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Did you know that multi-hyphenated actor/writer/director/producer Eli Roth has also dabbled in claymation? Way back in 2000, the Inglourious Basterds star and director of such horror hits as Hostel, Cabin Fever, and Thanksgiving, teamed up with his friend Noah Belson to create an eight-episode series of shorts about a bunch of music-playing fruits called The Rotten Fruit. And while the now-defunct Z.com show only premiered three of the eight total episodes, short film platform WeShort has made them all available for the first time in 25 years.

In a new interview with IndieWire, Roth and Belson reminisced about the web series' creation while the duo were down and out, budding Hollywood hopefuls. Childhood friends from Newton, Massachusetts, the duo also explained their hopes to revive the series and turn it into something bigger and more akin to a modern satire. "Give us 25 more years, maybe," Belson — whom many...

We’ve seen horror director Eli Roth split open skulls before, but the jack-of-many-trades and (surprise!) stop-motion animator has never been stuck in your head like he will be with “The Rotten Fruit.” Catchy bordering on torturous, the theme song for Roth’s latest archival release goes a little something like…

♫ Rotten Fruit… We’re The Rotten Fruit… The most popular band in the wooorld! ♫

Celebrating its 25th anniversary by finally making its streaming debut on the platform WeShort today, April 18, “The Rotten Fruit” is a cult classic web series co-created by Roth and Noah Belson. A childhood friend of the gonzo filmmaker, better known to genre fans for his credit as Guitar Man in “Cabin Fever,” Belson grew up making movies with Roth in Newton, Massachusetts. While living in L.A. trying to break into the industry together, the pair developed “The Rotten Fruit” for the now-defunct Z.com...

Angelo Badalamenti found worldwide fame with the Twin Peaks theme

The composer who created the theme for Twin Peaks and much, much more, Angelo Badalamenti, has died at the age of 85, it was announced today. He held several of the top awards in his profession and was admired by musicians around the world.

Born in New York, Badalamenti began playing piano at the age of eight and never looked back. He rose to fame due to his creative partnership with David Lunch, composing the soundtracks for Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Lost Highway, The Straight Story and Mulholland Drive. He had small acting roles in Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive and collaborated with the singer Julee Cruise, who died earlier this year, on further music connected to Twin Peaks. He would reportedly visit the set of the series during filming, playing the piano to...