CUFF 2025 Recap Pt. 3 — Wrestlers, Bat-Ships & Podcast Ghosts (bonus) Cade and Kit

To close out CUFF 2025, we’re wrapping three very different films that somehow all deserve their own weird little spotlight.

A genre-defying documentary, a cult-ready horror comedy, and a ghost story about podcasting clout walked into a film festival… and we sat through all three.

🎤 Luna: The LUNA Vachon Story – Raw, Real & Rock 'n Roll

An unexpectedly emotional documentary on legendary female wrestler Luna Vachon — a true trailblazer in a male-dominated arena.

📼 Archival interviews, raw home video, and deeply personal storytelling💄 Luna’s punk-metal chaos meets real-life trauma and triumph🎤 From pro wrestling highs to battles with addiction, the film doesn’t flinch… but it doesn’t drown in darkness either.

🧠 Thoughtful and surprisingly uplifting. A time capsule and a tribute.

📊 Our Scores: Cade – 7, Kit – 7
📚 Worth watching even if you’re not a wrestling fan. This is about legacy.

🦇 Vampire Zombies... From Space! – Black-and-White B-Movie Brilliance

Midnight movie lovers, rejoice. This is camp done right.

🕺🏽 1950s sci-fi parody with pitchforks, pink bats, and perfectly stupid deaths
🧛‍♂️ Alien vampires crash in a tobacco town… and cigarettes save the day
👻 A cult classic in the making, best watched with a crowd that yells back

💬 From “From Space!” chants to dangling bat puppets — this is Halloween party material.

📊 Our Scores: Cade – 7, Kit – 7
🎉 Bonus points for the ending twist and the abandoned group suicide subplot.

👻 The Last Podcast – Haunted Clout, Podcast Regret, & Shower Ghosts

One man, one mic, one ghost. All for the views.

🎙️ A skeptical podcaster goes viral when a guest shoots himself live on air
🫥 Ghosts with stipulations, accidental murders, rival podcasters, and moral implosions
🧼 Male shower scenes, ET nods, and tech-based horror commentary

💔 It’s funny… until it tries to be deep. Female characters deserved more.

📊 Our Scores: Cade – 6.5, Kit – 5.5
🎧 Good enough to stream. Not strong enough to revisit.

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks (CUFF Pt. 3 Edition):

• Drink: Pre-workout for Luna, spiked soda for Vampire Zombies, and something lukewarm and caffeinated for The Last Podcast

• Snack: Pop Rocks (because you need chaos)

• Activity: Make a playlist that goes from metal scream intros to 1950s sci-fi jingles

  
  

💬 CUFF brought us some of the weirdest, smartest, and most sincere indie films we've seen this year. We laughed, we squirmed, we maybe blushed during Sugar Rot. But most importantly — we watched.

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