#McBeardo

[dannyhellman]

"Unhappyland," cover illustration for NYPress, 9/2/97

[ghostcultmagazine]

Metal Author Michael "McBeardo/Selwin Harris" McPadden Has Died

Metal Author Michael “McBeardo/Selwin Harris” McPadden Has Died

Sad news to report as Michael “McBeardo/Selwin Harris” McPadden has died. He was just 52. No cause of the death has been revealed, and the news of his passing was reported by his friend and publisher Ian Christe of Bazillion Points. Mike McPadden was born in Brooklyn and built his early career as a writer and editor for such adult publications as Screw and later Hustler had his own iconic zine…

[quimbys]

HERE TONIGHT! TEEN MOVIE HELL Author Mike “McBeardo” McPadden & Infernal Guests Blaze Hot on the History of Youth Cinema Gone Wild! Teen Movie Hell: A Crucible of Coming-of-Age Films From Animal House to Zapped! (Bazillion Points) by Mike “McBeardo” McPadden is the ultimate guide to outrageous, anarchic, over-the-top adolescent film farces of the drive-in and VHS eras. Porky’s. Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The Last American Virgin. Risky Business. Revenge of the Nerds. Valley Girl. Sixteen Candles. Pretty in Pink. These and more than the 300 other vintage party-hearty puberty flicks get reviewed in Teen Movie Hell, in a style befitting their bombastic nature, but also with an eye on how they’re perceived in contemporary culture. Teen Movie Hell also features essays by renowned film scholars that include Kier-La Janisse (House of Psychotic Women), Kat Ellinger (British Film Institute), and Samm Deighan (Diaboliquemagazine), as well as a chapter by the movie nerd king, Eddie Deezen (Grease). “I heartily hurrah this hormonal hagiography!” – Patton Oswalt For this event, Mike McPadden will present a multimedia history of teen cinema, as well as readings by several Teen Movie Hell contributors: Katie Rife (A.V. Club); Wendy McClure (The Wilder Life); Christina Ward (Feral House); and Liz Mason (Quimby’s, a million zines). 7pm Free Event #TeenMovieHell #Quimbys #McBeardo #MikeMcBeardoMcPadden #QuimbysBookstore #QuimbysBookstoreCHicago #BazillionPoints #KatieRife #WendyMCClure #ChristinaWard #LizMason #YouthCinema #comingofagefilms (at Quimby's Bookstore) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzBnH65Hbtp/?igshid=1w90qu8bnx8cw

[still-single]

Still Single / Heathen Disco 2020 End of Year Recap

I guess I’m back! I started gingerly dipping back over into Tumblr to publish some reviews as a means of cutting through all the bondage photos and anime screencaps and people still living on Tumblrs (shout out to anyone still Tumblin', it's alright). I also redoubled my efforts to do great radio shows, and that seems to bother some of you enough to unsubscribe, but I'm feeling great about all that. If you wanna hear those shows, you can go to Mixcloud and listen to your hearts' content. Those 5-6 reviews on here actually turned up worthwhile music in my PO box, so thanks to those who submitted.

This was gonna be the year I reintroduced myself to the world. Don't make plans like that. Things are a lot better now than I thought they'd be, and the time I burnt up on movies and self-reflection this year was probably more needed than another DJ gig or whatever. Radio sustained me, I will freely admit, and finding records out in the wild once shops reopened was really killer too.

Anyway, time for a year-end recap, right?

Top 10 albums, historical (alphabetical): Adulkt Life – Book of Curses (What’s Your Rupture?) Bailterspace – Concret (self-released) The Cowboy – Wi-Fi on the Prairie (Feel It) Angel Bat Dawid and Tha Brotherhood – Live (International Anthem) Home Blitz – All Through the Year EP (Sophomore Lounge) MJ Guider – Sour Cherry Bell (Kranky) David Nance – Staunch Honey (Trouble in Mind) Theo Parrish – Wuddaji (Sound Signature) Schisms – Speech Copy Rap Master (Fort Evil Fruit) Sweeping Promises – Hunger for a Way Out (Feel It)

