*DeLorean not included

I didn’t see The Princess Bride when it came out in theatres. A rare thing, I know, especially for a kid like me who literally grew up in a theatre. It was my first job at sixteen. I have family in Vermont who own several theatres—every summer when we went to visit, I spent hours theatre hopping (when I…

READ MORE

Pop Quiz, Hotshot

Because the internet is not rife enough with silliness, YOU TOO CAN PLAY THE ALETHEA KONTIS QUIZ GAME ON IMDB! How well do you know Alethea’s career in films and television? Here’s your chance to find out! It’s really tough because there are ONLY TWO QUESTIONS. (And the TV show I did when I was 8 is not listed.)…

READ MORE

For the Horror Dummies

Chris St. Croix and Blood Oath director David Buchert have teamed with Dread Central to share their creepy short film offerings for the Night Terrors series. The two completed episodes — Chris St. Croix’s “The Keeper” and David Buchert’s “Dummy” — will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the next few months. For now, you can watch by clicking…

READ MORE

Night Terrors

(This one’s for the horror fans.) From my good friend Dave Buchert, director of Blood Oath comes this trailer for a series of projects called Night Terrors. Caution: It is very much Rated R and NSFW. Tweet

READ MORE

Blood Oath Reviews

Reviews of a different sort — from the movie that became my second credit on IMDB. (Not only is my name in the opening credits of Blood Oath…it’s even SPELLED CORRECTLY!) Before you read any–or all–of these, just keep one thing in mind: we didn’t set out to produce Shakespeare. We were a bunch of kids in the woods…

READ MORE

Blood Oath is NOW AVAILABLE

You probably think I’m kidding, but I’m not. Yes, Blood Oath is actually available. The movie that I wrote about in Beauty and Dynamite has finally — after almost ten years — been released from Troma Films. You can order it via Amazon (from which I get a very small kickback) if you click on the DVD cover here….

READ MORE

All Jacked Up & Nowhere to Go

Yes, Virginia, Rubber is a real movie. The Fairy GodBoyfriend and I saw the trailer on FIOS’s “On Demand” screen and wondered what the heck it was about, so we ordered it (for far more than it was worth). Apparently we were in a minority–according to the comments left on my Facebook status, a lot of people saw the…

READ MORE