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John Gray

Bad brain... Good head...

About Me


This is the part where I really suck... writing about myself. I can write about other people and things that don't even exist, but I have been sitting here for at least twenty minutes trying to figure out what to say about me. Well, here goes...
I have a great family, my wonderful wife Bernadette , and two loving children... Kaleb who is about to turn 7 and Charly who just turned 18 months. I write a lot. I am a screenwriter/director. I want to direct films. It burns deep inside and won't go out... I love horror films. I don't care to do the next great drama or comedy or anything of the sort. I want to do horror and if I never did anything outside of the genre, then my goal has been acomplished. I also think I am the last person on the planet on my space.
I am co-webmaster to the best horror sites online. www.pitofhorror.com and www.gutsandgory.com . We also work with a lot of horror celeb's, some of the best writers, directors, and actors on the earth. My partners Rich Carlin and Petch Lucas are wonderful people to work with. Check out our bio:
PitofHorror.com was originally founded by Rich Carlin. After establishing a friendship with Petch Lucas and realising his talent for writing, Petch was onboard within a week as a full partner. As the website grew it was evident that we required another webmaster and full partner to help us push the website forward: in comes, John Gray. Long term friend of us both and movie buff extraordinaire from Dallas, Texas. The three amigos have ensembled!
The PIT has really, truly become a huge part of our lives and there probably should really be ten people working on the site, not three, but currently we are striving to give our readers regular updates and opportunities to win some great DVD releases, soundtracks and other merchandise pertaining to our beloved horror genre!
In 2004 we decided it was time to begin expanding our online forum community. We have been known, since establishing the Pit, as having a great forum with intellectual and engaging discussion. And although it was, at first, a very tight knit group of regulars, as the Pit's popularity grew, so naturally did the number of members. It was time for a change and we decided it was best to seperate the forum from the website entirely, so as to allow more potential for both. And www.gutsandgory.com was born. However, there was a twist. Since Fangoria WOH 2004 in NJ, we really took everything up a gear with the PIT. We even helped arrange for Ari Lehman (Little Jason) to appear as a guest at the convention. And after meeting up with Andrew Bryniarski I took on development of his official website. And the concept was born. "Why not host all their forums in the same place?".
As time went on we added more and more official celebrity forums, making G&G like a kind of all year round online convention, where fans can pose questions or even in some cases heavily interact with some of their heroes. All from the comfort of their own homes. Now we have many forums set up and the site has become a huge wealth of information where you can learn information you can't find anywhere else on the web about the actors, stuntmen, directors and writers we have as honoured members of G&G. The traffic on the forums is currently through the roof as we struggle to attain enough disk space to keep everything running smoothly. Hundreds of thousands of posts have been made since May 2004 with new members joining everyday. And that all said, we have more forums in the pipeline that will simply blow your mind!
In closing, it is a special time for the site and it's fan base. And we thank you for supporting the site from the bottom of our hearts. We'd also like to thank Royce Freeman, Sam Austin, Eric E. Scott, Cody Hamman and James Majure who have helped contribute material to the website at some time or another over the years, since November 1998. Thank you.
LONG LIVE THE PIT!
-Rich Carlin, John Gray & Petch Lucas
Sweet huh? Anyhow... I am in the process of getting my first film off the ground. A dark horror film called JOB . Yea, like the book of... It's incredibly dark and will really piss off the Catholics... and probably the world. But expect this film to become the next great horror film. JOB will be the new icon. Hold tight motherfuckers! You are in for a ride!

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My Interests

Family, Horror films, writing, directing, good music, and cooking good food.

I'd like to meet:

Christ... who have I not met? I'd love to meet John Carpenter and Jack Bauer.

Music:

Faith No More, Megadeth, Devildriver, Ministry, Pantera, Danzig, Slayer, Life of Agony, Chris Isaak, Fleetwood Mac, Slipknot, Misfits, Samhain, Disturbed, Bad Religion, Goblin, Static X, White Zombie, Tool, Rebel Meets Rebel, old Metallica, Iron Maiden, anything 80's retro, Rob Zombie and the list could go on forever.

