Christopher Patrick "Chris" Gore is a speaker and writer on the topic of independent film.Gore was born September 5, 1965 in Big Rapids, Michigan. He is the main writer and the founder of Film Threat, a project dedicated to covering independent and underground movies which he started in 1985. He was also the editor in chief of Videogames Magazine from 1993–1995. 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.He appeared on the G4 television program Attack of the Show, and had also done a film-related segment on a 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 attended Kimball High School in Royal Oak, Michigan (now renamed Royal Oak High School after the closing of Dondero High School).Gore co-wrote and produced the film My Big Fat Independent Movie, a parody of other indie films.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 created the defunct Wild Cartoon Kingdom magazine and co-created Sci-Fi Universe magazine.In 2009, Gore signed on to host a reality talk show called Hollywood on the Rocks produced by Mini Movie Channel and distributed by Ovation TV.Gore currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Chris Gore began doing stand up in 2010 and has done shows at IO West (Glory Stories, Comic Book Live), M Bar, Nerdmelt Show, Holy Fuck Comedy Show (Downtown Independent), Second City (The Movie Guys), The Little Modern, Hollywood Improv.
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Chris Gore started a podcast in November 2011. PodCRASH with That Chris Gore is a weekly podcast in which Chris appears as a guest on a different podcast each week offering listeners an opportunity to discover other podcasts. The range of podcasts that Chris appears on as a guest range from the geeky (Comics of Doom) to the sexy (Sex Nerd Sandra) to the funny (Comedy Film Nerds) to the weird such as the Slap Booth Show hosted by twin French female wrestlers.
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Chris Gore is the founder of Film Threat the magazine and web site. The site sold to Mark Bell in January, 2010 at the Sundance Film Festival.