25 more, just because, also alphabetical: Ana Roxanne – Because of a Flower (Kranky) Clemency – References EP and remixes (2 B REAL) Tara Clerkin Trio – self-titled (Laura Lies In) Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger – Force Majeure (International Anthem) DJ Python – Mas Amable (Incienso) FACS – Void Moments (Trouble in Mind) Green/Blue – self-titled (Slovenly) Gun Outfit – Clean Runs the Thread (Joyful Noise) Janedriver – You Know It’s True EP (self-released) Junk Drawer – Ready for the House (Art for Blind) Lavender Flu – Barbarian Dust (In the Red) / Tomorrow Cleaners (MEDS) … technically two releases, but really just chapters in the same book Lewsberg – In This House (12XU) Melenas – Dias Raros (Trouble in Mind) The Midnight Steppers – Isolation Drives (Radical Documents) Oily Boys – Cro Memory Grin (Cool Death) Optic Sink – self-titled (Goner) Permission – Organised People Suffer (La Vida Es Un Mus) Pool Holograph – Love Touched Time … and Time Began to Sweat (Sunroof) Riki – self-titled (Dais) Sacred Product – Same Old Gag (Eternal Souncheck) The Soft Pink Truth – Shall We Go on Sinning So That Grace May Increase? (Thrill Jockey) Special Interest – The Passion Of (Night School/Thrilling Living) Luke Stewart – Luke Stewart Exposure Quintet (Astral Spirits) Vanessa Worm – VANESSA 77 (Optimo Musik) Jim White & Marisa Anderson – The Quickening (Thrill Jockey)

15 reissues/archival, alphabetical yet again: Dadamah – This Is Not a Dream (Grapefruit) East Village – Hotrod Hotel (Slumberland) The Eighteenth Day of May – self-titled (Cardinal Fuzz/Feeding Tube) Endless Boogie – The Gathered and Scattered (No Quarter) Flaming Tunes – self-titled (Superior Viaduct) Anthony Moore – OUT (Drag City) Musica Transonic – self-titled (Black Editions) Naujawanan Baidar – self-titled (Cardinal Fuzz/Feeding Tube) No Trend – Too Many Humans/Teen Love box set (Drag City) The Only Ones – Live in Chicago 1979 (Alona’s Dream) Rema-Rema – Wheel in Small Doses Extended Version (Le Coq Musique) Vertical Slit – Live at Browns (Siltbreeze) Vivienne Styg – Rose of Texas (Tall Texan) The Whip – self-titled (Wantage USA) Various Artists – Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground (Captured Tracks)

Top 10 Record Scores this year, A to zed: The Church – Sing-Songs 12” EP (Parlophone) The Equals – Equals Party live promo 12” (Phonogram) HNO3 – Doughnut Dollies 12” (R & S) Annea Lockwood – Glass World of Anna Lockwood LP (Tangent) Optik/Equal Phaze – split one-sided 12” test press (no label) Six Finger Satellite – Severe Exposure LP/12” (Sub Pop) Sweet Breeze – Across the Desert LP (Feathers) Tappi Tíkarrass – Miranda LP (Gramm) Various Artists – Best of the Beat Greatest Hits LP, purple sleeve (Espera) Various Artists – Le Mysterieux 12” EP (Musique Pour La Danse)

Favorite movies discovered in 2020:

“Animals” | 2019, d. Sophie Hyde “Band of the Hand” | 1986, d. Paul Michael Glaser “Bell, Book & Candle” | 1958, d. Richard Quine “Breaking In” | 1989, d. Bill Forsyth “Le Choc du Futur” | 2019, d. Marc Collin

“The City Girl” | 1984, d. Martha Coolidge “Conquest” | 1983, d. Lucio Fulci “Everybody in the Place: An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992” | 2018, d. Jeremy Deller “G.B.H” | 1982, d. David Kent-Watson “Luz” | 2018, d. Tilman Singer

“The Pyx” | 1973, d. Harvey Hart “Ring of Darkness” | 1979, d. Pier Carpi “Rivals” | 1972, d. Krishna Shah (and RIP to Mike “McBeardo” McPadden, who made me aware of it, as he made many people aware of the insane secret histories of genre cinema) “Satisfaction” | 1988, d. Joan Freeman “Savage Three” | 1975, d. Vittorio Salerno

“Simon, King of the Witches” | 1971, d. Bruce Kessler “Swallow” | 2019, d. Carlo Mirabella-Davis “Thief” | 1981, d. Michael Mann “Two Gentlemen Sharing” | 1969, d. Ted Kotcheff “X, Y & Zee” | 1972, d. Brian G. Hutton

Resolutions for 2021: Open things up, share more, care more.

