Why should you bother boring yourself with my uninteresting life? Well for those four of you who do visit this site on regular occasions, let me tell you a bit more about myself. Maybe then you can get an insight into the mind of a serial reviewer.....

Currently residing in Thornaby, England (one of the most uneventful places in the world but proud to call it home) I've been here for all 28 years of my life. I've let pretty much a generic life up until now - gone to school, college and then university. I've worked full time in a video shop which is obviously the place to be if you want to watch films - but unfortunately for me the company was always too focused on the mainstream titles and never stocked z-grade rubbish that I so gleefully watch with reckless abandon.

Since I've watched a lot of films in my life so far, I thought I'd spread the word and let everyone else know what the films are like. I'm not afraid to speak highly of a film classed as trash by mainstream critics, nor am I afraid to completely hate a film that is labeled as a modern day classic. It would be an extremely boring world if everyone liked the same films but I know that a lot of people like horror and it's dozens of sub-genres, hence the reason I devote much of my time reviewing horror films. It's my favourite genre and I feel that no other genre can give you such diversity with classics such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Thing and then Zombie Creeping Flesh and Camp Blood.

My favourite film you may ask? Well it's actually The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. I've loved it since I was a kid and still continue to love it today. It's got to the point where I can quote entire scenes of dialogue but who cares when you have a giant cyclops smashing men with trees? The best time to watch films is when you're a kid - they make impressions on you for the rest of your life whether that be good or bad! Also featuring highly but couldn't make it to my favourite film are: Jaws, The Thing, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Star Wars, Aliens, Ghostbusters, Destroy All Monsters, Predator, Tremors, The Terminator and Dawn of the Dead. I am also a big mark for Hammer Horror, the British titans of the genre who made a massive contribution to horror filmmaking. Peter Cushing is the greatest actor to have ever starred in a horror film, closely followed by the second greatest, the immortal Christopher Lee. If you've never seen either of these two actors in their prime, do you really call yourself a horror fan?

But there are plenty of other genre films on the site - science fiction, fantasy, action and thrillers. I don't bother to review comedies or romantic dramas, etc because I simply don't watch many of them. And besides, the site would get WAY too big if I included reviews of every film I watch. The Blues Brothers is one of my favourite non-horror/science fiction films. It's got some great stunts, great music, great comic moments and two great performances from Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. Also high on the list of non-site reviewed films are possibly the two funniest films of all time: The Naked Gun and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The latter contains some of the greatest sketches ever seen on film. More modern classics include the eternally quotable Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Blades of Glory and more recently, Superbad. Basically Will Ferrell is a god and I will not have a bad word said against him (OK so Land of the Lost was crap....Semi-Pro was patchy at best, Kicking and Screaming was for kids....alright I get it, the guy has made some turkeys)

I update the site as often as I can at the moment, now that being a store manager takes up a lot of my day.

So I hope this has been of some help, most probably it hasn't. But I hope you enjoy the site and please come back! I need hits!

If you want to know more about me and just chat about films, add me on Facebook (usually wearing some fancy dress costume) or become a fan of Popcorn Pictures.

 Andrew Smith

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