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...
By Justin Norris Well, it’s that time of year again: the weather is getting colder, the leaves are changing, and you can now dress up as “sexy” versions of your favorite memes (looking at you Harambe). Yes, it’s October and that means the cool, fingerless gloves wearing, motorcycle driving brother of the holidays,...
By Hayden Gilbert Texas, O’ Texas; Where the stars at night shine big and bright. It is a land of tremendous pride and an even more tremendous sense of individualism. It is from this Lone Star State that a little film made from nothing shook the world and changed the landscape of horror filmmaking...
Deep down inside you've always known that there was a movie based on your life. Here at Boomfest, we know the feeling. Luckily for you, we can also help you figure out which horror movie you helped inspire. Our film programmer Danielle Husband has created the perfect quiz for October! ...