_______ New Year, Doug Mosurock

[daggerzine]

I’m shocked to hear of the death of brilliant writer Mike “McBeardo” McPadden. A true original, my thoughts are with his family and friends. R.I.P.

[mahoningdriveintheater]

**SCENES FROM THE MAHONING** Loving the getups on our friends from New York🍿❤️🍿 The Mahoning Drive-In Theater & Exhumed Films are proud to present TEENS GONE WILD WEEKEND, featuring special guest Mike "McBeardo" McPadden, author of Teen Movie Hell, the definitive crucible of coming of age comedies (who will be introducing each film live)! •Saturday, Sept. 14: REVENGE OF THE NERDS (1984) ZAPPED (1982) SURF II (1984) 🎞ALL Films presented in original 35mm. 🎟Tickets are on sale AT THE GATE. ⛺️Overnight passes are available at the box office night-of-show! #cinema #classicfilm #classic #drivein #driveinmovie #doublefeature #driveinmovies #driveintheater #film #driveinmovies #filmpreservation #driveinmovietheater #lehighton #movies #movieposter #movietheater #nostalgia #phillyfilm #retro #VHS #classicfilm #mahoningdit #35mm #mahoningdriveintheater #teenmovies #teensgonewild #mahoningdrivein (at The Mahoning Drive-In Theater) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2aSsHGlZvf/?igshid=1kqxrujfvgozc

[thehundreds]

Author Mike “McBeardo” McPadden wrote an encyclopedic guide of raunchy, teen movies in his recently published book Teen Movie Hell. But aside from the boob and dick jokes that prevailed every movie, there was beauty and art in a force of life and monumental cinematic achievement. Read the full article here. 

[gifsbysimplysonia]

Do I have any followers who have access to Kerrang? 

I’m not even gonna ask you to buy it, but if you see it in a shop and can thumb through it, can you confirm for me WHAT SPECIFICALLY is the A7X poster (if there’s one)? 

I get the impression there’s an A7X poster and it might be Captain McBeardo hollerin’ as he tends to do, BUT I need to know for sure before I go to Newsstand.co.uk and spend my $$ :P 

I would appreciate it if anyone could give me a heads up!

[almostnormalcomics]

Printsploitation #3 https://buff.ly/2H99Lpb is a 48-page, black and white, full size horror themed zine with art from various contributors. Cover art by Corinne Halbert.

This issue features the work of 19 artists. Each artist provides a black and white rendering of a classic or cult horror subject. The eclectic subjects covered include I Drink Your Blood, Nekromantik, Halloween, Hellraiser, Demons, Conquest, Martyrs, Blood Feast, Frankenstein ’80, Torso, Return of the Living Dead III, Salem’s Lot, Peter Cushing as Dr. Frankenstein, Videodrome, Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks, Prophecy, Psychomania, Werewolf Woman vs Naschy, Alucarda, Roller Blade, Tomb of the Blind Dead, Daughters of Darkness, Carnival of Souls, Tourist Trap, Burial Ground, American Movie, Octaman, Mausoleum, and a Blind Dead tribute! All perfectly penned in black ink and a range of styles by artists Putrid, Corinne Halbert, Reuben Splatterbeast, SP3KTR, Eric Rot, Jim Terry, Don England, Colin Rodgers, Seth Goodkind, Klon J Waldrip/Power Profiles, Tavi Veraldi, Jack Mulkern, Jonathan La Mantia, JB Roe, Nate Higley, Gruesome Graphx, Pete, Robert David Elwood, and Scott R. Miller. In addition Mike “McBeardo” McPadden contributes an article on teen sex comedy posters, and Camera Viscera provides a nice piece titled “Artist Behind the Image” that focuses on C.W. Taylor! But that’s not all! Included with all this horror greatness is also Power Profiles of Jess Franco, Debbie Rochon, William Girdler, and Susan Tyrrell. All written and drawn by the knowledgeable and talented Klon J. Waldrip!

