QC Fright Con & Planet Funk Con 2026 vs. Scanner Cop 2
CatBusRuss is worn out. He thought it was going to be a chore attending the panel-lacking Planet Funk Con & QC Fright Con for Sunday, but he has to put in the time to promote "I Dig Crazy Flicks", even if he has to wake up at 4:10 am to impress at his new full-time job for the next couple of weeks. Attending the last day allowed him to get his steps in and check out a James Pax panel. If only they had turned up the mics loud enough for him to get the attention OG Raiden deserved over the crowd wandering the primary convention.
As for Saturday, the only thing hurting was the wallet. But he was able to get an autographed Funko Pop! from Brian O'Halloran and some fun face-to-face time with Brad "Cinema Snob" Jones and Sam "Flash Gordon" Jones. If he felt any shame when talking to the "Saviour of the Universe", its that he did not smoke as much pot as Seth MacFarlane did growing up and watching the IP George Lucas could not obtain. Not being just like the "Ted" creator may have cost him a potential podcast guest.
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“I Dig Crazy Flicks” was founded as “Ninety For Chill”. It is Russ Stevens’s blog dedicated to movies with runtimes between 70 to 100 minutes. This runtime was the standard for horror movies and goofball comedies. Without the time for drawn out narratives, throwing everything at the wall and seeing what would stick was the rule. Thus, craziness ensues, and cinephiles like CatBusRuss want to preach the greatness of embracing the insanity.
Recent Episodes
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Episode 276
CatBus endures the #Tubi cut of “Scanner Cop 2”, bugs #JamesPax, memorabilia collector #MarkShort, @thecinemasnob.bsky.social, and Sam #FlashGordon Jones, and enjoys the vendors & after hours at QCFrightFest & PlanetFunkCon.
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Bonus
#PlanetFunkCon may be a success just for getting a #briancohalloran autograph on a #Clerks “The Animated Series” 8x10 of “Who’s Driving? Oh no! Bear is Driving!” #KenForee & #QCFrightCon visitors were cool too.
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Episode 275
CatBusRuss & Rae from “B3 Podcast” determine if fun #horror films like “High Tension” & “Sleepaway Camp” are undone with silly, perhaps not appropriate #pride month twists. Would a crazy twist have saved “Morbius”
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Episode 274
Vern from the “Cinema Recall” comes on the show to offer what he considers to be the most off-the-wall, sub 100-minute movie ever made, “Daisies”. It is a Czechoslovakian, new wave satire about exploiting those in power via feminine wiles.
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Bonus
Suggesting “Chuck Norris was a Sith Lord!!!” can bring a lot of attention. Russ was an impromptu panelist for the 80s’ #Transformers animated movie. Enjoys the bastardization of the top IPs at #BootlegSafari. Has Russ found the worst Paul WS film?
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Bonus
CatBusRuss needed a great day to kickoff #IndianaComicConvention after enduring “Deathstalker (1983)”. Thankfully the reps from the @raybradburycenter.bsky.social gave us four great panels. Fembots, Censorship, & more.
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Episode 272
#Shudder may not be the #CriterionChannel, but it may be the most fun streaming service available. CatBusRuss reviews the love letter to Roger Corman, “Deathstalker”. He is joined by Gregory Carl to discuss Taiwan’s love letter to George A. Romero, “The Sadness”.
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Episode 271
CatBusRuss & ThePoeticCritic head to Quad Cities Comic Con. Russ asks Mick Foley where is the Mankind Cinematic Universe, reviews “Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation”, and provides his hottest anime take to “Trapped in Anime”.
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Bonus
It’s been a busy weekend for CatBusRuss. He had to catch the first showing of #Mandalorian & #Grogu Thursday. Friday was the drive to #QuadCitiesComicCon and #Pokemon Concierge binge. And then two panels in East Moline.
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Episode 270
CatBusRuss provides his TEDTalk about why movies rarely need to be longer than 100 minutes to #MissouriComicCon. For #Ani-May and to reinvigorate his joy of just being a fan at comic cons, he got around to watching “Otaku No Video”.
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Episode 269
“Ninety for Chill” celebrates #Ani-May with @skiesoffortune.bsky.social to discuss the debut feature of greatest #anime mind who left us too soon, Satoshi Kon. “Perfect Blue” is a li’l Hitchcock, a li’l Argento, and very poignant in our celeb-obsessed culture.
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Episode 268
CatBusRuss and ThePoeticCritic try their best to honor Japan during Ani-May by discussing their other great influence to cinema, kaijus. They chat about “Mothra vs. Godzilla”. Russ also reviews giant robot anime film, “Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture”.
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Episode 267
Russ was exhausted, he was a week late for #EbertFest. This led to a binge of offbeat cinema concluding with festival film, Jordan Peele’s “Get Out”, the perfect balance of laughs & intensity. “Ready or Not 2” has its intense moments.
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Episode 138
If it was between 70 and 100 minutes in length and directed by Ken Russell during the '80s, it is here. The body horror classic "Altered States", Russell's reimaginings of 19th century literature in "Gothic" and "Salome's Last Dance", and a snake vampiress in "The Lair of the White Worm".
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