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.

The Frighteners- Horror Movie Review- (Day 15 of 31)- October Massacre

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Thanks to a freak accident, Frank Bannister is able to “see dead people”. So of course, he uses this gift to run a paranormal investigator service that actually scams people because he actually is in cahoots with the ghosts!...

House on Sorority Row- Horror Movie Review (Day 12 of 31)- October Massacre

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A sorority prank goes horribly wrong, resulting in a tragic death. Rather than going to the authorities, the nubile, young sisters decide to keep quiet and continue with the big party they have planned for that night. Suffice to...

Original Vs. Remake: Night of the Demons

Posted 12 years ago

The vast majority agreed (obviously) with the first time, full sweep victory at center stage of our last Original Vs. Remake involving everyone’s favorite prom queen, CARRIE. I had an inkling that you’d all side with the Brian De Palma...

Satan’s Little Helper – Horror Movie Review (Day 5 of 31) – October Massacre

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Young Dougie’s favorite video game is Satan’s Little Helper, where the player helps Satan run many an evil deed. On Halloween, Dougie comes across someone dressed in a Satan-esque costume carrying a dead body. Believing that the body is...

Face-Off: The Game Vs. Panic Room

Posted 12 years ago

The majority of commenters seemed to side with the psychotic victor of our last Face-Off. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle certainly did not overstay its welcome in the hearts of horror fans, however a nice amount, including our fearless...

Original Vs. Remake: Carrie

Posted 12 years ago

We had a near unanimous agreement with the result of our last Fright Night Original Vs. Remake. The 1985 classic definitely set the bar damn high, but the remake was thankfully, not a piece of shit. That was the general...

Face-Off: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Vs. Unlawful Entry

Posted 12 years ago

I’ve never seen such a show of animosity towards both films that was on display with our last Face-Off. I suppose in terms of strong horror, Devil was too light and Quarantine was guilty of plagiarism. Perhaps it makes sense...

Original Vs. Remake: Fright Night

Posted 12 years ago

As predicted, we had a massive agreement from folks with the outcome of our last Original Vs. Remake. I believe that everyone except one brave (crazy?) soul knew that the original When A Stranger Calls kicks the shit out of...

Face-Off: Quarantine Vs. Devil

Posted 12 years ago

We had a massive amount of great feedback with our last under the sea Face-Off. It seemed like Leviathan had a special place in most horror movie watchers’ hearts as the vast majority agreed that it was the superior film...

Original Vs. Remake: When A Stranger Calls

Posted 12 years ago

We had a lot of great comments regarding the films from our last Maniacal Original Vs. Remake. Though both versions of Maniac got some lovin, the raw intensity of the original still won out. Better luck next time, Frodo. For...

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