You can get your hands on Printsploitation #3 at https://buff.ly/2H99Lpb and find even more on the homepage at https://printsploitation.bigcartel.com/

[cultfaction]

#Repost @teenmoviehell • • • • • • **THIS WEEKEND at The Mahoning** On Friday & Saturday, The Mahoning Drive-In Theater & Exhumed Films are proud to showcase some of the rudest, crudest, lewdest films ever to play on one unbelievable weekend-long program! It’s TEENS GONE WILD WEEKEND, featuring special guest Mike "McBeardo" McPadden, author of Teen Movie Hell, the definitive crucible of coming of age comedies (who will be selling and signing copies of his new book)! It’s underachievers, losers and nerds vs. overachievers, jocks and the establishment, with a side of sex and a steady (yellow) stream of flatulence, boogers and x-ray vision! It’s a party of raw cinema insanity and you're invited! There will be raffles, prizes, fun and games, and a collection of vintage 80s sex comedy trailers preceding each film! Limited Edition Poster Art by: Hayden Hall (aka SickSlice) available in the concession lobby;) •Friday, September 13: UP THE CREEK (1984) JOYSTICKS (1983) KING FRAT (1979) •Saturday, Sept. 14: REVENGE OF THE NERDS (1984) ZAPPED (1982) SURF II (1984) 🎞ALL Films presented in original 35mm. 🎟Tickets are on sale NOW. ⛺️Overnight passes are available at the box office night-of-show! 🤓⚡️🏄‍♀️🏄 Be there or be ... whatever we called “squares” back in the ‘80s!!!!!! 🎊 👍👅💫 #teenmoviehell #teensexcomedy #80smovies #mahoningdrivein #teensgonewild #teensgonewildweekend #upthecreek #zapped #joysticks #kingfrat #surf2 #surfii #driveinmovies #revengeofthenerds #animalhouse #porkys #fasttimesatridgemonthigh #valleygirl #johnhughes #thebreakfastclub #prettyinpink #ferrisbueller #teenmovies 👙🍻🎸🍕🔥🍑💨🕹🌊👅 @mahoningdriveintheater @exhumedfilms https://www.instagram.com/p/B2SSqfIFLLf/?igshid=vnvu7j0uguuh

[dannyhellman]

Check out Erok Hellhammer's wonderful tribute to the late, great Mike McPadden, (and while you're at it, consider cruising on over to Erok's Big Cartel page and supporting the arts).

[creepykingdom]

Chicago's Cinepocalypse Film Fest Announces Explosive 2019 Line-Up

Chicago’s premiere festival for electrifying and provocative genre cinema, returns to the Music Box Theatre June 13th for eight days of features, shorts, events and surprises, including eight fantastic break-out world premieres!

We’re proud to announce our new presenting sponsor for the third edition of the festival: ALTER, a horror brand from Gunpowder & Sky that curates, develops and distributes award-winning short films, series, and feature films.

Verotika

DIRECTORIAL DEBUT FROM PUNK/METAL LEGEND GLENN DANZIG OPENS FEST WITH HEAVY HORROR ANTHOLOGY VEROTIKA

CFF 2019 couldn’t be more excited to introduce you to VEROTIKA, the directorial debut from Misfits founder and punk/metal legend Glenn Danzig. Glenn’s passion for film, the occult, and all things ghouls ‘n ghosts has long influenced his music, and now he’s taking these elements to the big screen. Featuring a plot shrouded in secrecy, a soundtrack of new Danzig music, and based on the output of his comic book publishing company Verotik—a compound of “violence” and “erotic”—this feature film anthology is a realization of his lifelong love of comics and the dark arts. We’ll melt your face off with the world premiere of VEROTIKA on opening night, with Glenn in attendance.

ICONIC GENRE ACTOR MICHAEL IRONSIDE HONORED WITH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, IN ATTENDANCE FOR 70MM SCREENING OF TOTAL RECALL

The festival will present its annual achievement award to none other than the esteemed Canadian actor Michael Ironside, who’s been a staple in the world of genre cinema for the past three decades. Ironside will accept his award following a special 70mm screening of the sci-fi action film TOTAL RECALL.

Culture Shock

CINEPOCALYPSE SPOTLIGHTS THE BADASS WOMEN OF HORROR WITH GIGI SAUL GUERRERO’S CULTURE SHOCK; CHELSEA STARDUST’S HOTLY ANTICIPATED SATANIC PANIC; THE WORLD PREMIERE OF CARYN WAECHTER’S SOCIAL MEDIA NIGHTMARE DEADCON; VERONIKA FRANZ’S PSYCHOLOGICAL SLOW-BURN THE LODGE AND POLLYANNA MCINTOSH’S DELIRIOUS DEBUT DARLIN’

Cinepocalypse is rolling out the blood-red carpet for some of the most exciting voices in horror filmmaking of this age. We’re thrilled to host a special screening of CULTURE SHOCK, directed by Gigi Saul Guerrer, one of Variety’s 10 Latinxs to Watch. Her contribution to Hulu and Blumhouse’s popular Into The Dark series follows a young Mexican woman as her pursuit for the American Dream turns into the American Nightmare.

