Shade Rupe (born August 23, 1968) is an American writer, editor, and filmmaker. Rupe created the two volumes of '' Funeral Party'' in 1995 and 1997. The first volume was edited and designed by Rupe, along with Michael Rorro and Marlene Leach, ''Volume Two'' features the work of Trevor Brown,

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, Miguel Ángel Martín, Jack Ketchum, George Kuchar and

Mike Kuchar Mike Kuchar (born August 31, 1942 in New York City) is an American underground filmmaker, actor, and artist. Kuchar is notable for his low-budget and camp films such as ''Sins of the Fleshapoids'' and ''The Craven Sluck''. Biography Raised in ...

, Milo Sacchi, and Jack Stevenson, among others. In reviewing ''Volume Two'', the cult film magazine ''

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'' called ''Funeral Party'' "a beautiful work, loaded with artwork ... much of which is sure to offend ... and always pushing the envelope in an effort to shed light on the darker niches of human ecstasy." As a writer, Rupe contributed over 40 reviews to the '' Scarecrow Video Guide,'' wrote articles for various underground and horror publications including ''

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'', '' Rue Morgue'', '' Screem'', '' Panik'' and ''Timeless,'' and contributed to the French publication '' Tenebres'' for its special

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edition. He's also written online articles for '' Fangoria.com'', '' Rue-Morgue.com'', '' ShockTilYaDrop.com'', and '' ComingSoon.net''. In 2010 Rupe hosted a six-week, four-city tour for British filmmaker Ken Russell. In 2011 Rupe released an anthology of 24 years of his interviews with such subjects as Udo Kier, Divine,

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, Tura Satana, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Hermann Nitsch,

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of Penn & Teller, Dennis Cooper,

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, Gaspar Noe, Johanna Went, and

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, published by Headpress as '' Dark Stars Rising: Conversation from the Outer Realms.'' The book was very well received, with Serbia's Dejan Ognjanovic remarking "These images almost literally burst from the paper in a subliminal, psychedelic manner, spilling from the edges of the pages into your surroundings and into your brain – altering them so that after reading this book you can't be the same person as before."http://www.beyondhollywood.com/book-review-dark-stars-rising-by-shade-rupe

of Penn & Teller created a fantasmagoric spook show with

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showman Todd Robbins entitled Play Dead. At the suggestion of filmmaker Ezekiel Zabrowski Teller asked if Shade could document the production, which led to Shade directing the filming of the live production during performances at the Players Theatre in Manhattan's Greenwich Village in July 2011. Edited by Teller into the finished film, Play Dead had its world premiere at the 16th Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, QC, July 27, 2012. Teller, Todd Robbins, and Shade Rupe appeared for the Q&A, which included Todd eating a lightbulb and Teller swallowing needles and regurgitating them strung up on a string. Play Dead was chosen as the Opening Night film of the 12th Annual Coney Island Film Festival, with Todd Robbins and Shade in attendance.

References

External links

Shade Rupe's website
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