Dear Mr/Mrs TV Executive

My goal is to CHANGE POP CULTURE as we know it!

As President Obama is about to try and encourage kids to embrace education, we are flooded with Republican viewpoints calling this an “excuse to brainwash”.

Aren’t we already being brainwashed daily by our TV’s?

Forget what political party you belong to… we as Americans, are filling our collective heads with garbage TV. Americas Got Talent, Project Runway, Little People Big World, Americas Best Dance Crew and more, and they are all paid for by (politically agnostic) SPONSORS and ADVERTISERS. The bigger problem here isn’t what the shows are…if they didn’t connect with people on some level they would have been cancelled. They couldn’t exist without people watching the shows and advertisers getting a return on their spending. So the question arises; why is America, as a culture, so entertained by vanilla dance groups and fashion models? Is it Escapism, mindless entertainment or do we Americans just have bad taste? Maybe it’s all three! Read the rest of this entry »

It’s another awesome installment of SpookyDanTV!

Tonight SpookyDan invaded the world premiere of the Rob Zombie sequel Halloween 2 and got to interview a bunch of kick ass people on the red carpet. Watch some super sexiness Featuring Director Rob Zombie, Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sherrie Moon Zombie, Daniel Roebuck, Danielle Harris, Kristina Klebe and a whole lot more!

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Grace is scary
By SpookyDan

What actually scares you? Vampires? Clowns? Monsters? The dark? For me those things are awesome…actually I cant think of a person I have ever met that is scared of vampires. But for me a few things generally scare me… Aggressive homeless people, drunk redneck cowboys in Arizona , and Babies. It’s annoying and frustrating when a friend or family member has a baby and wants to force me to hold it. I don’t want to break it, I don’t want to touch it, I really don’t even want to look at it. The baby is a great and wonderful thing and all, and so many people’s lives are changed in amazing ways by having a kid…but for me the day when babies are cute and awesome is far far off.

So when my buddy Paul Solet set out to make a movie about a baby, I was certainly happy for him to be making a film, but secretly wondered why he would make a movie about a baby, and not a ghost or an awesome torture film. Making matters worse, another thing that I cannot personally connect with is the super female attitude that this film has, it’s almost feminist in its outer coating. (Another thing that scares me are man hating lesbians..yuck). Read the rest of this entry »

We caught up with the gang behind the horror film The Collector this week.

Check out this funny segment, live from the red carpet in Hollywood!

SpookyDan’s Top 10 Comic-con 2009 moments
By SpookyDan

Lloyd Kaufman Roast
This year SDCC held a special event, 35 YEARS OF TROMA a comedy roast Tribute for Lloyd Kaufman the President of Troma Films, hosted by my friend Adam Green. I have known Lloyd for quite some time now, and it’s always awesome to hear his voice call out “Hey Spook!” He is a one of a kind force of nature who really believes in indie film and indie TV. While he is out promoting what is essentially a bunch of crappy movies that have the Troma logo stamped on them, Kaufman himself is a genuine supporter of people following their dreams. During the roast celebs came out and ribbed him, and he took it all in stride with smiles hugs and kisses for all…until the end when he turned the tables on the panel and roasted them right back. When the insults came around to Adam Green, Lloyd joked that the only reason Hatchet was successful was because Adam was blowing the “so-called horror journalists”, to which he followed up with “the shit you tasted on SpookyDans’ dick was mine”. The entire room laughed, but I was literally in tears laughing about this…he didn’t even know I was in the audience, and he brought me in on the fun. Without any question, this was the coolest Comic con moment for me in history!
http://www.troma.com/

Repo Shadow Cast streamed live!

History was made, and I had a small part in it! This year Repo screened with the shadowcast Addicted to the Knife performing the entire show. My poster artwork was being used for promotion on the screening, which was quite humbling and kick ass. And Dread Central streamed the whole event LIVE, over 900 people from around the world showed up online to see what the hell all the hoopla was about. The crowd was one of the loudest and fun I have seen yet. Through all of my Repo travels, each event seems to be better than the last one…it just getting bigger and bigger! You can watch the whole event here:
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/32732/sdcc-09-history-made-repo-shadowcast-streamed-live-around-world
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