Minimum wage jobs are bad enough but a pizza delivery goes devilishly wrong in Chelsea Stardust hotly anticipated AFTER HOURS-esque dark comedy SATANIC PANIC. Produced by the production wing of Fangoria, who will also be releasing a special mini-edition of the magazine for CFF.

Satanic Panic

Caryn Waecther tackles isolation in the age of social media with her haunting sophomore feature DEADCON, following real-life YouTubers Lauren Elizabeth and Claudia Sulewski up against vengeful ghosts even more horrifying than their devoted fans.

Dark pasts come calling back in Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala’s Sundance hit THE LODGE as the fate of a young woman and her new, grudging step-children unravel in this star-studded psychological slowburn featuring Riley Keough, Jaeden Lieberher, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Armitage and Lia McHugh.

Pollyanna McIntosh, best known for her role on AMC’s The Walking Dead, moves into the director seat for DARLIN’, a follow-up to Lucky McKee’s 2011 film THE WOMAN, while also reprising her starring role in the debut that charged SXSW’s Midnight Madness earlier this year.

DELICIOUSLY DELINQUENT SPOTLIGHT ON GWAR WITH SPECIAL RETROSPECTIVE AND LIVE BUTCHERING OF CULT CLASSIC ROCK 'N' ROLL NIGHTMARE

Cinepocalypse salutes the patron saints of debauchery with a two-tier punch of totally original and unparalleled cinematic chaos, with GWAR members in attendance. First with a special retrospective screening event showcasing a number of their most extravagant short films, including the Grammy-nominated PHALLUS IN WONDERLAND (for the first time on the big screen!). BälSäc and Sleazy P. take the stage to verbally skewer John Fasano’s 1987 Canadian cult classic ROCK 'N' ROLL NIGHTMARE, starring (and written by) fellow rock god Thor!

Tammy And The T-Rex

LONG LOST FILMS ARE UNEARTHED WITH THE NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN, GORE-CUT OF TAMMY AND THE T-REX, STARRING DENISE RICHARDS, AND EXTENDED VERSION OF OUTRAGEOUS HOT DOG… THE MOVIE

Don’t let anyone tell you that lost treasure doesn’t exist, because CFF is beyond thrilled to present two world premieres more precious than the Holy Grail. A love story like no other (from the director of MAC AND ME, no less!), TAMMY AND THE T-REX is a ’90s Disney Channel movie on bath salts, starring Denise Richards as the titular T-Rex love interest. Thanks to the Academy Film Archive we’re able to screen the never-before-seen, never-known-to-exist, R-rated ‘Gore-cut’ 35mm print for the first time ever!

Get ready to return to the sexy slopes of HOT DOG… THE MOVIE for the 35th Anniversary Producer’s Cut 4K Restoration of the David Naughton- (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON) and Shannon Tweed- (post-Playmate of the Year and pre-Gene Simmons) starring winter wonderland, PORKY’S-esque youth comedy, now with never-before-seen restored footage. The special screening will be hosted by Synapse Films Don May Jr., the A.V. Club’s Katie Rife and Mike “McBeardo” McPadden, author of Teen Movie Hell: A Crucible of Coming-of-Age Films From Animal House to Zapped!

CFF 2019 TEAMS UP WITH ORION TO PRESENT ‘RATED R’CHILD’S PLAY-INSPIRED SPEAKEASY DESIGNED BY GENRE-JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES GRAHAM SKIPPER, PARTNERS WITH CREEP RECORDS FOR VINYL RELEASE OF THE RANGER SOUNDTRACK!

CFF is pleased to announce two new dynamic offerings during our third edition that’ll take you beyond the screen. Visit Rated R, our CHILD’S PLAY-themed speakeasy at the Music Box, sponsored by Orion Pictures and designed by director/actor/performer Graham Skipper and live-entertainment creators Meyer2Meyer Entertainment. Rated R will feature themed drinks, spooky arcade games, horror movies, DJs, monsters lurking in the shadows, and more!

