History Creator / DarkMazeStudios

* CulturedBadass: Peter A. Davis. He is an associate professor of theatre history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has a [=PhD=] in Communication, wrote a book, ''From Androboros to the First Amendment: A Cultural and Political History of America's First Play'', and has scaled six of the Seven Summits, with only Vinson Massif in Antarctica remaining.
* UsefulNotes/FringeFestival: A film example. ''The Marathon of Fright'', two two-night mini horror film festivals celebrating the world premieres of Ed's films hosted on Boardman's Art Theatre in Champaign, Illinois. The first one (Friday and Saturday, September 24 and 25, 2004) had the premiere of ''Dead by Dawn 2: The Mask of Conrad'' and ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari: Redux'', with a showing of ''Dead by Dawn''. The second one, ''Marathon of Fright: Mummy Madness!'' (Saturday and Sunday, May 27 and 28, 2005) had the premiere of ''Night of Anubis'' and ''The Nocturnal Journal: Film/TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy'', with showings of ''Film/BubbaHoTep'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons The Mummy Strikes]]''.

* AffectionateParody: ''WebVideo/RoboGirl'' and ''Film/PressStart'' are made of everything the creators love about old, cheesy sci-fi movies and video games.

An independent production company created by Ed Glaser, Dark Maze Studios is notable for having low budgets, yet creating high quality products such as ''Film/PressStart'', ''WebAnimation/SpaceNinja'', ''WebVideo/RoboGirl'' and Ed Glaser's own review series, ''WebVideo/DejaView''. Dark Maze was an affiliate of Website/ChannelAwesome until May 2014.

Originally founded as Mobled Queen Entertainment, a horror film production company, which changed its name to Dark Maze Studios after Amazon bought its distributor company CustomFlix in 2005 and started pre-production on ''Film/PressStart''.

The creator of ''Film/PressStart'', Ed Glaser spends most of his time behind the camera (except when doing introductions to each episode of his ten-part series ''WebVideo/RoboGirl''), but occasionally cameos in his and others' videos on TGWTG.com. He's also a fan of foreign [[SoBadItsGood schlock cinema]], and was instrumental in bringing the infamous ''Rampage'' (better known as "Turkish ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}''") to DVD. In 2016, to cement his reputation as one of the foremost experts in Turkish knockoff cinema, Glaser located [[http://www.avclub.com/article/only-35mm-print-infamous-turkish-star-wars-has-bee-239305 the only known 35mm print of ''Turkish Star Wars'']] and is working to restore it as well.

''[[Film/PressStart Press Start Adventures]]'', the animated sequel to ''Film/PressStart'' is featured on his section of the site, and he recently started his own section of movie reviews, based in foreign remakes of American films, called ''Deja View''. He reviews the movies in a MUCH less caustic manner than his fellow members of the TGWTG team, since he does actively enjoy the movies he reviews, and offers professional, almost encyclopedic insights into the merits of the movies, as well as how they compare to the American originals. He has collaborated with [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]] on a variety of projects, including the ''WebVideo/NinjaTheMissionForce'' webseries and episodes of ''The Bruno Mattei Show''.

* ''Film/PressStart''
* ''Film/PressStart: Bio Haphazard'' (Special short made for X-Strike Studios' Resident Horror DVD, also available on the Film/PressStart 2 Continue DVD)

* ''Film/PressStart 2 Continue''

* ''Film/PressStart Adventures''

An independent production company created by Ed Glaser, Dark Maze Studios is notable for having low budgets, yet creating high quality products such as ''Film/PressStart'', ''WebAnimation/SpaceNinja'', ''WebVideo/RoboGirl'' and Ed Glaser's own review series, ''WebVideo/DejaView''. Dark Maze was an affiliate of Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses until May 2014.

* BadassBeard: Ed Glaser and Joshua Stafford have them.

* CulturedBadass[=/=]BadassTeacher: Peter A. Davis. He is an associate professor of theatre history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has a [=PhD=] in Communication, wrote a book, ''From Androboros to the First Amendment: A Cultural and Political History of America’s First Play'', and has scaled six of the Seven Summits, with only Vinson Massif in Antarctica remaining.

