Mike Catalano
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Favorite Movies: The Dark Knight, Kick-Ass, Halloween, Night of the Creeps, Hoosiers, Sneakers, read more Unbreakable, Batman Begins, What About Bob?, May, Black Christmas ('74), Hot Fuzz, Superbad, Bubba Ho-Tep, Dead Alive

Likes: Movies (duh), writing horror novels, the Mrs., the son, anything horror, read more basketball, the North Carolina Tarheels, sandwiches, walks along the shore, days off, my TV, margaritas, writing while drunk, sushi, and The Office. Oh and my forthcoming 2nd son.

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Depraved slashers

Posted 18 years ago
My favorite genre in the world of horror has to be the stalker/slasher/revenge flick. I’ve enjoyed countless incarcerations from HALLOWEEN to HIGH TENSION to THE HILLS HAVE EYES. To me, it’s the perfect genre to tackle over and over again…...
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Scares Appeared

Posted 18 years ago
Spain sure does put out some fantastic versions of horror. PAN’S LABYRINTH was brilliant and I just had the pleasure of viewing the creepy yet moving masterpiece, THE ORPHANAGE. Now, I’ve just learned of a new horror flick from Spain...
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Mother of clips!

Posted 18 years ago
Oh Mother! We’ve been blessed with three, count ’em, Three clips from Dario Argento’s forthcoming MOTHER OF TEARS! And you can check ‘em all out below! Mr. Argento’s latest bombardment of blood and boobs is about to hit select theaters...
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Words that kill!

Posted 18 years ago
Here’s an interesting little flick that features a somewhat familiar premise only with a freaky spin. It’s called PONTYPOOL (the name of the town in Ontario, Canada where the film takes place, above) and features something very strange as its...
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Devil’s family pic

Posted 18 years ago
I’m predicting that Ti West’s THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (which Jared last wrote on here) is going to be a very welcome addition to the branch of horror centered around Satan. I’ll tell you why I’m now even more...
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Halloween is 30

Posted 18 years ago
I can’t believe that HALLOWEEN has already reached its 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. After all this time, it stills packs a perfect set of scares that continue to hold up to this day. Personally, I feel that its horror/slasher greatness has...
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A Violent trailer

Posted 18 years ago
“Ouch!” was all I could say after watching the new promo trailer for the vigilante-style splatterfest, A DAY OF VIOLENCE. I should have known what I was getting into after viewing the graphic pics from the flick which Mr. Ammon...
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Kerr’s Valentine role

Posted 18 years ago
In case you couldn’t already tell (here and here), I am greatly anticipating next year’s MY BLOODY VALENTINE remake and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Hence, I’d like to report on a slightly different cast announcement. It appears the...
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What the Hell plot?

Posted 18 years ago
I just have to say how nice it is that Sam Raimi is returning to his horror roots. After SPIDERMAN 3, it seemed pretty obvious that he was all tapped out creatively regarding that franchise. Thankfully, Mr. Raimi has moved...
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Strange success

Posted 18 years ago
Let’s here it for the return of R-rated Horror at the multiplexes! THE STRANGERS came knocking last weekend and amidst some stiff competition (INDIANA JONES and some lame, old-chick flick), surprisingly held its own by raking in almost $21 million!...
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