Chattanooga Film Festival 2017: Interview with Zack Carlson of American Genre Film Archive and Bleeding Skull

Once again, I was able to return to the Chattanooga Film Festival with Mass Listeria!  I love cinema in all of its forms, so the Chattanooga Film Festival is one of my favorite times of year because I spend four days being surrounded by movies and fellow film lovers!  To get a sense of why I love the Chattanooga Film Festival so much, read my post from the start of my coverage of the 2016 Chattanooga Film Festival (found here)...every word of it still holds true!

We already did an overview episode on Mass Listeria (found at masslisteriapodcast.com), but for the next several episodes of The Gargyle Podcast, I'll be providing reviews of each of the films that I saw individually.  Up next in my coverage of the 2017 Chattanooga Film Festival is:  interview with Zack Carlson of American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) and Bleeding Skull.





Mass Listeria and I were able to sit down with Zack Carlson and discuss genre films, low budge cinema, and the rescuing of movies that otherwise would have been lost forever.  The AGFA and Bleeding Skull movies have been some of my most favorite movies of the Chattanooga Film Fest for the last two years, so being able to talk to Zack was a huge highlight of the film fest for me!

I saw 21 feature films, short films, partial films, or live shows during the Chattanooga Film Festival!  So, be sure to check back soon for more of my CFF coverage!  And if you enjoy movies, conventions, comics, games, cartoons, Star Wars, horror, or just about anything geeky...be sure to keep coming back for all things geekery!!  In the meantime, follow me here, on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube and be sure to subscribe to my podcast on iTunes and/or Google Play for more geek coverage!

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Chattanooga Film Festival 2017: AGFA presents - The Zodiac Killer

Once again, I was able to return to the Chattanooga Film Festival with Mass Listeria!  I love cinema in all of its forms, so the Chattanooga Film Festival is one of my favorite times of year because I spend four days being surrounded by movies and fellow film lovers!  To get a sense of why I love the Chattanooga Film Festival so much, read my post from the start of my coverage of the 2016 Chattanooga Film Festival (found here)...every word of it still holds true!

We already did an overview episode on Mass Listeria (found at masslisteriapodcast.com), but for the next several episodes of The Gargyle Podcast, I'll be providing reviews of each of the films that I saw individually.  Up next in my coverage of the 2017 Chattanooga Film Festival is:  The Zodiac Killer, presented by the American Genre Film Archive



I'll be providing the description of the films provided in the Chattanooga Film Festival program and trailers via YouTube, when available.  The descriptions and trailers of the movies might let you know what they are about, but if you want to know what I thought of them...well, you are just going to have to give the podcast a listen.

The CFF program description for The Zodiac Killer, presented by the American Genre Film Archive,
was:

If you've ever wanted proof that the world is insane, you've found it.  Produced and directed by Tom Hanson, who had previously owned a chain of Pizza Man restaurants, The Zodiac Killer was made with one goal in mind: to capture the real-life Zodiac Killer.  That plan didn't work.  Instead, we got the most outrageous and compelling "tabloid horror" vortex in the history of planet Earth.  And beyond.  Did you know the Zodiac Killer wore Groucho Marx glasses while stalking his victims?  Did you know the Zodiac's pet rabbits commanded him to kill during black mass rituals?  You won't get insight like this watching a David Fincher movie.  But you WILL get it while watching The Zodiac Killer.  Balancing cinema verite grimness with outta-this-world absurdity, this movie is an ultra-bizarro time capsule that features authentic recreations of the Zodiac's crimes contrasted with dialogue such as, "Why are evil people allowed to live, but innocent rabbits must die?"  During theatrical screenings in San Francisco, Hanson and actors from the movie constructed in-theater "traps" to lure the killer from hiding.  These included a raffle with a motorcycle as a prize.  Because even the Zodiac needs to get around.  AGFA is beyond excited to provide a brand new 4K transfer of this crown jewel from the Something Weird archive.  Next step: capture the Zodiac Killer.



I saw 21 feature films, short films, partial films, or live shows during the Chattanooga Film Festival!  So, be sure to check back soon for more of my CFF coverage!  And if you enjoy movies, conventions, comics, games, cartoons, Star Wars, horror, or just about anything geeky...be sure to keep coming back for all things geekery!!  In the meantime, follow me here, on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube and be sure to subscribe to my podcast on iTunes and/or Google Play for more geek coverage!

