By The BoomfestX Film Committee When we draw each year to a close, the last week of November gives us Americans a chance to realize everything we have taken for granted. The tradition of Thanksgiving is something I don’t have to explain; it’s literally right there in the name. In the spirit of the adage...
While many of us excitedly await the delicious tastes of Thanksgiving, it's hard to get through the day (or week) unscathed by holiday drama. With everyone brought together, it's hard to avoid political arguments, questions about your personal life, and unwanted advice from your Aunt Leslie* (names have been changed to protect the...
As I've made the dating rounds over this past year, I've experienced a lot of negativity toward movie dates. The reasons that people hate taking their dates to the movies are endless: It's hard to have a conversation during a movie. Movies are expensive, especially if you get snacks. It's hard to pick...
As a film lover, I know the importance of music in a film. Music carries the audience through a film's emotional ups and downs, setting and changing the tone to fit the director's artistic intentions. Because these songs capture some of the best cinematic moments, it makes sense that they'd result in great compilation...
Water streaks up the screen as color flickers in and out like a confused strobe light that is clearly under the influence. An unsteady voiceover fades in and out with bits of old news reports. You aren’t sure exactly what he’s saying, but it vaguely seems to be about the meaning of life,...
We want to personally thank everyone that entered the Boomtown Film & Music Festival's Small and Creepy film contest! We had 10 official entries to the contest from our local area of Beaumont, TX and other parts of the country. Screenwriter Caroline Thompson worked with us to set up this contest and was set...
By Daniel Pemberton #1 - The Cramps – “Human Fly” One of the seminal horror punk bands in the wake of The Misfits, The Cramps set out with an aesthetic to spook, and Human Fly is one of their greatest achievements. With lyrics like “I’m a reborn maggot / using germ warfare”, the band...
by Mark Stone Clashing with cold, factual style of the original film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 decays into a putrid slice of horror-comedy pie, which never tasted better than it did in the 80s. It stands firmly next to other classics of the subgenre, with no better comparison than to 1985's The...