* ''Rampage'' [''Korkusuz''] (A cult film better known outside Turkey as "Turkish ''{{Rambo}}''", distributed in North America by Dark Maze)

An independent production company created by Ed Glaser, Dark Maze Studios is notable for having low budgets, yet creating high quality products such as [[Film/PressStart Press Start]], WebAnimation/SpaceNinja, [[RoboGirl RoboGirl]] and Ed Glaser's own review series, WebVideo/DejaView. Dark Maze was an affiliate of Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses until May 2014.

The creator of ''Film/PressStart'', Ed Glaser spends most of his time behind the camera (except when doing introductions to each episode of his ten-part series ''Robogirl''), but occasionally cameos in his and others' videos on TGWTG.com. He's also a fan of foreign [[SoBadItsGood schlock cinema]], and was instrumental in bringing the infamous ''Rampage'' (better known as "Turkish ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}''") to DVD. In 2016, to cement his reputation as one of the foremost experts in Turkish knockoff cinema, Glaser located [[http://www.avclub.com/article/only-35mm-print-infamous-turkish-star-wars-has-bee-239305 the only known 35mm print of ''Turkish Star Wars'']] and is working to restore it as well.

* ''Dial “V” for Vile''

* ''RoboGirl''

* AffectionateParody: RoboGirl and Film/PressStart are made of everything the creators love about old, cheesy sci-fi movies and video games.

The creator of ''Film/PressStart'', Ed Glaser spends most of his time behind the camera (except when doing introductions to each episode of his ten-part series ''Robogirl''), but occasionally cameos in his and others' videos on TGWTG.com. He's also a fan of foreign [[SoBadItsGood schlock cinema]], and was instrumental in bringing the infamous ''Rampage'' (better known as "Turkish ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}''") to DVD. ''[[Film/PressStart Press Start Adventures]]'', the animated sequel to ''Film/PressStart'' is featured on his section of the site, and he recently started his own section of movie reviews, based in foreign remakes of American films, called ''Deja View''. He reviews the movies in a MUCH less caustic manner than his fellow members of the TGWTG team, since he does actively enjoy the movies he reviews, and offers professional, almost encyclopedic insights into the merits of the movies, as well as how they compare to the American originals. He has collaborated with [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]] on a variety of projects, including the ''WebVideo/NinjaTheMissionForce'' webseries and episodes of ''The Bruno Mattei Show''.The company's official statement on the name change is: "It was time for a format change, for a number of reasons. First of all, nearly all of the Mobled Queen movies were short – generally less than an hour long. The shift to Dark Maze represents a shift in focus toward feature-length films. Additionally, with all the horror movies we had been doing, Mobled Queen had started to seem like just another low-budget horror studio, which was never really the plan. We love horror movies and have had a blast making them, but it was time to diversify. A little image shift seemed like a good way to start that process."

* ''Night of Anubis'' (''[[SupermanTheatricalCartoons The Mummy Strikes]]'' ReMake)

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Every single film before ''Film/PressStart''.
* ProductionPosse: DMS frequently collaborates with Creator/BradJones on such projects as the "WebVideo/KungTaiTed" series, "The Bruno Mattei Show," ''WebVideo/NinjaTheMissionForce'' and ''Film/TheCinemaSnobMovie''. Both are based in Illinois, making it easy to get together.
* TheMerch: [=DVDs=], shirts, posters, mugs, mousepads, wall clocks, lunchboxes, [=VCDs=] and thongs.

* CulturedBadass / BadassTeacher: Peter A. Davis. He is an associate professor of theatre history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has a [=PhD=] in Communication, wrote a book, ''From Androboros to the First Amendment: A Cultural and Political History of America’s First Play'', and has scaled six of the Seven Summits, with only Vinson Massif in Antarctica remaining.
* FringeFestival: A film example. ''The Marathon of Fright'', two two-night mini horror film festivals celebrating the world premieres of Ed's films hosted on Boardman's Art Theatre in Champaign, Illinois. The first one (Friday and Saturday, September 24 and 25, 2004) had the premiere of ''Dead by Dawn 2: The Mask of Conrad'' and ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari: Redux'', with a showing of ''Dead by Dawn''. The second one, ''Marathon of Fright: Mummy Madness!'' (Saturday and Sunday, May 27 and 28, 2005) had the premiere of ''Night of Anubis'' and ''The Nocturnal Journal: Film/TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy'', with showings of ''Film/BubbaHoTep'' and ''[[SupermanTheatricalCartoons The Mummy Strikes]]''.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Every single film before Film/PressStart.