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Chattanooga Film Festival 2017: AGFA presents - The Dragon Lives Again

Once again, I was able to return to the Chattanooga Film Festival with Mass Listeria!  I love cinema in all of its forms, so the Chattanooga Film Festival is one of my favorite times of year because I spend four days being surrounded by movies and fellow film lovers!  To get a sense of why I love the Chattanooga Film Festival so much, read my post from the start of my coverage of the 2016 Chattanooga Film Festival (found here)...every word of it still holds true!

We already did an overview episode on Mass Listeria (found at masslisteriapodcast.com), but for the next several episodes of The Gargyle Podcast, I'll be providing reviews of each of the films that I saw individually.  Up next in my coverage of the 2017 Chattanooga Film Festival is:  The Dragon Lives Again, presented by the American Genre Film Archive




I'll be providing the description of the films provided in the Chattanooga Film Festival program and trailers via YouTube, when available.  The descriptions and trailers of the movies might let you know what they are about, but if you want to know what I thought of them...well, you are just going to have to give the podcast a listen.

The CFF program description for The Dragon Lives Again, presented by the American Genre Film Archive was:

Bruce Lee is dead!  Long live Bruce Lee!  Not even slightly inconvenienced by the lack of an actual living Bruce Lee, opportunistic producers unleashed a late 1970s tidal wave of Brucesploitation movies starring martial artists with names such as Bruce Li, Bruce Le, and Bruce Leong.  As the trend reached peak saturation, the gimmicks (and titles) got weirder:  Bruce Lee vs. Superman, Bruce Lee vs. The Clones of Bruce Lee, and The Notorious Bruce Lee vs. Gay Power!  And none of them are as weird as The Dragon Lives Again, which begins exactly where Bruce's life ended.  The now-dead Lee finds himself in Hell, where after incurring the wrath of the King of the Underworld, he meets Popeye the Sailor Man at a bar.  Sound weird yet?  A coalition of criminals led by "The Exorcist" and including such illustrious members as James Bond, Clint Eastwood, "The Godfather," Emmanuelle and Dracula begin plotting against the King and attempting to kill Bruce.  This is lawless, fearless, out-of-control genre filmmaking at its best.  Expect wacky slapstick, weird sex jokes, and genuine kung fu fighting set to music stolen from every popular soundtrack of its day.



I saw 21 feature films, short films, partial films, or live shows during the Chattanooga Film Festival!  So, be sure to check back soon for more of my CFF coverage!  And if you enjoy movies, conventions, comics, games, cartoons, Star Wars, horror, or just about anything geeky...be sure to keep coming back for all things geekery!!  In the meantime, follow me here, on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube and be sure to subscribe to my podcast on iTunes and/or Google Play for more geek coverage!

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Chattanooga Film Festival 2016: AGFA presents - Don't Panic

American Genre Film Archive presents:  Don't Panic (1988)
Chattanooga Film Festival 2016

Back at the beginning of April, I was able to go to the Chattanooga Film Festival with Mass Listeria (thanks again, Daniel and Tim, for bringing me on board...puns and all).  For four days, the Majestic Theater in Chattanooga was filled with movie lovers of all shapes and sizes.  Comedy, horror, drama, documentaries, short films, animated films, independent films...the festival had movies for everyone, regardless of tastes.  Over the next several posts, I will be posting my reviews of the movies that I saw there (in the order that I saw them).  Next up - American Genre Film Archive presents:  Don't Panic.

I'll be providing the description of the films provided in the Chattanooga Film Festival program and trailers via YouTube, when available.  The descriptions and the trailers of the movies might let you know what they are about, but if you want to know what I thought of them...well, you are just going to have to give the podcast a listen.

The CFF program description for American Genre Film Archive presents:  Don't Panic was:  In the late '80s, Mexican movie studios assaulted the teen terror genre.  The result was a slasher buffet of shrieking youths, Latino superstition, and bloodthirsty maniacs.  But no sub-border horror-war scored like Don't Panic, an English-language Freddy-friendly murder epic that runs completely off the rails of human logic.



If you enjoy movies, conventions, comics, games, cartoons, Star Wars, horror, or just about anything geeky...be sure to check back soon for all things geekery!!  In the meantime, follow me here, on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. 




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