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Ryan Rotten

'Scary' Tends to Impress

About Me


I write for and operate the horror news outlet ShockTillYouDrop.com. It's a 24/7 gig I love and one I've been working towards for the last seven years. After slaving through feature film production (look for my name - Ryan Turek - in the credits of "Jeepers Creepers 2"), I realized journalism was "my thing" and followed that calling...
Live horror, breathe horror - I'm a fan of the Italian maestros (Argento, Bava, Fulci) and I'll defend the merit of "Maximum Overdrive" any day of the week.
History:
2000 - 03: Creature-Corner.com
2003 - 05: DreadCentral.com
2003 - 04: Creative Screenwriting
2003 - 05: WPBN/NBC
2005 - 2007: Fangoria
2006 - 07: Various appearances on G4's Attack of the Show!
2006 - 07: DVD producer/editor, Driftwood (Image Ent.)
2007: Managing Editor, ComingSoon.net's New Horror Site, ShockTillYouDrop.com
And yes, I played Jack in the Box...
I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V3.6 !

My Interests


horror movies, zombies, sushi, the gym, making a good cup of coffee last for hours, people watching, etc., etc., etc...

I'd like to meet:

Michael Mann

Music:

My tastes are all over the place. Just no country, or rap, please. That stuff makes me do bad things.

Movies:



Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, The Descent, Return of the Living Dead, The Exorcist, The Thing, Re-Animator, Near Dark, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Zombie, Suspiria, Black Christmas, Rosemary's Baby, An American Werewolf in London, Ed Wood, Touch of Evil, The Hitcher, Fight Club, Raw Meat, Touch of Evil, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Arsenic and Old Lace, Pulp Fiction, Dellamorte Dellamore, Tenebre, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Ringu (and The Ring), The Howling, After Hours, Old School, Halloween, Heat, The Nightmare Before Christmas, House on Haunted Hill (Vincent Price, baby!), Aliens, The Brood, The French Connection, Haute Tension, Shaun of the Dead, The Pit and the Pendulum, Hellraiser, Escape from New York, American Psycho, Bride of Frankenstein, The Hills Have Eyes...the '06 remake, Ginger Snaps, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie

Television:

Nip/Tuck, Dexter...other than that, I don't watch too much TV

Books:

American Psycho, It, The Walking Dead, Hellboy, The Goon, The Books of Blood, Ten Years of Terror: British Horror Films of the Seventies, Off Season, anything Lovecraft, I Am Legend, Hell House, Boy's Life (Robert McCammon), and so on...

Heroes:



My Parents (of course), Vincent Price, Berni Wrightson, John Carpenter, Peter Vincent and Charlie Brewster, Bub, Rick Baker, Rob Bottin and those goddamn kids from "The Monster Squad"

My Blog

Push for a Wide "Midnight Meat Train" Release!

Last week, I was sucker punched with some troubling news concerning the release of Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train (review).  In short, Lionsgate is eyeing to dump the flick in a hundred theat...
Posted by Ryan Rotten on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:26:00 PST

A Double-Barrelled Blog

Duck, sucka'!  I just posted two blog entries over at ShockTillYouDrop.com.  View 'em HERE.  Happy Friday the 13th!...
Posted by Ryan Rotten on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:11:00 PST

Wanted: London-based Journalist

I'm currently looking for a freelancer (horror-savvy is a plus) in London or the surrounding areas for an incredible upcoming assignment for ShockTillYouDrop.com.  Please send any inquiries and w...
Posted by Ryan Rotten on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:58:00 PST

New blog entry...

...over at The Rotten Truth:  Check it out!...
Posted by Ryan Rotten on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:12:00 PST

Vagina + Centipedes = Random Bumper Sticker

Because I need it after writing that last blog steaming with vitriol.  Saw this on the back of a car.  In case you can't read it, it says...  MY OTHER CAR IS A VAGINA WITH CENTIPEDES.&n...
Posted by Ryan Rotten on Tue, 20 May 2008 04:20:00 PST

(No subject)

Here's a blog reserved for this maniacal strip of bandwidth, although it'd be more appropriate to post over at The Rotten Truth.  But airing dirty laundry out at work ain't my style, so away we g...
Posted by Ryan Rotten on Tue, 20 May 2008 04:06:00 PST

A Date with "Jennifer’s Body" & Musings on a Set Visit

New blog up over at Shock, coming to you live, live, live from Vancouver.  Click HERE and enjoy......
Posted by Ryan Rotten on Tue, 13 May 2008 06:42:00 PST

I "truely" believe youll master spelling...

More wisdom from The Coffee Bean - this one's on the corner of Lankershim and Chandler.  At least they're not Crowley-quoting disciples (see previous blog entry).  Starbucks employees are li...
Posted by Ryan Rotten on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:45:00 PST

The Hulk Has Rotten Crotch

Toe-humping teddy bears, butterfly abs, a lethal gas emanating from between Hulk's legs, a stunned Spidey, and we know Iron Man's on the sauce, so he doesn't care...  A silly game indeed!  E...
Posted by Ryan Rotten on Thu, 08 May 2008 04:35:00 PST

Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors...Past, Present & Future

An all-new Rotten Truth is HERE.  Enjoy!  Leave comments, hate mail, love letters or your to-do list for the day....
Posted by Ryan Rotten on Tue, 06 May 2008 02:02:00 PST