* TheRemake: ''Dead by Dawn'' is a remake of ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari'' and ''Night of Anubis'' is a remake of ''[[SupermanTheatricalCartoons The Mummy Strikes]]''.

An independent production company created by Ed Glaser, Dark Maze Studios is notable for having low budgets, yet creating high quality products such as [[PressStart Press Start]], WebAnimation/SpaceNinja, [[RoboGirl RoboGirl]] and Ed Glaser's own review series, WebVideo/DejaView. Dark Maze was an affiliate of Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses until May 2014.

Originally founded as Mobled Queen Entertainment, a horror film production company, which changed its name to Dark Maze Studios after Amazon bought its distributor company CustomFlix in 2005 and started pre-production on ''PressStart''.

The creator of ''PressStart'', Ed Glaser spends most of his time behind the camera (except when doing introductions to each episode of his ten-part series ''Robogirl''), but occasionally cameos in his and others' videos on TGWTG.com. He's also a fan of foreign [[SoBadItsGood schlock cinema]], and was instrumental in bringing the infamous ''Rampage'' (better known as "Turkish ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}''") to DVD. ''[[PressStart Press Start Adventures]]'', the animated sequel to ''PressStart'' is featured on his section of the site, and he recently started his own section of movie reviews, based in foreign remakes of American films, called ''Deja View''. He reviews the movies in a MUCH less caustic manner than his fellow members of the TGWTG team, since he does actively enjoy the movies he reviews, and offers professional, almost encyclopedic insights into the merits of the movies, as well as how they compare to the American originals. He has collaborated with [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]] on a variety of projects, including the ''WebVideo/NinjaTheMissionForce'' webseries and episodes of ''The Bruno Mattei Show''.The company's official statement on the name change is: "It was time for a format change, for a number of reasons. First of all, nearly all of the Mobled Queen movies were short – generally less than an hour long. The shift to Dark Maze represents a shift in focus toward feature-length films. Additionally, with all the horror movies we had been doing, Mobled Queen had started to seem like just another low-budget horror studio, which was never really the plan. We love horror movies and have had a blast making them, but it was time to diversify. A little image shift seemed like a good way to start that process."

* ''PressStart''
* ''PressStart: Bio Haphazard'' (Special short made for X-Strike Studios' Resident Horror DVD, also available on the PressStart 2 Continue DVD)

* ''PressStart 2 Continue''

* ''PressStart Adventures''

* AffectionateParody: RoboGirl and PressStart are made of everything the creators love about old, cheesy sci-fi movies and video games.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Every single film before PressStart.

* FringeFestival: A film example. ''The Marathon of Fright'', two two-night mini horror film festivals celebrating the world premieres of Ed's films hosted on Boardman's Art Theatre in Champaign, Illinois. The first one (Friday and Saturday, September 24 and 25, 2004) had the premiere of ''Dead by Dawn 2: The Mask of Conrad'' and ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari: Redux'', with a showing of ''Dead by Dawn''. The second one, ''Marathon of Fright: Mummy Madness!'' (Saturday and Sunday, May 27 and 28, 2005) had the premiere of ''Night of Anubis'' and ''The Nocturnal Journal: TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy'', with showings of ''Film/BubbaHoTep'' and ''[[SupermanTheatricalCartoons The Mummy Strikes]]''.

An independent production company created by Ed Glaser, Dark Maze Studios is notable for having low budgets, yet creating high quality products such as [[PressStart Press Start]], WebAnimation/SpaceNinja, [[RoboGirl RoboGirl]] and Ed Glaser's own review series, WebVideo/DejaView. Dark Maze is an affiliate of Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.

Their material can be found at [[http://www.darkmaze.com/ Dark Maze Studios's website]], [[http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/pressstart Newgrounds]], [[http://blip.tv/dark-maze-studios blip.tv]], and [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/eg ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com]].

The company's official statement on the name change is: "It was time for a format change, for a number of reasons. First of all, nearly all of the Mobled Queen movies were short – generally less than an hour long. The shift to Dark Maze represents a shift in focus toward feature-length films. Additionally, with all the horror movies we had been doing, Mobled Queen had started to seem like just another low-budget horror studio, which was never really the plan. We love horror movies and have had a blast making them, but it was time to diversify. A little image shift seemed like a good way to start that process."