Author Paul Brian McCoy

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Paul Brian McCoy

Co-Founder / Editor-in-Chief / Dreamweaver

Paul Brian McCoy is the Editor-in-Chief of Psycho Drive-In. His first novel, The Unraveling: Damaged Inc. Book One is available at Amazon US & UK, along with his collection of short stories, Coffee, Sex, & Creation (US & UK). He recently contributed the 1989 chapter to The American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1980s (US & UK). He also kicked off Comics Bulletin Books with Mondo Marvel Volumes One (US & UK) and Two (US & UK) and PDI Press with Marvel at the Movies: 1977-1998 (US & UK), Marvel at the Movies: Marvel Studios (US & UK), and Spoiler Warning: Hannibal Season 1 - An Unauthorized Critical Guide (US & UK). Paul is also unnaturally preoccupied with zombie films and sci-fi television. He can be found babbling on Twitter at @PBMcCoy.

Black Lightning: The Complete First Season Blu-ray

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June 28, 2018 0 19

From the very beginning, Black Lightning refuses to shy away from social criticism and features some of the best writing of any CW show.

Blame! (2017) Blu-ray

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April 10, 2018 0 32

Blame! is a solid science fiction action-adventure with hints of A Fistful of Dollars and The Road Warrior.

Advance Review: Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018) Blu-ray

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April 9, 2018 2 19

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay would have also benefited from a more adult approach to its exploitation aspects.

EZMM 2018 Day 9.2: George A. Romero – Land of the Dead (2005)

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April 3, 2018 0 25

Overall, Land of the Dead is a solid entry in the series – the last solid entry, unfortunately.

EZMM 2018 Day 9.1: George A. Romero – Day of the Dead (1985)

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April 3, 2018 0 10

Day of the Dead is bleak and nihilistic with an anarchist streak a mile-wide and it’s one of the single best zombie films of the past fifty years.

EZMM 2018 Day 8.2: George A. Romero – Dawn of the Dead (1978)

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April 2, 2018 0 22

Dawn of the Dead rejects all of those genre norms and anarchistically embraces the collapse of Consumer Culture despite having nothing to prop up in its place

EZMM 2018 Day 8.1: George A. Romero – Night of the Living Dead (1968)

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April 2, 2018 0 13

Every single film or television show you watch with flesh-eating zombies in it is either inspired by, or responding to, Night of the Living Dead.

EZMM 2018 Day 7.2: George A. Romero – A Retrospective

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April 1, 2018 0 16

And even beyond his Living Dead series, George Romero was always a maverick independent filmmaker taking imaginative chances every time he stepped behind the camera.

EZMM 2018 Day 7.1: The Girl With All The Gifts (2017)

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April 1, 2018 0 14

Risks have to be taken and The Girl with All the Gifts takes them and runs with them.

EZMM 2018 Day 6: The Battery (2012)

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March 31, 2018 1 1

The majority of The Battery is Ben and Mickey on the road, traveling around, scavenging for food, and bickering.

EZMM 2018 Day 5: Wyrmwood – Road of the Dead (2014)

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March 30, 2018 1 10

Wyrmwood is a chaotic grindhouse explosion of gore, violence, and jokes.

EZMM 2018 Day 4: Dead Snow (2008) & Dead Snow 2 (2014)

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March 29, 2018 0 16

Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead is a gorgeous movie that hits the ground running, taking place immediately following the final moments of the first film.

EZMM 2018 3.2: Pontypool (2008)

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March 28, 2018 0 16

I can honestly say that there’s not a single film in ten years of Easter Zombie Movies that creates as much tension and tangible anxiety in me like Pontypool.

EZMM 2018 Day 3.1: La Horde (2009)

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March 28, 2018 0 8

For just wall-to-wall action and hundreds of fast zombies, La Horde's hard to beat.

EZMM 2018 Day 2: Dead Set (2008)

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March 27, 2018 0 26

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say Dead Set is one of the most inspired tributes to Dawn of the Dead ever put on film.

EZMM 2018 Day 1.2: Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, or The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)

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March 26, 2018 0 16

They wanted Night of the Living Dead in color, but what they got was a fable of ecological disaster, the collapse of authority, and gore that set a new standard in realism.

EZMM 2018 Day 1.1: They Came Back, or Les Revenants (2004)

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March 26, 2018 0 3

The real horror of They Came Back is that despite the dead’s mysterious return, they never come back fully, and they are constantly preoccupied with leaving.

Bakerman (2016)

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March 16, 2018 0 132

If you get the chance to see Bakerman, you should not pass it up.

Advance Review: Justice League (2017) Blu-ray

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March 12, 2018 1 52

Justice League is a film that somehow manages to get worse every time I see it.

Director’s Flashback: Guillermo del Toro

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March 5, 2018 0 14

Despite this, del Toro continues to be an inspiration visually and imaginatively, creating films that are distinctly original and visually stunning, every time the lights go down and the screen lights up.

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