Chattanooga Film Festival 2017: The Award

artist Matthew Dutton, creator of the CFF awards

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 Award



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 Award played before one of the secret screening films, so there wasn't a description in the CFF program.  But, The Award is a horror short inspired by an award won at last year's CFF.  Seeing the award (made by artist Matthew Dutton), I can definitely understand why it would be the inspiration for a horror movie.  The award is a disturbing, fleshy, globulous thing with bits of hair and teeth.  There certainly aren't many (if any) other awards out there like it, which makes CFF awards something completely unique.

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!

music for The Gargyle Podcast by Bensound

Chattanooga Film Festival 2017: Undress Me

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:  Undress Me



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 Undress Me was:

Undress Me follows Alice, a socially awkward freshman desperate to fit into the typical college lifestyle.  A chance encounter at a frat party sets into motion a series of horrifying events.  


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!

music for The Gargyle Podcast by Bensound

Chattanooga Film Festival 2017: Feeding Time

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:  Feeding Time




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 Feeding Time was:

When a young woman fills in for her friend on a babysitting job, she begins to suspect things are not as they seem.  She's right.


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!

music for The Gargyle Podcast by Bensound

Knoxville Horror Film Fest 8 (part 3)

image by Knoxville Horror Film Festival

Concluding my coverage of the Knoxville Horror Film Festival 8, join me as I discuss horror with a KHFF8 attendee and director of the short film Doll, Michael Peer.  And, once again, a huge special thanks to William Mahaffey for putting on such an amazing festival!!

Check out part 1 of KHFF8 here and part 2 here.







Be sure to check back soon for my coverage of Frightening Ass Film Fest 6 and CONjuration!!  And be sure to subscribe to my podcast on iTunes and/or Google Play for more geek coverage!

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.  

Music for The Gargyle Podcast by Bensound

catching up on posts...

For the past few months, I have been taking on more and more projects.  Along with actual work, I've been attending cons, watching movie marathons, working on video projects, recording podcasts....you know, just generally enjoying being a geek.  If you've been following me on Twitter or Facebook, you are probably caught up with (most of) the stuff that I have been working on.  However, it's been a while since I've actually sat down to write up posts on here.  So, I figured it was about time that I get caught up on my geek coverage.  Over the next few days, I will be posting podcasts, videos, random musing, and reviews, culminating in my most recent venture...reviewing the Chattanooga Film Festival.  

So, if you enjoy movies, conventions, comics, games, cartoons, Star Wars, or just about anything geeky...be sure to check back soon for all things geekery!!


In the meantime, follow me here, on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

Retro and the Girl

One day, I came home from a very long day at work wanting nothing more than to just spend a relaxing night at home with my wife.  Unfortunately, she was working that night and I knew that I was returning to an empty home.  However, before she left for work, my amazing wife had strategically arranged a couple of my action figures (nothing dirty...just amusing).  This inspired the creation of the resulting video, Retro and the Girl.

Thank you to Adam Collins of Lost Well Productions for help in creating the video.

But, most importantly, thank you to my amazing wife for having a playful spirit and a loving heart!



- The Gargyle

Halloween!!

image by Chattanooga Film Fest

This is Halloween!  This is Halloween!  Well, yesterday was, anyway.  After a month of watching and reviewing horror movies, I ended the month on an absolute high note.  My Halloween Movie Month culminated in attending the Frightening Ass Film Festival in Chattanooga, thanks to Daniel Guy and Tim Frady bringing me on board with Mass Listeria.  I saw some really amazing films and got to chat with with creator (Cameron McCasland) of one of the short films (Tailypo).  The Frightening Ass Film Festival was a perfect way for me to start my Halloween!  I was able to see some local short films, an older anthology with everything that made 80s horror so gruesomely fun, and a newer anthology that was about as good as an anthology can get!!  Unfortunately, I was not able to stay for the entire day.  But, I'm ok with that because it meant that I was able to dress up and celebrate Halloween with my amazing wife!

Sabretooth and Batgirl

Another Halloween has come and gone - and with it, another year of Halloween Movie Month.  My reviews from the Frightening Ass Film Fest will be my final reviews to close out this year's Halloween Movie Month, so I will get them posted as soon as possible.  I hope that everyone had an amazing October filled with scary movies and fun with friends.  If you enjoyed any of my reviews for Halloween Movie Month, let me know.  Now that October is over, I will be moving on to other reviews.  So, let me know what movies you'd like to see me review (Halloween, or otherwise).

image by Daniel Guy of Mass Listeria

Thank you again to Daniel Guy and Tim Frady for making me a part of the Mass Listeria Podcast.  Check out their rants and ravings at masslisteriapodcast.com.  Our latest episode is things we love about fall, so it is a perfect transition from Halloween to Thanksgiving.  Ok, maybe not perfect...but at least a fun transition.

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