Clare McBride
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New York, United States
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Past articles by Clare:
Lavinia Fisher, America's 'first female serial killer' that wasn't
How did a highwaywoman steal the title of "America's first female serial killer" without killing anyone? → Read More
Bill and Ted and the art of connecting through music
Spoilers for Bill & Ted Face the Music below. When I was a younger woman, I had a friend who could sing opera. Her classically trained voice was as beautiful to me as it was intimidating. My own voice, which can be best described as "a tone-deaf alto with delusions of grandeur," felt shockingly inadequate in comparison. It made singing along to the radio on the way to Steak 'n Shake awkward. → Read More
How the Rocky Horror Picture Show perfected cult movie fandom
The Rocky Horror Picture Show does a great many things. But one of the greatest things it ever did was to codify the cult—or midnight—movie fandom. → Read More
Whatever happened to Donkey Kong Jr.?
He once headlined his own game, but we haven't seen Donkey Kong Jr. in years. What happened? → Read More
Platforming my way through the quarantine
Platformers have become this FANGRRL's game of choice during the quarantine. → Read More
Forgotten Women of Genre: June Tyson
March is Women's History Month. And while we at SYFY FANGRRLS celebrate women's achievements all year long, we're going above and beyond this month with Season 2 of our limited podcast series, Forgotten Women of Genre. June Tyson was the first female member of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, but there is precious little information available about her. Despite her long tenure with the band, she’s often… → Read More
Forgotten Women of Genre: Vonetta McGee
March is Women's History Month. And while we at SYFY FANGRRLS celebrate women's achievements all year long, we're going above and beyond this month with Season 2 of our limited podcast series, Forgotten Women of Genre. She appeared in small roles in film and television, but her private struggles with both her health and the industry itself conspired to keep her away. Even today, a decade after… → Read More
Forgotten Women of Genre: Leota Toombs Thomas
March is Women's History Month. And while we at SYFY FANGRRLS celebrate women's achievements all year long, we're going above and beyond this month with Season 2 of our limited podcast series, Forgotten Women of Genre. If you’ve ever dared to enter Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion, you’ve been a guest at the seance table of the mysterious Madame Leota. Despite only existing as a floating head in a… → Read More
Forgotten Women of Genre: The women of Disney Animation
Forgotten Women of Genre: the women of Disney Animation → Read More
Forgotten Women of Genre: Mercedes McCambridge
March is Women's History Month. And while we at SYFY FANGRRLS celebrate women's achievements all year long, we're going above and beyond this month with Season 2 of our limited podcast series, Forgotten Women of Genre. Orson Welles once called her the “world’s greatest living radio actress.” The director William Friedkin said that The Exorcist would not work without the contribution of the woman… → Read More
36 thoughts we had watching Pokémon: The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back
Mewtwo goes on a journey of ~self-discovery~... and violence! → Read More
The dark history behind Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel and famine and survival cannibalism. → Read More
Every Mario reference in Galantis feat. Charli XCX's 'Born to Play'
As a Disney fan who has been meaning to go to Walt Disney World for much of her adult life, I must confess that I will likely set foot in Universal Studios first. Sure, Disney might be the most magical place on earth, but does it have a Bowser meet and greet? I THINK NOT. While Super Nintendo World won't be a reality stateside until 2021 at the earliest, Super Nintendo World is opening at… → Read More
33 thoughts we had while watching Pleasantville
Part of the reason I’ve started tricking myself into journaling is so I can try and remember when I encountered things for the first time. Case in point: I know I’ve watched Pleasantville at some point in my movie-watching career. I couldn’t tell you when. But what I can tell you is that Pleasantville is an incredible movie. → Read More
The MCU is its own ultimate comeback
The Marvel Cinematic Universe and Robert Downey Jr. are the ultimate combination comeback. → Read More
A brief history of live-action Nintendo films
Nintendo is no stranger to the cinematic arts. As of this writing, there are 24 animated films based on Nintendo properties, most of which are Pokémon movies. That number will swell to 26 in 2019, thanks to Detective Pikachu and the CGI remake of Mewtwo Strikes Back, which — and I am not afraid to say this — I THINK LOOKS AWESOME. → Read More
49 thoughts we had while watching Jason X
Forget FREDDY VS. JASON; the real showdown is Jason Vs. Space Teens. → Read More
Chosen One of the Day: Tolkien's kissing book
No amount of ghosting could keep Tolkien and Edith apart. → Read More
Chosen One of the Day: Patty from The Frighteners and her cool af green dress
When we first meet Patricia Ann Bradley in The Frighteners, she seems to be a timid soul, under attack by both the Grim Reaper and her stern, controlling mother, who refuses to let her out of the house for her youthful entanglement with local murderer Johnny Bartlett. Despite being in her 40s, she has a childlike innocence and vulnerability to her, with her messy hair and oversized sweaters. → Read More
Chosen One of the Day: Princess Mariko from Karateka
Princess Mariko: patron saint against manspreaders. → Read More