CYN RENTERIA aka ORIGINAL CYN aka CYNTHIA RENTERIA hosted Cynful Movies from 2019-2022. That show was another movie hosting production from Joel Stephens, whose programs Frightmare Theater and Dark Jungle Theater have been reviewed previously here at Balladeer’s Blog.
Cynful Movies is another of the Stephens projects saluting the tradition of late-night bad movie shows that presented – and often mocked – some of the worst or campiest horror and sci-fi films ever made. One of the things I like about the many film shows that Joel and company churn out is the repertory company feel. Cyn Renteria had also worked in the Makeup Department and Costume & Wardrobe Department for them.
Before starring as the hostess of her own show, this talented lady appeared as her character Original Cyn on Sprockets and Splices in 2014 and Pale Moonlight Theater from 2014-2017. The beautiful Ms. Renteria also assisted Mistress Scarlet, the hostess of Frightmare Theater, from 2017-2022.
Best of all, from 2019-2022 Cyn was simultaneously the starring hostess of Cynful Movies, on which series she got to present movies outside of just horror flicks. Original Cyn served up Psychotronic classics from additional genres, including peplums, sci-fi, mysteries and spaghetti westerns. Cynful Movies boasted at least as much of a variety of B-Movies as The Texas 27 Film Vault and the later Mystery Science Theatre 3000. Continue reading
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