Why Wasn’t I Invited?-Welcome to the Self Doubt Game of Being an Artist
Recently, the British Film Institute’s publication, Sight & Sound, conducted their once-a-decade poll where key professional film...
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heathermariedrain
- Aug 16
- 1 min
Juicedogs & Post-Nuke Thrills: Stephen Sayadian Discussion at The Director's Club
From the inner spheres to the outer limits, film lovers are blessed with a multitude of true blue auteurs to learn from and revel about....
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heathermariedrain
- Aug 14
- 2 min
Blood Drinking & Blue People: Fantastic Podcasting with The Kulturekast
One of the big benefits of being friends and collaborating with certain podcasters is that not only do you get to converse about movies...
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heathermariedrain
- Jul 5
- 1 min
The Summer of Rollin Begins!
While the summer rages in some of the most heinous ways imaginable, it's important to reclaim a little joy, magic, and even a sense of...
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heathermariedrain
- May 12
- 2 min
Movies From Hell: Dewey Webb, Cinesirens, Birthdays, & Groovy Boys
Statements like "...it's a small world..." can seem trite, cliche, and invoking old-timey Disney rides. However, some things are cliche...
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heathermariedrain
- Apr 8
- 7 min
Minor Roles & Major Players:The Top 5 Small Parts in Cult Cinema
In the world of cinema, theater, and even mere prose, it is always the lead characters who get all the royal attention. After all, they...
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heathermariedrain
- Mar 10
- 4 min
Mad Mavericks & Madder Movies: An Ode to Dewey Webb
The act of creating is a sacred one. When the mind is sharp, the heart is racing, and the path free from all manner of nasty roadblocks...
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heathermariedrain
- Feb 26
- 5 min
The Last of the Old Champions: Jim Westman’s The Wrestler
What a drag it is getting old! So sang The Rolling Stones before they morphed into the hardest rocking group of apple dolls this side of...
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heathermariedrain
- Jan 16
- 7 min
The Rocket Files: It’s Time for Androgyny…Here Comes Pat!
Walking outside right as dusk is waning almost completely into darkness, your eyes spot a twinkling light up in the pale-pinky-violet...
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heathermariedrain
- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
P is for Patreon-Mondo Style!
2021 has been a strange year. Granted, I think I say that about EVERY year, but still, the statement stands complete with funny little...
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heathermariedrain
- Oct 27, 2021
- 1 min
Hell’s Belles Halloween Film Madness!
The always wonderful Kat Ellinger and myself are back! Celebrate Halloween...Hell's Belles style with some of our favorite films for the...
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heathermariedrain
- Oct 12, 2021
- 1 min
Wake Up Heavy Podcast: Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
There are two things that surpass even the strongest chemical intoxicant high: great conversation & art. This is one of the key reasons...
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heathermariedrain
- Aug 29, 2021
- 15 min
Pastoral Hide & Seek: A Peek into AMERICAN BABYLON
You are a voyeur. But that's okay, because deep down, so is everyone else. The very nature of watching a movie is voyeurism of the safest...
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heathermariedrain
- Jul 28, 2021
- 1 min
The Projection Booth...SABATA!
Many things divide us a species. Religious, politics, science, status quo expectations, etc etc. But there is one thing that should unite...
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heathermariedrain
- Jul 18, 2021
- 7 min
Hothouse of Fear: Gerald Korgl's Angst
Terror knows many forms. It could be the ghost in your bed (or head), the leering Uncle, the power-mad authority figure, the religious...
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heathermariedrain
- Jul 18, 2021
- 1 min
Summer Wine: Brandon Colvin's A Dim Summer
My first brand new film article in months is up and live over at Diabolique! This time around I delve into Brandon Colvin's 2020 indie...
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heathermariedrain
- Jun 14, 2021
- 5 min
Wine Soaked Nights & Reverse Halos:Barbara Payton's I'm Not Ashamed
Romanticism is one of the deadliest nightshades and nowhere does it bleed brightest than the arts. The doomed writer. The drug addled...
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heathermariedrain
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
VIVA is Coming to Blu-Ray
Very few films post-sexual revolution have captured even a mere prism of the such heady cultural reverb in suburban America like Anna...
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heathermariedrain
- Feb 17, 2021
- 27 min
World Built of Blood, Heart & Magick: The First Three Features of Alejandro Jodorowsky
This is a chapter excerpt from the 2019 book, The Bizarro Encyclopedia of Film Volume 1, penned by myself & John Skipp. Enjoy! Good art...
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heathermariedrain
- Feb 9, 2021
- 8 min
My Dream Date With Radu Vadislav
Back in 2015, I was blessed enough to be a part of the second volume of the Dream Date With a Villain series. Published by the...
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