Portal To Hell
Woody Bess’ outstanding horror-comedy Portal to Hell is a Faustian deal wrapped in an emotional redemption arc I didn’t see coming. The film follows a lonely debt collector who discovers a portal to hell in this local laundromat. After following the tracks of a demon into the back alley, Dunn is presented with a deal: three souls for the life of his cancer-stricken neighbor. But as the saying goes, “No good deed goes unpunished.”
Roping in Weir, the laundromat’s manager, the two devise a plan to lure terrible people into the porta to fulfill the deal. But nothing is easy. Killing people, good or bad, is complicated.
Filmed in my and Kind’s neighborhood of the Upper West Side, the film takes place as Chloe describes it, making the scenario even funnier. Do I want to see the feature-length version of this? Yup. Is this perhaps the most convincing actual proof of concept ever created? I think it might.
Inventions That Changed History
Ready to dominate at the next Trivia Night? “Inventions that Changed History” is a light, silly romp that is likely to help your team win a free round. With a mix of historical exposition on familiar inventions– Mr. Potato Head and waterbeds make silly and fascinating segments– it is the perfect palette cleansing alternative to more serious documentaries (or the news). 
Filled with surprising celebrity cameos from fan favorites like Guillermo from “What we do in the Shadows,” Meredith from “The Office,” and Amanda Seals from “Insecure” candidly riffing on a nostalgic parade of core memories for Gen X/ Millennials, the show is a good time all around. In particular, I was locked in learning the origins of the Easy-Bake Oven while simultaneously trying to remember if and how severely I burned myself– not enough to stop it from being one of my favorite toys. Oh, the 90s! 
Episode 2 Inventions:
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