Audio By Carbonatix
Forget history, and you’re doomed to repeat it. Luckily, we have Everything is Terrible! rifling obscure and random VHS tapes to seek out the inept, the ridiculous, and the straight-up awful.
What started as a website in 2007 (EverythingIsTerrible.com) for a group of Chicago friends to share their gems from long forgotten VHS tapes (many of them chock-full with low production values and cheesy special effects) has grown into a mini-empire pumping out viral videos that are glimpses into the not-so-distant ‘80s and ‘90s. A typical Everything is Terrible! offering showcases found fare like a cat massage instructional video, small-town dance shows, and B-movies edited down to their essence.
They’ll be in person during their Quest for the Magick Crystal Tour to screen their latest full-length offering, 2Everything2Terrible: Tokyo Drift, and plenty of other schlocky treats at Madcap Theaters.
Thu., Aug. 26, 8 p.m., 2010
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