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Chris Poggiali

About Me


I’ve been writing about horror, action and exploitation movies for nearly 25 years, starting with a review of DEATH RACE 2000 in my high school newspaper that somehow won a High School Press Day award at the end of my freshman year. In July of 1987, I co-founded the fanzine Temple of Schlock with my likeminded pal from the school paper, Paul DeCirce. I was 16, he was 15, and between us we managed to put out 24 issues before the ‘zine crashed and burned in late 1991. By that time I was attending the State University of New York at Buffalo and writing “The Bone Yard,” a movie column for the weekly student magazine, The Generation. After graduation and three-and-a-half miserable years as a promotion assistant/copywriter at a Madison Avenue publishing house that no longer exists, I went for an MLS at Pratt Institute while enduring monotonous part-time gigs in the libraries of the New York City Bar Association, First Manhattan Consulting Group, and the monster known as Morgan Stanley.
For the past 10 years I’ve balanced library work with freelance writing and research jobs – articles, interviews, liner notes, etc. – most of which are on display in the Pics section, in the "Writing" folder. One of my screenplays was optioned by TAE Entertainment, a producer of Oliver Stone’s HEAVEN AND EARTH, and a horror script I co-wrote with Howard S. Berger, BLEED, is being turned into a graphic novel by Cinemagraphix and eventually a movie to be produced by Darin Scott (MENACE II SOCIETY, TALES FROM THE HOOD, LOVE AND A .45). Several writing projects I’m currently working on include a children’s book, a few action and horror screenplays (co-written with Howard S. Berger), a reference book of novelizations and movie tie-in paperbacks (co-written with Michael Gingold), and “Racing with the Devil: The Life & Films of Jack Starrett” (co-written with Robert Plante).
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My Blog

Check out the new Temple of Schlock blog

www.templeofschlock.blogspot.com
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:59:00 GMT

Check out my "Friday Screen Test" at DVD Panache

I'm the subject of today's "Friday Screen Test" over at Adam Ross' excellent blog DVD Panache.  Dig in: www.dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2008/05/friday-screen-t est-chris-poggiali.html - 165k - An...
Posted by on Fri, 30 May 2008 08:22:00 GMT

Moriarty plugs 42ND STREET FOREVER VOL. 3

Check out the good review over at Ain’t It Cool News. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36092
Posted by on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:44:00 GMT

Great reviews for the 42ND STREET FOREVER disc!

42ND STREET FOREVER, VOLUME 3: EXPLOITATION EXPLOSION is now available for sale at Best Buy and from your favorite online stores!  And the great reviews just keep on coming!  Check these ...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:57:00 GMT

The Bomb: February 26th, 1993

Not many people can say that they've had a 1,500-pound bomb go off beneath them, but I can. Fifteen years ago this afternoon, I was in the lobby of the North Tower when several al-Qaeda nutsacks made ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:51:00 GMT

ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST (DR. BUTCHER, MD) -- Liner notes

A Trip to the Doctor's Office   by Chris Poggiali   Manhattan, New York.  Half past five on Friday, May 7TH 1982.  Rush hour.   You hang onto the strap for dear life as ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:25:00 GMT

Anthology Film Archives -- December 1998

by Chris Poggiali   In 1955, experimental filmmaker Jonas Mekas began publishing the magazine Film Culture.  He sent the first issue out to the editors of every film journal in the world, ...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:59:00 GMT

First review of 42ND STREET FOREVER VOLUME 3

Hey gang!  Just wanted to let you know that 42ND STREET FOREVER, VOLUME 3: EXPLOITATION EXPLOSION is on the way!  A great trailer compilation DVD featuring an audio commentary I recorde...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:28:00 GMT

Read my review of THE KILLING KIND in Fangoria 269

Hey everyone!  Just dropping by to let you know that I reviewed Dark Sky's DVD of Curtis Harrington's THE KILLING KIND (1973) and you can read the review in the latest Fangori...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:19:00 GMT

TEMPLE OF SCHLOCK has re-opened!

Hey folks!  Just want to draw your attention to the new TEMPLE OF SCHLOCK page [www.myspace.com/originaltempleofschlock] that I put up last week, dedicated to the old fanzine I ran with co-e...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:58:00 GMT