Bring the festival home with a copy of the limited edition vinyl soundtrack for Jenn Wexler’s punk-rock horror THE RANGER, part of our 2018 slate and available soon on Shudder. Released by Cinepocalypse and Creep Records, the album includes tracks from artists such as FANG, The Avengers, The Grim, and Dayglo Abortions.

ILLUSTRIOUS FILMMAKER JOEL SCHUMACHER HOSTS RETRO SCREENINGS OF CULT-CANNON FALLING DOWN ON 35MM AND FLATLINERS ON 70MM

Joel Schumacher, revered director of THE LOST BOYS, BATMAN FOREVER and ST. ELMO’S FIRE (to name a few!) joins the festival as Jury President and to present and take part in Q&As for special screenings of FALLING DOWN on 35mm and a rare 70mm print of FLATLINERS, originally filmed in Chicago.

Why Don’t You Just Die

AN AMBUSH OF ELECTRIC, EXCITING WORLD PREMIERES!

Continuing to set the bar for exciting new genre cinema, CFF brings even more world premieres to the Music Box. We’re not joking around when we say you’ve never seen anything like Eric Power’s ATTACK OF THE DEMONS. Three friends fight off a horde of demons in the apocalyptic film that more than delivers in carnage, gore, and cut-paper animation. Holly’s perfect-on-paper life is threatened by strange dreams she can’t explain in Dean Kapsalis’ THE SWERVE. Both a stellar portrait of depression and a horrific drama, Dean’s feature-debut easily marks him as an emerging talent to watch.

Indie horror vet Lucky McKee (MAY, THE WOMAN) returns with KINDRED SPIRITS, a twisted tale of two sisters, and the one who won’t let anything, or anyone, get between them. Eric Liberacki’s Chicago-set slasher THE LURKER pits theatre students against savage killer in a film that gives new meaning to “The show must go on!”

The festival will also play host to a number of exciting North American and Midwest premieres. Talal Selhami’s Morrocan monster horror ACHOURA, where old friends confront both their past and a beast of legends. Emilio Portes’ demonic border-set BELZEBUTH follows the investigation of missing children that takes a decidedly demonic turn. YouTubers try to crack a ghostly urban legend in Fabrício Bittar’s horror-comedy GHOST KILLERS VS. BLOODY MARY with equal amounts gags and gore. The Polish pagan epic THE MUTE, from award-winning Polish director Bartosz Konopka, explores a clash of beliefs in a thrilling, atmospheric heavy weight. Daniel de la Vega offers up a throwback to the days of black-and-white Noir films with the bewildering crime thriller PUNTA MUERTO.

Celebrated horror director Joe Begos brings us BLISS his latest pounding feature, that’ll drag you to the deprived underbelly of L.A. with the spiraling artist Dezzy Donahue, whose struggle for inspiration becomes complicated by her mounting bloodlust. Based on a tragic, true story Lucas Heyne’s MOPE follows two best friends, and low-end porn actors, who sought fame but gained infamy in connection to a gruesome, on-set murder. The tables are turned on two wannabe criminals in VILLAINS, from directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen and starring Bill Skarsgård, when thievery runs a foul and the prowlers soon become the prey. Kirill Sokolov delivers a taste of bombastic revenge in WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE, a delicious serving of Russian dark humour as each character tries to murderously wreak revenge on the next, presented by our friends from across the globe, Paris’ L'Étrange Festival.

Cinepocalypse is thrilled to be supported by the following sponsors: ALTER, Orion, Bloody-Disgusting.com, Shudder, Fangoria, & Vinegar Syndrome.

This year’s poster was designed by visionary heavy metal artist Paul Romano, whose work can be found on hundreds of album covers and frequently collaborates with famed force of musical destruction Mastodon.

Festival badges are available now, and individual tickets go on sale Friday at noon CT at cinepocalypsegenrefest.com

[daggerzine]

Teen Movie Hell: A Crucible of Coming-Of-Age Comedies from Animal House to Zapped (by Mike “McBeardo” Mc Padden/ published by Bazillion Points)

Someone had to do it, might as well have been Mike  “McBeardo “McPadden as he’s the source on this stuff  (he’s been writing about lowbrow stuff for years in a variety of magazines and other outlets).  McPadden did a previous book called Heavy Metal Movies that I never checked out (need to…) and did a zine decades ago called Happyland (remember that one?) but he digs deeper here, folks, much deeper and has created the ultimate reference guide for many movies that none of us took for granted.

