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Vital Thrills is an independent website founded in 2018 by Mirko Parlevliet, who has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998. Vital Thrills covers the latest streaming, movie, TV, and video game news. We also have updates on new experiences at theme parks and local venues.

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16227 Bradford Shores Dr
Cypress, TX 77433
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VITAL THRILLS STAFF

MIRKO PARLEVLIET
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded VitalThrills.com to cover the latest streaming, movie, TV, and video game news.

JENNA BUSCH
Jenna Busch has written and spoken about movies, TV, video games and comics all over the Internet for over a decade, co-hosted a series with Stan Lee, appeared on multiple episodes of Tabletop, written comic books and is a contributing author and assistant editor for the PsychGeeks book series including Star Wars Psychology. She founded the site Legion of Leia and hosts the Legion podcast.

ALAN CERNY
Alan Cerny has been writing about film for more than 20 years, for such sites as Ain’t It Cool News, CHUD, Birth Movies Death, and ComingSoon. He is a member of the Houston Film Critics Society since 2011. STAR WARS biased. Steven Spielberg once called Alan a “very good writer” and Alan has the signed letter to prove it, so it must be true.

SCOTT CHITWOOD
Scott Chitwood has been writing about film online since 1995. He is a co-founder of TheForce.Net, IGN Movies, and the Houston Film Critics Society. Scott wrote for ComingSoon until joining Vital Thrills in 2020. Scott is also co-owner of Red 5 Comics and lives in Houston, TX.

JOSHUA STARNES
Joshua Starnes has been writing about film and the entertainment industry since 2004 and served as the President of the Houston Film Critics Society from 2012 to 2019. In 2015 he became a co-owner/publisher of Red 5 Comics and in 2018 wrote the series “Kulipari: Dreamwalker” for Netflix. In between he continues his lifelong quest to find THE perfect tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwich combination.