asking questions like: Who is Perry O’Menopause? What comes after Brat Summer? And what’s that Blood Moon all about?

All this and more in Atomic Vaudeville’s first Halloween Spectravaganza at our new venue, Fellowship Hall!

Atomic Vaudefille Crone

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Anyone Not Watching Angela’s Shadow at the Vancouver Film Festival Are Missing Out!

Angela’s Shadow is a mixed-genre piece that’ll satisfy not only people wondering what went on in Canada’s Colonial past, but also horror film enthusiasts.

Angela's Shadow Movie Poster — **Playing at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival**

Remaining Screenings:
Oct 05 International Village 8

By saying Angela’s Shadow is the perfect ghost story, I hope the expectations generated are not too much. That’s because this tale looking at aboriginal life effectively portrays spirits as only vengeful when they must. Although that was not Jules Koostachin’s intent when she wrote the screenplay with Steve Neufeld, the way her direction brought out the supernatural is just beautifully executed. These entities are not inherently evil but matter-of-fact entities who sometimes want to be noticed. But what this story is concerned about is the living, and how this character (Sera-Lys McArthur) wants to return to her roots. She was stolen by white men who believed indoctrinating indigenous youths to their society was important.

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A Nerd and Foodie’s Guide to the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival

The selection of films offered at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival is sure to sate the delight of fans across all genres, and yeah, we gotta visit Tojo’s restaurant too!

Runs Sept 26 – October 6

When the Vancouver International Film Festival offers works that also concern why this city is beloved, that’s because my number one pick is still a place I need to visit one day! And I better have deep pockets since the sushi that’s offered here can be considered by some as perfection. But what’s more important is Tojo, the man behind the restaurant. When he’s been a fixture on television when I was growing up and catching him cook some delicious dishes for morning television viewers, I’m hooked!

But as for what else this festival offers, I offer my nerdy top ten guide. To note, the links go to online ticket sales and show times:

The Chef & the Daruma

The inventor of the California Roll, chef Hidekazu Tojo helped bring sushi to mainstream popularity through his renowned Vancouver restaurant, Tojo’s. The Chef & the Daruma is a mouthwatering film touching on immigration, identity, and reinvention.

Angela’s Shadow

When a socialite visits her nanny’s remote reserve, she discovers her Cree ancestry and delves into her new-found spiritual traditions to save herself and her newborn baby from her husband’s psychotic, and purity-obsessed racism.

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