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Home » Everything Is Terrible!

Tag: Everything Is Terrible!

Posted inFilm

Everything Is Terrible! plumb the depths of hell in The Great Satan

by Kevin Warwick February 19, 2018August 18, 2021

Film clips prove “Satan is a total loser, and he knows it.”

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Exploitation, Cult, and Direct-to-Video Programmer

by Drew Hunt June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

No one can top her taste in garbage.

This is what a few thousand VHS copies of Jerry Maguire look like.
Posted inArts & Culture

Everything is wonderful in the world of Everything Is Terrible!

by Drew Hunt May 20, 2014August 18, 2021

Everything Is Terrible! is collaborating with the likes of MTV and Fox, but its core mission—to be as weird as possible—holds true.

Everything Is Terrible!
Posted inArts & Culture

Comic Relief Zero is everything you hate about stand-up

by Molly Adams May 14, 2013August 19, 2021

Found-footage collective Everything Is Terrible! offers a sneak preview of Comic Relief Zero: everything you hate about stand-up.

Posted inBlogs

This month at the Logan Theatre: Grab bag VHS titles and more

by Ben Sachs January 29, 2013August 18, 2021

Previewing the neighborhood theater’s upcoming late-night programming

Posted inBlogs

Have a Terrible holiday!

by Ben Sachs December 19, 2012August 19, 2021

Previewing the Christmas-themed video art program by Everything Is Terrible!, coming to Lincoln Hall this Friday

Posted inBlogs

Another Terrible experience hits town this weekend

by Ben Sachs August 16, 2012August 19, 2021

Previewing a late-night screening of the campy antidrug drama Death Drug

Posted inBlogs

Obsolescence Week: Into the snow!

by Ben Sachs March 5, 2012August 19, 2021

We open Obsolescence Week with a consideration of the VHS tape

Posted inBlogs

Everything Is Ivan the Terrible!

by Ben Sachs January 30, 2012August 19, 2021

Sergei Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible vs. Everything Is Terrible!

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