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.

Schlock & Awe 02: Dr. Sam Loomis

Paul Brian McCoy

October 31, 2013 0 35

Dr. Samuel Loomis has no real rival in horror film history and the performances by Donald Pleasence were always nuanced, playful, tragic, and real, elevating whatever miserable excuse for a script he was handed into something magical.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 30 – All the Boys Love Mandy Lane

Paul Brian McCoy

October 30, 2013 0 10

So yeah. I dug this one a lot more than I thought I was going to. You may, too.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 29 – We Are What We Are

Paul Brian McCoy

October 29, 2013 3 5

The use of the constant rain and the flooding of the area as thematic elements never gets heavy-handed and enhances the beauty of the landscape rising up around these characters.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 28 – You’re Next

Paul Brian McCoy

October 28, 2013 0 8

There are laugh-out-loud moments in this film, which are immediately punctuated by over-the-top gore.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 27 – Frankenstein’s Army

Paul Brian McCoy

October 27, 2013 1 3

I think I may have a thing for watching Nazis die.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 26 – The Conjuring

Paul Brian McCoy

October 26, 2013 0 3

Everything about this film was so sincere that I bought into it.

The Walking Dead 4.02 “Infected”

Paul Brian McCoy

October 25, 2013 0 8

Oh, and did I mention that someone was out by the fence with a flashlight feeding rats to walkers? What the hell? That's not cool.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 25 – V/H/S 2

Paul Brian McCoy

October 25, 2013 1 9

This time around, most of the creative teams just focused on figuring out how to get a first person perspective and then forgot to give us an interesting story.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 24 – A Field in England

Paul Brian McCoy

October 24, 2013 0 7

The film's narrative itself slowly adopts a hallucinogenic style, with long silences, slow-motion sequences, mind-bending fast-cut psychedelic imagery and then suddenly the medium becomes the message.

Agents of SHIELD 1.05 “Girl in the Flower Dress”

Paul Brian McCoy

October 23, 2013 0 17

If you were on the fence about sticking with this show because you thought it was poorly written and you didn't care about any of the characters, this isn't going to be the episode to win you over.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 23 – Byzantium

Paul Brian McCoy

October 23, 2013 0 7

The cinematography is beautiful, the violence is bloody, the sex is raunchy, and the emotional core of the film is solid.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 22 – World War Z

Paul Brian McCoy

October 22, 2013 1 10

World War Z is a film that has no right to work as well as it does.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 21 – Berberian Sound Studio

Paul Brian McCoy

October 21, 2013 0 5

Peter Strickland has crafted a love letter to cinema itself, specifically to the Italian giallo cinema of the 70s -- the world of Argento, Bava, Fulci, and more.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 20 – The Purge

Paul Brian McCoy

October 20, 2013 3 3

All in all, The Purge is a problematic film, wearing its politics on its sleeve and embracing nearly every cliché imaginable with the standard home invasion scenario.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 19 – American Mary

Paul Brian McCoy

October 19, 2013 1 5

This is a darkly fascinating and original story that doesn’t end well for anyone involved, but it has a lot of heart. It's good to see Jen and Sylvia Soska get a break and keep moving upward and onward.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 18 – Alyce Kills

Paul Brian McCoy

October 18, 2013 0 18

We watched her disintegrate in front of our eyes, becoming judge, jury, and executioner to everyone who has disappointed her in her life.

Agents of SHIELD 1.04 “Eye-Spy”

Paul Brian McCoy

October 18, 2013 0 5

It's the kind of thematic resonance that was missing from the last two episodes and helps to provide a bit more gravity without overtly sacrificing the family-friendliness.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 17 – Sightseers

Paul Brian McCoy

October 17, 2013 0 5

They're both extremely damaged and demonstrate moments of vulnerability that are heartbreaking.

Schlock & Awe 01: Karen Black

Adam Barraclough, Ben Goldman, Daniel Elkin, Paul Brian McCoy, Shawn Hill

October 17, 2013 0 57

Rest in peace, Ms. Black. Your horror was voluptuous.

31 Days of Halloween: Day 16 – Errors of the Human Body

Paul Brian McCoy

October 16, 2013 1 7

He plays the paranoia and barely restrained hostility that simmers beneath the surface of his character's psyche like a coiled snake.

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