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.

Face-Off: Deep Star Six Vs. Leviathan

Posted 12 years ago

We had a large collection of great comments regarding our last Face-Off involving the classic Night of the Creeps and James Gunn’s Slither. The majority agreed with the column’s outcome that the wonderful mix of horror and humor with Creeps...

Original Vs. Remake: Maniac

Posted 12 years ago

Holy shit, did we ever have an uproar of 100% agreement with the outcome of our last Original Vs. Remake. How dare we even compare the remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street to the original?! Well, this site’s all...

Face-Off: Night of the Creeps Vs. Slither

Posted 12 years ago

The majority ruled and agreed with the winner of our last Face-Off. Indeed The Strangers was a higher form of home-invasion terror than The Purge. Hands down! Today, I am presenting you perhaps my most favorite Face-Off to date! I’d...

Original Vs. Remake: A Nightmare on Elm Street

Posted 12 years ago

There were no complaints with the outcome of our last Original Vs. Remake. The intensity of Martin Scorsese’s remake of Cape Fear easily bested the original with many agreeing that Robert De Niro’s killer performance was a big factor in...

Face-Off: The Strangers Vs. The Purge

Posted 12 years ago

Everyone was in full agreement with the outcome of our last Face-Off, which had Rise of the Planet of the Apes rising over Peter Jackson’s King Kong. Victory bananas to us all! Today’s Face-Off invades your home by way of...

Original Vs. Remake: Cape Fear

Posted 12 years ago

Well, I certainly got hated on for the winner selected in our last Original Vs. Remake centering on the prequels made to The Exorcist. Everyone was on the side of the slow, boring, and not scary (IMO) Dominion: Prequel to...

Face-Off: King Kong Vs. Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Posted 12 years ago

We had a dead heat with people’s opinions on our last Face-Off. Though Mr. Boogie won the actual bout, he and Samara split the vote right down the center in terms of our fearless readers. This makes sense because like...

Original Vs. Remake: The Exorcist Prequel

Posted 12 years ago

Everyone seemed to be in full agreement with the victor of our last Original Vs. Remake centering on The Blob. The masses felt that the remake did outdo the original in basically every possible way. The gnarly effects were a...

Face-Off: Samara (The Ring) Vs. Mr. Boogie (Sinister)

Posted 12 years ago

The decision was unanimous with our last Face-Off. Everyone agreed that the sequel The Road Warrior bests the original Mad Max in every possible way. Of course, both make quite a one-two punch for back-to-back viewing. Bring on Fury Road!...

Original Vs. Remake: The Blob

Posted 12 years ago

I got some awesome feedback on our last Original Vs. Remake featuring House of Wax. Some made clear how the large age gap between the two caused for a somewhat poor comparison. However, most set that notion aside and agreed...

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