You know the classic story of the Evil Dead, right? A few crazy kids plan a getaway at a secluded cabin in the woods, demon resurrection passages are recited, suddenly the moose is talking and our hero is cutting off his hand with a chainsaw. Good times! Now, turn all that into a musical! Can […]
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You have found a strange door behind the couch in the Strange Kids Clubhouse. You decide to investigate. In front of you there is one long hallway, while behind you is the safety of the Clubhouse. You decide to venture forth. Suddenly, you see a bright flash from the fanged maw of some beast and […]
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[EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to yet another new column here at SKC! We’re calling this one Strange Cases in which we’ll explore some of the more obscure facts of pop culture history. I’m also happy to introduce our latest contributor to the site, Kate Voss. Say hello Kate.] There are a lot of facts that you […]
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Around the late 70’s and early 80’s there was a weird and short-lived film genre called “Rock Opera.” These films were a new form of musical for a young and hip generation, usually with big budget sets and stories that we narrated and/or motivated by that era’s top bands and composers. The most famous example […]
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In the grand tradition of 80s teen comedies chock full of sex and summer camps like Oddballs, GORP and Wet Hot American Summer comes… Summer Camp! The Musical. Set in the Summer of 1982, Summer Camp! The Musical takes place at the rustic Camp Tigglebitties where “ubernerds Nolan and Dwight vow to lose their virginity […]
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When I was a wee lil’ Rube, we didn’t have televised weekly profanity such as South Park, Family Guy or Spongebob, but every once in awhile an animated movie would come out that wasn’t full of princesses that sang with tweeting woodland critters while they made a dress out of scrapes and leftovers. Yes, once […]
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With exception to Repo! The Genetic Opera and perhaps Rocky Horror Picture Show – sorry, no love for Little Shop of Horrors – I’m not a real big fan of musicals. It’s not that I hate them, I just tend to find them a bit boring. But, if there’s one thing that both Repo! and […]
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Every so often you just happen to stumble upon something that completely and utterly blows you away. Say hello to The Cat Piano…an eight minute animated short from The People’s Republic of Animation. Directed by Ari Gibson and Eddie White, The Cat Piano is based off of a poem written by White himself (it serving […]
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Just Who or What is “The Monster of Nix?”
This news tip came to us courtesy of club member Jon D. Guerra from Nightmare Pro Wreslting who dropped me a line last week about an animated short by Dutch artist and filmmaker Rosto called The Monster of Nix. The film, a musical, is described as a “30 minute long, existentialist fairy tale [that] tells […]