Sam

Where to begin? I enjoy everything about film, from watching to deconstructing, to making and editing, writing and reviewing. Can recite Evil Dead II word for word. I'm also passionate as hell about music. I play the drums in a band called Smokin' The Profit thats set in Leicester, and I used to drum for a local band called Three Sided Smile. Remember them? Didn't think so. Video games are also a huge staple in my life. C'mon. It don't get much better than Metal Gear Solid, now does it? Check out the video below.

I'd like to meet:

Malcolm McDowells agent so I could give him a good kicking. He's not been in a decent film since Clockwork Orange. Sayin' that though, he has been cast as Sam Loomis in Rob Zombies Halloween remake... I'm babbling aren't I? I would like to meet Bruce Campbell. There you go. Could of just said that.

Music:

Jesus, what is this, the Gestapo? Right, lets see.... Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine, Everclear, Incubus, The Prodigy, Pendulum, The Clash, The Ataris, Projekt Mayhem (you rule), David Bowie, Queen, Dashboard Confessional, Jamie T, Artic Monkeys, Jack Johnson, Muse, Placebo, Alkaline Trio, Infected Mushroom, Korn, Deftones, Goldfinger, Marilyn Manson, REM, The Suicide Machines, The Beatles (of course), the Silent Hill soundtracks (check 'em out if you can, they're fuckin awesome), Lords Of Acid, Johnny Cash, God I could go on and on. Oh yeah, and I'm almost loathe to say it, Meat Loaf. Stop looking at me like that. You don't know what it was like back then. It was epic, I'm tellin ya! Jesus, wheres Sam Kozac? I need backup!

Movies:

Right, here we go: The Evil Dead Trilogy, An American Werewolf in London, John Carpenters The Thing, Halloween,the Living Dead Triology (sorry, Quadroligy even though Land is pretty shite compared), Shaun of the Dead (anything by Edgar Wright, between him and Simon Pegg they're creating the VERY BEST mainstream entertainment), Alien Quadriology, Terminator 1 and 2 (although I really like the ending to Termeinator 3, stop now while your ahead, please!!), Children of the Damned, Village of the Damned, David Cronenbergs The Fly, (Vincent Price originals not bad either) Irreversable, Oldboy, House of 1000 Corpses Switchblade Romance, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Back to the Future trilogy (oh yesa!!), the soon to be Spider-Man trilogy (God Bless Sam Raimi), Braindead, King Kong, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, the middle part of Reloaded, that horrible sinking feeling you get when its time to watch Revolutions, the Animatrix, Darkman, Batman, Batman Returns and Batman Begins, Superman (Christopher Reeves era), The Last House on the Left, Devils Rejects, Scream (just the first one, mind), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1,2 (2's fuckin awesome), 3 at a pinch, 7 and Vs. Jason) Halloween (1-6. 3's not bad... don't even get me started on H20 and Ressurection...), The Hills Have Eyes (original and remake), The Blair Witch Project, Kill Bill, Severence and hundreds more. And, of course, lest us not forget the awesome suggestive power of Tobe Hoopers Texas Chainsaw Massacre...

Television:

Spend all my time watching films or playing games to bother with the idiot box too much. Theres too many channels anyway, so what quality programmes do come out, there stretched across 19 billion channels. 24's awesome though. And Scrubs. And Spaced (when it was on.) And does anybody out there remember Mystery Science Theatre 3000? If you do, please get in touch, it was the funniest show ever shown on TV

Books:

Pet Sematary is the greatest horror novel ever made. Then again, saying that, most of Stephen Kings work is amazing, especially It, The Stand, and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Just don't read Cell, its pisspoor) Richard Matherson's I Am Legend (there making a film of this, please don't fuck it up, oh waitaminute, they've cast Will Smith. Too late). My minds gone blank. I usually stick to Stephen King. Then, of course, there are graphic novels: Watchmen (the Beatles of the comic world), V for Vendetta, Preacher, The Walking Dead, Sin City (soooo much better than the admittdly really good film), The Crow (ditto), The Dark Knight Returns, and, my all-time favourite, Brian Azzerello and Eduardo Risso's 100 Bullets. Can't reccommend it highly enough.