Mike Catalano

1,615 Articles Published

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.

Original Vs. Remake: Black Christmas

Posted 11 years ago

There were zero suspicions with the result of our last Original Vs. Remake which had John Carpenter’s The Thing easily besting it’s 2011 remake/prequel. Although some people took issue with the fact that the 2011 was definitely way more prequel...

Holiday Face-Off: Black X-Mas Vs. Silent Night

Posted 11 years ago

I was glad to see that everyone enjoyed our last Thanksgiving-themed Face-Off that found Freddy Krueger to be the better guest fpr turkey dinner over Pinhead. Gobble Gobble Ghee! For today’s Face-Off, we are jumping right into the very next...

Original Vs. Remake: The Thing

Posted 11 years ago

The consensus was perfectly clear with the outcome of our last Original Vs. Remake. I don’t think a single soul felt that the remake of The Hitcher came close to touching the masterful original. Well done, lads! For today’s O...

Thanksgiving Face-Off: Best guest? Freddy Krueger or Pinhead?

Posted 11 years ago

The majority of wolf hounds agreed with the outcome of our last Face-Off that had An American Werewolf in London taking top dog over The Howling. Of course, many people still expressed the pretty solid fact that The Howling is...

Original Vs. Remake: The Hitcher

Posted 11 years ago

The choice was crystal clear on our last Original Vs. Remake, which had John Carpenter’s THE FOG easily blasting the horrendous 2005 remake out to sea. I appreciated everyone’s obligatory responses greatly! For today’s O vs. R, we are hitting...

Face-Off: An American Werewolf In London Vs. The Howling

Posted 12 years ago

It was a tight race with our final Halloween Face-Off in the pumpkin patch. Sam did have the slight edge over Pumpkinhead, but many believed that he had the advantage of the holiday on his side. He IS the ideal...

Original Vs. Remake: The Fog

Posted 12 years ago

The majority obviously agreed, some even laughably, with the king of our last Halloween seasoned Original Vs. Remake, which had John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN making Rob Zombie’s redo its bitch. Yes, the 1978 original was the clear choice, yet some still...

Face-Off: Pumpkinhead Vs. Sam

Posted 12 years ago

As I thought, the major majority agreed with the result of our last Michael Myers Face-Off which had 1981’s Halloween II easily disposing of Rob Zombie’s infamously awful Halloween II. There were just a few hard rockin Zombie lovers who...

Original Vs. Remake: Halloween

Posted 12 years ago

A plethora of Night of the Demons fans agreed that the original deserved to take the top spot in our last Halloween seasoned Original Vs. Remake. Although many still acknowledged the closeness of the contest was valid because the remake...

Face-Off: Halloween II Vs. Rob Zombie’s Halloween II

Posted 12 years ago

We had plenty of great comments on the subject of our last David Fincher film Face-Off. Though the majority did agree that The Game deserved the victory over Panic Room, everyone made it clear that both were exemplary early works...

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