(EDIT:  At the suggestion of The Horror Czar, the names of the movies I've reviewed are now clickable for easy access.  Thanks for the tutorial!)

Hello.

I'm Crypticpsych.  It's a pleasure.

If you follow this site avidly, you'll know me from my reviews of Tales from the Darkside:  The Movie , Disturbing Behavior, and Poultrygeist:  Night of the Chicken Dead.  One of you also asked a question about Laurie Strode and Michael Myers which I answered.

At the suggestion of The Horror Czar, I'm starting a blog here to complement my regular livejournal (same sn as this one.).  While that one will discuss my feelings on politics, sports, and anything else that crosses my mind, this will primarily serve as a place for me to discuss the genre in all forms I see fit:

-I'll plug new reviews here (when I get the time, I'm planning another soon, for example)

-I'll give my impressions of new movies in theater (sometimes whether I've seen them or not....)

-I'll give site reports from horror conventions (I've got one in June, two in august, one in october)

-Expect more than a few mentions of my favorite horror mag, Rue Morgue.  (to riff on a famous george carlin quote about catholicism, I used to read Fangoria, then I reached the age of reason....)

-If something starts to bother me about the world that relates to the genre (as an example I'm an vocal critic of the Parents Television Council, the violent video game and media crusaders, and, in some cases, the MPAA)

-Might post interesting youtube videos (I still miss the youtube user who got booted after posting 20 compilation videos of the goriest moments in horror history.)

-I'm always willing to help though so if I can help a question get answered elsewhere on the site, well that's what I'm here for too.

-And if and when I choose to post on other sites, you'll be the first to know.  Even though this site will always be location one for horror, I'm looking to become a full-fledged film critic, and, unfortunately, I won't be able to watch only horror when I do that.  That's been slow going though (i'm still wondering whether its ok to send my Poultrygeist review to troma for posting on the front page of their poultrygeist site, and today I chose not to respond to a blogger call on CHUD as what I've seen thus far has annoyed me to no end.)

In case you're curious btw, I have some credentials sorta....Of BHM's top 100 horror movies list , I've seen 43 of 2006's list, 45 of 2007's (including the entire first 14), and 43 of 2008's.  This isn't including movies on the list that I have on the large shelf behind me that I just havent watched yet...which is a surprisingly large number actually.  I own over 400 dvds/tv shows from every stripe of genre both in and out of horror.  This includes horror movies I'm betting 75% of the people reading this havent heard of.  I'm hoping to change that.  I also wrote my college senior thesis on the evolution of the female protagonist in horror movies since 1961's Psycho.  (I got mad that I kept reading that Psycho was dividing point after which everything was "modern".  So I proved that the female lead character doesnt just stagnate, she's changed.)  I'd post it here, but I seriously doubt people want to read 44 pages or that itd be exactly easy to post.  I'd have to do it in installments for chrissakes.  And through conventions, I've met George Romero, the cast of the original Dawn of the Dead, Darren Lynn Bousman, Malcolm McDowell, Udo Kier, Linda Blair, Elvira, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Tom Savini, Gunnar Hansen, Heather Langenkamp, Ken Foree, Tony Todd, and most recently Lloyd Kaufman.  Soon, I hope to add Angus Scrimm, the Night of the Living Dead cast, Ruggero Deodato, Shawnee Smith, and maybe Robert Englund.

I really hope that didn't sound like bragging.  Seriously I do.  I just am a huge dvd/movie addict.  Became one in college after a friend showed me Evil Dead.  It kinda finished the circle that started with R.L. Stine's series.  That and the convention atmosphere ruuules.

That's all for today though.  It's about midnight here and I'm feeling like im gonna pass out.  Just wanted to introduce myself to everyone.  And always remember: 

"The horror film is an invitation to indulge in deviant, anti-social behavior by proxy, to commit gratuitous acts of violence, indulge our puerile dreams of power, to give in to our most craven fears. Perhaps more than anything else, the horror story or horror movie says it's okay to join the mob, to become the total tribal being, to destroy the outsider."
-Stephen King

And that's why I love it.