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.

EZMM 2017 Day 6: What We Become (2015) & Freaks of Nature (2015)

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April 15, 2017 0 17

We chose to stick to the year 2015, which gave us an odd mix of super-serious and the super-goofy with What We Become and Freaks of Nature.

EZMM 2017 Day 5: From Parts Unknown: Fight Like a Girl (2015)

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April 14, 2017 0 34

Fight Like a Girl suffered from money problems, technical problems, and personnel problems.

EZMM 2017 Day 4: Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993) & Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated (2009)

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April 13, 2017 0 4

Well, they can't all be gold.

EZMM 2017 Day 3: Make-Out with Violence (2008) & Maniac Cop 2 (1990)

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April 12, 2017 1 9

Make-Out with Violence is a moody, indie horror-romantic-coming-of-age-tale, and Maniac Cop 2 is, well he's an undead maniac and he kills cops!

EZMM 2017 Day 2: The Mad (2007) & Flight of the Living Dead (2007)

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April 11, 2017 0 9

Day two of our Easter Zombie Movie Marathon takes us to the year 2007, with two very middle-of-the-pack type of zombie films.

EZMM 2017 Day 1: The Midnight Hour (1985) & Maniac Cop (1988)

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April 10, 2017 0 5

The cast is great, the concept is great, and the grit and grime of 80s New York is great.

Hell or High Water (2016)

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Big Sleeps and Long Goodbyes

February 23, 2017 0 12

Overall, Hell or High Water is an understated neo-Western, neo-noir that deserves whatever attention it gets.

Women in Horror: XX (2017)

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Women in Horror

February 21, 2017 0 35

Essentially, if the Magnet logo comes up, you can count on getting your money's worth, and XX is no exception.

Women in Horror: Australia Represents with Murderdrome and Wyrmwood

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Women in Horror

February 18, 2017 1 8

Some of the best low/no budget horror filmmaking in the world has come out of Australia over the past few years.

Women in Horror: Byzantium

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Women in Horror

February 16, 2017 1 10

And with a script by English dramatist, director, and actor, Moira Buffini, based on her teleplay, Jordan has struck gold with Byzantium

Women in Horror: The Soska Sisters (and Katharine Isabelle)

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Women in Horror

February 10, 2017 0 38

The real stars of this movie, though, are Katharine Isabelle and the Soskas themselves.

Women in Horror: Barbara Crampton

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Women in Horror

February 3, 2017 0 62

Barbara Crampton’s career resurrection is simply amazing to behold. Not only is she staying true to the genre that helped to make her a cult icon, she’s breaking new dramatic ground and crafting performances that are some of the best of her career.

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017)

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January 30, 2017 0 16

The Final Chapter uses a darker palate with heavier shadows, more jump scares (seriously, a shit ton of jump scares), and a more frenetic editing style that usually undercuts the impact of the action scenes.

Advance Review: Blair Witch (2016) Blu-ray

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January 2, 2017 0 24

This movie makes me want to go back and rewatch Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, because I don't remember being this disappointed after watching it.

Advance Review: 31 (2016) Blu-ray

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December 19, 2016 1 14

More than anything, 31 seems to be about creative exhaustion in the face of the commercialized road mainstream horror has taken over the past decade.

Advance Review: The Eyes of My Mother (2016)

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December 1, 2016 0 3

The Eyes of My Mother takes a minimal cast, an isolated single location, and innovative approaches to representing both violence and psychology to create one of the best-looking and best-actualized low-budget horror films I've seen in years.

The Purge: Election Year (2016) Blu-ray

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DVD/Blu-ray Movies Reviews

November 8, 2016 0 11

Let me just say that The Purge: Election Year opens with T-Rex's "20th Century Boy" and ends with Bowie's "I'm Afraid of Americans."

Advance Review: Into the Badlands: The Complete First Season Blu-ray

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November 7, 2016 0 17

There's way more story packed into this show than six episodes should allow, but it never gets boring or all that confusing.

Advance Review: Private Property (1960) Blu-ray

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Big Sleeps and Long Goodbyes

November 6, 2016 0 27

The film follows two drifters, a sociopath and his closeted sidekick, Duke and Boots, in what is a textbook study in the psychology of a sexual predator.

Advance Review: Judge Archer (2012) DVD

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October 30, 2016 0 19

If there was ever a film that demanded a wide range of supplemental material to be included with the home video release, it is Judge Archer.

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