07/22/2026
🧛♂️🩸 Something nasty is buried beneath Grand Junction… and on Friday, August 14, we’re digging it up at the Avalon!
American Vampires follows a bounty hunter chasing a routine fugitive who accidentally awakens an ancient vampire older than the country itself.
There’s action. There’s suspense. There’s blood, gore, methed-out vampires and a barbershop quartet of the dead.
So, you know… a perfectly normal night in Western Colorado. 😂
This wild, homegrown horror movie was made right here in Grand Junction by award-winning filmmaker Hank Braxtan, with more than 50 Grand Valley locals working in front of and behind the camera, including actors, veterans, CMU Tech students, faculty and one very enthusiastic vampire mob on Main Street.
Now you can be among the first audiences anywhere to see it before it heads out to festivals and special screenings around the world.
And this is definitely not a “watch the movie and quietly go home” kind of night.
🩸 Red carpet
🧛 Cast and crew meet-and-greet
✍️ Autographs and Q&A
🎬 Trivia, prizes and giveaways
👕 Posters, Blu-rays and movie merch
🍺 Blood Red Ale from WestCo Brewing
🧛♀️ Vampire costume prizes
🎸 Live music from Jason & Trevor
🌙 Rooftop afterparty on the Mezzanine
Friday, August 14 at 7:00pm
The Historic Avalon Theatre
🎟️ TICKETS:
$15 General Admission
$25 Screening and Rooftop Party
$8 Veterans
$15 Screening and Rooftop Party for Veterans
🎟️🎟️ Get your tickets early at: https://americanvampiresfilm.com/ 🎟️🎟️
A huge thank-you to First Street Tattoo and Top5 Comics for sponsoring this event and supporting the Avalon Theatre Foundation. With more sponsors to be added soon!
All proceeds benefit the Avalon Theatre Foundation and its mission to “preserve, promote and enhance The Avalon Theatre for community benefit.”
Come see what happens when talented local filmmakers, students, veterans and one of Colorado’s most beautiful historic theaters decide to make a monster movie together.
Support local filmmaking! Support the Avalon! Party with vampires! 🧛♀️🩸🍿
