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PHILADELPHIA UNNAMED FILM FESTIVAL 3 - #PUFF3 - NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS!

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Are you a filmmaker with a passion for genre (Horror/sci-fi/fantasy/etc) who yearns to show their work to an audience that will appreciate your experimental, if not deranged sensibilities? Or, are you simply a film lover who wants to bear witness to the most insane up-and-coming talents the crazier corners the indie film world have to offer? Then you need to check out the PHILADELPHIA UNNAMED FILM FESTIVAL or PUFF for short. The fest, founded by Alex Gardner and Madeleine Koestner (The latter of whom this writer happens to know personally as a fellow FANGORIA contributor), is entering its third year, and is now accepting for micro-shorts, short films, and feature-length films! You can submit to PUFF3 via submissions services such as Withoutabox, FilmFreeway, and FilmFestivalLife. For those looking to attend, the festival is scheduled to take place from September 6th through September 9th, 2018. Though still relatively young, PUFF has already proven to be a launc...

Returning to SCOOBY DOO ON ZOMBIE ISLAND

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Unlike most beloved pets that come into your life during childhood, Scooby Doo seems to be incapable of dying. That lovable talking dog and the gang of teen sleuths he roams with enjoy a fandom that spans generations. Since the characters were debuted in the original series SCOOBY DOO, WHERE ARE YOU! back in 1969, Scooby has remained one of the most popular cartoons in Hanna-Barbera’s gallery of characters. Between the show, its numerous spinoff series (my personal favorite is THE 13 GHOSTS OF SCOOBY DOO ; Scooby, Shaggy, and Vincent Price hunting ghosts? Hell yeah son ) and the TV movies that were constantly rerun in the early years of Cartoon Network, I couldn’t help but be exposed to and become obsessed with all things Scooby Doo as a member of the fabled ‘90’s Kids.  It was just so much fun watching Scooby and Shaggy run around haunted houses and abandoned air fields chasing colorful spooks that always turned out to be some weird old guy scaring people o...