As you’ll surmise from the extended title above he busts open the can on teen sex romps on everything you and I saw (assuming you’re in our age bracket and if not , well you’d better get watching!) from the Reagan era onward. From his reviews here, over 200 by the way, it seems like Porky’s is the granddaddy of all teen flicks and I may have to agree with a horned-up cast and plenty of gratuitous nudity (none of us will ever forget the shower scene) as it brought things to a whole new level back in the year of 1981 (my 17-year old self was a big fan) but that movie is really just the tip of the iceberg here.

…and many directors (and the cast) got pretty creative in these movies, too. As McPadden mentions in the intro, “The R rating brought a fresh array of sensations within the orbit of a planet of hormone-inflamed teens. As always, exploitation filmmakers seized the opportunity to profit via a new film genre: the teen sex comedy.” And there you have it.

Many of the classics in my teen/early 20’s years are represented here; Class, The Last American Virgin, Mischief, Losin’ It, Fast Times, Meatballs and too many more. But McPadden doesn’t stop there as he goes even deeper and more obscure. Whipping up reviews of flicks like King Frat, The First Turn-On, Jocks , Gas Pump Girls and many more I was completely unaware of. He even slides into some pre-80’s flicks as I read reviews of The Lords of Flatbush  Animal House (‘natch), The Cheerleaders,  Cherry Hill High, 1963’s Beach Party and yes, even 1925’s The Freshman (you read that year right).

In addition to all of the reviews the book opens with several essays by various folks (mostly women) on their thoughts of this genre of films and McPadden even gets the Sir Laurence Olivier of all teen comedies to contribute, yes folks, the great Eddie Deezen gets his time in the book as well (!!!!). The author doesn’t skimp on photos in the book, either.

If you’re a millennial or gen-xer and you’re curious (and I know you are) you’ll hopefully be able to find some of these films on your favorite streaming site or by scanning your local thrift store as the sections that includes DVD and VHS seems to be growing by the day. And hey, even if you were born in the wrong year and you can’t find any of these movies to watch you’ve got the next best thing right here. Here’s a chance to make up for lost time by reading Teen Movie Hell cover to cover. If your boss asks why you’re reading instead of doing any work tell him you need and deserve this. He’ll understand.

Foe the rest of us who’ve been looking for a film companion piece to our music bible (The International Discography of the New Wave, of course), well it has arrived in the form of a 352 pages and it’s truly a beautiful thing.    www.bazillionpoints.com

[mahoningdriveintheater]

**TONIGHT & TOMORROW at The Mahoning** On Friday & Saturday, The Mahoning Drive-In Theater & Exhumed Films are proud to showcase some of the rudest, crudest, lewdest films ever to play on one unbelievable weekend-long program! It’s TEENS GONE WILD WEEKEND, featuring special guest Mike "McBeardo" McPadden, author of Teen Movie Hell, the definitive crucible of coming of age comedies (who will be selling and signing copies of his new book)! It’s underachievers, losers and nerds vs. overachievers, jocks and the establishment, with a side of sex and a steady (yellow) stream of flatulence, boogers and x-ray vision! It’s a party of raw cinema insanity and you're invited! There will be raffles, prizes, fun and games, and a collection of vintage 80s sex comedy trailers preceding each film! •Friday, September 13: UP THE CREEK (1984) JOYSTICKS (1983) KING FRAT (1979) •Saturday, Sept. 14: REVENGE OF THE NERDS (1984) ZAPPED (1982) SURF II (1984) 🎞ALL Films presented in original 35mm. 🎟Tickets are on sale NOW. ⛺️Overnight passes are available at the box office night-of-show! #cinema #classicfilm #classic #drivein #driveinmovie #doublefeature #driveinmovies #driveintheater #film #driveinmovies #filmpreservation #driveinmovietheater #lehighton #movies #movieposter #movietheater #nostalgia #phillyfilm #retro #VHS #classicfilm #mahoningdit #35mm #mahoningdriveintheater #teenmovies #teensgonewild #mahoningdrivein (at The Mahoning Drive-In Theater) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2W-TsyFF3J/?igshid=no04097cf9td

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i’m in the vipassana tag on tumblr dot com and it looks like macklemore wrote a song about/called vipassana ugh that’s probably why tattooey mcbeardo and his girlfriend beanie mcnosering were at the retreat and kept looking at each other despite the no-eye-contact vows and left after 4 days because they were likely either kicked out for fucking or wanted to leave because they were weak