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Christopher Patrick Gore (born September 5, 1965) is an American speaker and writer on the topic of
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. He founded, edited and wrote for
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magazine and website and other film sites. He was producer, writer or host for several TV series, such as '' Attack of the Show''. He created several films and shorts like '' My Big Fat Independent Movie''. He authored several books on
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.


Early life

Gore was born in
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and attended Kimball High School in
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. Gore was a film student at Detroit's
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, but he dropped out after starting Film Threat.


Career

Gore is the head writer and the founder of ''
Film Threat ''Film Threat'' is an American online film review publication, and earlier, a national magazine that focused primarily on independent film, although it also reviewed videos and DVDs of mainstream films, as well as Hollywood movies in theaters. ...
'' magazine, a project covering independent and underground film which he started in 1985. Early in his career, he had created several short films as Christian Gore: ''Betaville'', ''Doorman'', ''Red'', and ''Ouch!''. He also made an hour-long docudrama, ''Cool Teenager from the Planet X''. He sold some of these through Film Threat Video. Gore became the Editor in Chief of the newly renamed magazine ''
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'', starting with the September 1993 issue until the December 1996 issue. During this time, he also made his first television appearances on the Jones Computer Network, the network television precursor to ZDTV, as an editorialist and commentator on the state of video games and society. Gore was a recurring host on the G4 television program '' Attack of the Show'' for the DVDuesday segment, reviewing DVDs. He had also done a film-related segment on the weekly FX series '' The X Show''. He was also the host and moderator of '' The New Movie Show with Chris Gore'', also on FX, in 2000, where a panel mixed between critics and celebrity guests reviewed movies. G4 then based a recurring gag in an August 2010 episode of ''Attack of the Show'' on the murder of Chris Gore, bringing up three potential murderers each - furthering the idea that his movies are horrible and that everyone wanted to kill him. Gore co-wrote and produced the independent parody film '' My Big Fat Independent Movie'', a comedy spoof of other indie films featuring Pauly Shore. His books include ''The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made'', ''The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide'' and ''The Complete DVD Book: Designing, Producing and Marketing Your Independent Film on DVD''. Gore also co-created ''Sci-Fi Universe'' magazine and created the now-defunct ''Wild Cartoon Kingdom'' magazine. The latter was used by John Kricfalusi under the
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"Thomas Paine" to anonymously criticize
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following his September 1992 firing from ''
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''. In 2004, he hosted the game show ''Ultimate Film Fanatic''.The Independent Film Channel Presents: Ultimate Film Fanatic - AMC Networks Inc.
/ref> In 2016, Gore was interviewed in the ''
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'' documentary film '' The Prequels Strike Back: A Fan's Journey''. In 2023 he released the documentary ''Attack of the Doc'' about the history of G4.


Personal life

Gore lives in Los Angeles, California.


See also

* Indiewood *
Cinephilia Cinephilia ( ; also cinemaphilia or filmophilia) is the term used to refer to a passionate interest in films, film theory, and film criticism. The term is a portmanteau of the words '' cinema'' and '' philia'', one of the four ancient Greek words ...


References


External links


Film Threat

ChrisGore.com
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PodCRASh with That Chris Gore podcast

An interview with Chris Gore
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