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Category: TV+Film

October 30, 2019November 1, 2019
Porn Stars, Drugs & Leather Drenched in Blood: An Alternate History of Vampires on Film
By Sean Witzke / Holiday, TV+Film / halloween, film, essay
The vampire movie is one of the richest and most adaptable traditions in movie history. Bram Stoker’s epistolary novel Dracula alone has inspired dozens, if…
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October 30, 2019October 31, 2019
The Best In Grotesque: Riot Fest’s Favorite Gonzo Horror SFX
By Dustin Krcatovich / Holiday, TV+Film / halloween, film, holiday
Some (boring) people rag on horror movies for being formulaic, but we honestly can’t think of an art form that offers a wider variety of…
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October 24, 2019
Gerard Way Will Pen ‘Clerks 3’ Score, Says Kevin Smith
By Bailey Davis / Music, TV+Film / film, My Chemical Romance, gerard way
The former My Chemical Romance frontman is set to write his first film score for the upcoming ‘Clerks’ sequel.
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June 25, 2019June 26, 2019
Revisiting Village People’s 1980 Camp Classic ‘Can’t Stop The Music’
By Dustin Krcatovich / Editorial, TV+Film / riot fest 2019, film, LGBTQ
The Village People are playing Riot Fest. Now’s a good time to rewatch their glitzy film spectacle ‘Can't Stop The Music.’
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June 7, 2019June 7, 2019
Selling Slacker Culture: ‘Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ 30 Years Later
By Emily Reily / Editorial, TV+Film / film, 90s, bill & ted's excellent adventure
Reflecting on era of slacker comedies—and how depicting adolescence on the big screen has changed—as Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure turns 30.
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May 3, 2019May 15, 2019
Why I Enjoy Low Budget Superhero Movies
By Matt Delight / Editorial, TV+Film / film, movies, avengers
Spider-Man in the mafia? Knockout yo-yos? Things like these are the norm when it comes to fast, fun, and totally out of control cheap superhero…
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March 29, 2019March 29, 2019
‘The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’ Turns 25
By Andrew Bonazelli / Editorial, TV+Film / nine inch nails, goth, The Cure
“Music Inspired by the Motion Picture” is generally not a disclaimer to be trusted, but the original soundtrack to 'The Crow’ oozed style. Today marks…
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March 25, 2019March 25, 2019
‘Watered Down Pornos’: Inside The History of Teensploitation Cinema
By Andrew Bonazelli / TV+Film / film, say anything, sex
Mike “McBeardo” McPadden’s teensploitation anthology ‘Teen Movie Hell’ collects over 350 capsule reviews of the genre’s most titillating films released between ‘American Graffiti’ in 1973…
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March 18, 2019March 18, 2019
Revisiting ‘The Devil’s Rejects’ Ahead of Rob Zombie’s Horror Trilogy Finale
By Sean Witzke / Editorial, TV+Film / film, Horror, Rob Zombie
This year brings ‘3 From Hell’ to theaters, the third part in Zombie’s trilogy of Mansonoid serial killer movies. It's a great time to revisit…
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March 15, 2019March 15, 2019
The Germs and ‘Cruising’: Like Two Peas in a Black Leather Pod
By Dustin Krcatovich / Editorial, TV+Film / film, the Germs, Cruising
The Germs might seem a strange choice for a decidedly New York film like ‘Cruising’, but as it turns out, they were a perfect match…
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March 13, 2019April 25, 2019
The Lasting Influence of The Fictitious ‘Josie and the Pussycats’ Band
By Annie Fell / Editorial, Staff Picks, TV+Film / film, riot grrrl, soundtracks
The music of the 2001 film ‘Josie and the Pussycats’ defined the girl-power pop sound that would come to influence a generation of millennial musicians.
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February 20, 2019March 8, 2019
Travel Down The Caribbean And Back Again On The Golden Girls Cruise
By Riot Fest / TV+Film / golden girls, Golden Girls Cruise, Thank You For Being A Friend
If you want to travel down the Caribbean and back again, spending 5 days on a boat with Golden Girls fans, Golden Girls at Sea:…
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