Film Critic

Favorite Movies: Jaws, Star Wars Trilogy, Aliens, Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Dawn read more of the Dead ('78), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ('74), Fargo, Miller's Crossing, Reservoir Dogs, The Manchurian Candidate ('62), Taxi Driver, Back to the Future, Stand by Me, Shaun of the Dead, Boogie Nights, La Dolce Vita, 12 Angry Men, The Birds, Touch of Evil

Likes: Film, Beer (who the hell DOESN'T around here?!), writing, NY Mets, read more The Jets, Girls who love film AND beer (at the same time), Jazz, Deadwood, The Wire, The Office, The Twilight Zone, Cormac McCarthy, Graham Greene, Stephen King, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scorsese, Spielberg, Halloween season, Marvel movies, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Ash vs Evil Dead, Game of Thrones, Edgar Allen Poe, Mother Nature

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Darabont takes The Long Walk?

If you know me at all (and I’d like to think we’re all very, very intimate friends by now), you know that THE MIST is absolutely my #1 most anticipated movie this year. It’s a story I truly loved growing...
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Dark Corners trailer

Strange career she’s got , this Thora Birch. She’s been in the business practically her entire life, starring in kiddie flicks like ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS and HOCUS POCUS when she was a just wee lass, and then –...
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HorrorHound Fest site goes live!

If you live in Indianapolis, Indiana, you’re a lucky f*ck. Everyone else is gonna have to get their asses on a bus/plane/train/car/hot-air balloon/hunchbacked relative in order to check out Bloody Disgusting’s HORRORHOUND FILM FESTIVAL, which takes place July 6-8. It’s...
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Mother of Tears: first pics

Many of us have been waiting none-too-patiently for the new Dario Argento film, especially considering that it’s the concluding entry in the “Mothers” trilogy, which began with SUSPERIA, and continued with INFERNO. Now 17 years later, THE MOTHER OF TEARS...
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Vacancy clips a’plenty

Those snuff-film experts over at Bloody Disgusting have posted a bevy of clips from the Luke Wilson/Kate Beckinsale thriller VACANCY, which is proving to look pretty nifty. If you head over there, you’ll see a few scenes that seem to...
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Rob Zombie answers your questions

Have you got a question for Rob Zombie regarding the new HALLOWEEN? Like, “how many gallons of blood were spilt?” or “what region of the planet Earth will you hide in if this movie stinks like a skunk’s anus?” Well...
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Pig Huntin’ with Jim Isaac

Leave it to the director of JASON X to be in charge of what is seriously the weirdest sounding f*cking thing I’ve heard of in quite a while. Director Jim Isaac is in the midst of prepping PIG HUNT, which...
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Van Damme does horror?

Are you ready for some Van Dammage? It’s been a while since we’ve seen the Muscles from Brussels – well, it’s been a while since I’VE seen him anyway. I know he’s been in a host of straight-to-DVD flicks with...
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Hopkins is Wolfman’s dad?

We all bitch and moan about remakes – most of the time we’ve got reason to (I’m looking at you, all you Platinum Dunes atrocities). But THE WOLFMAN is one that I am perfectly fine with, since it seems like...
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Trick ‘r Treat set visit

Last week I got a couple chances to pimp a movie that I think looks very promising indeed, Michael Dougherty’s TRICK ‘R TREAT. Getting another chance to do it this week, by leading you toward Dread Central, where Johnny Butane...
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