Movies:

Halloween 1-8, Friday the 13th 1-10, Freddy vs. Jason, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1, 2, 3, and the remake, Phantasm 1-4, The Hills Have Eyes 1, 2, and the remake, Hellraiser 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, Suspiria, The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Alice Sweet Alice, Bubba Ho-Tep, Hostel, Wolf Creek, The Scream trilogy, Proffondo Rosso, The Beyond, Zombie, Night of the living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead remake, Black Christmas, Final Destination 1-3, The Omen trilogy, House of 1,000 Corpses, The Devils Rejects, Cabin Fever, Alien, Aliens, Creepshow 1 and 2, Saw 1 & 2, Horror, Desecration, Its Alive, It Lives Again, Island of the Alive, Don't Torure A Duckling, The New York Ripper, House by the Cemetery, Gates of Hell, Zombie 3, The Exterminator, Young Warriors, The Warriors, Inferno, Terror Train, Jaws, Magic, Phenomenon, Tenebrae, Christine, Last House on the Left, House on the Edge of the Park, The People Under the Stairs, The Matrix trilogy, The Exorcist 1 & 3, Demons, Beyond the Door, The Incubus, The Brood, The Changeling, The Funhouse, Toolbox Murders, Hellbent, The Fog, Vampires, Escape From New York, Escape from LA, Assault on Precinct 13, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, Prince of Darkness, They Live, Ghosts of Mars, Blade Runner, Eddie and the Cruisers 1 & 2, Return of the Living Dead 1 & 3, Any Bruce Lee movie, Enter the Ninja, Shocker, Magic, Streets of Fire, Shocker, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Ghostbusters 1 & 2, Eaten Alive, Lifeforce, Poltergeist 1-3, Salem's Lot, Martin, The Crazies, The Dark Half, Tales from the Darkside, Monkey Shines, Knightriders, Shockwaves, The Stendhal Syndrome, Trauma, Demons 1 & 2, Opera, The Church, Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Bay of Blood, Audition, Ichi the Killer, Gozu, Cat in the Brain, Nightmare in a Damaged Brain, A Nightmare on Elm Street 1-7, House of Clocks, Porky's 1-3, Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes, Demonia, Hell Night, Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, True Romance, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, The Car, Duel, Sin City, Alice Sweet Alice, Super Troopers Club Dread, The Bad Seed, Friday the 13th the series, Freddy's Nightmares, First Blood, Rambo: First Blood part 2, Rambo 3, Rambo 4, Rocky 1-5, Commando, Raw Deal, The Terminator 1-3, Eraser, Last American Virgin (Lawrence Monson OWNS), Sleepaway Camp 1-3, Die Hard 1-3, Ace Ventura 1 & 2, Dumb and Dumber, American Ninja 1-4, Avenging Force, The Soldier, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Cut and Run... I could seriously go on for another fucking hour so I should stop here.

Television:

24, The Shield, Prison Break, Man vs. Wild, Survivorman, Dirty Jobs, Heroes, Beverly Hills 90210, Party of Five, The X-Files, Twin Peaks, Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello, Napa Style, Dr. Phil, Judge Judy, Maury, Jerry Springer, Intervention, House, Supernatural.

Books:

The bible, Fangoria, The Fountain Society, anything Lovecraft.

Heroes:

My son Kaleb, my daughter Charly, my wife Bernadette, Jesus Christ, John Howard Carpenter, Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento, Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, Pinhead, and the Tall Man.

My Blog

Hatchet teaser now online! I got the first quote!

http://hatchetmovie.com/HatchetTrailer.html How awesome is this?  You people are going to be blown away by this film!  ...
Posted by John Gray on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:59:00 PST

Quoted by Roger Ebert...

Chaos BY ROGER EBERT   "Chaos" is ugly, nihilistic, and cruel -- a film I regret having seen. I urge you to avoid it. Don't make the mistake of thinking it's "only" a horror film, or a sla...
Posted by John Gray on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:38:00 PST

JOHN GRAY QUOTED IN NEW 'TEXAS CHAINSAW' TV SPOT!

Click on the picture to watch the spot.  Make sure to hit pause so you can see the glory! "Intense" and "gripping" are two words that come to mind about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginnin...
Posted by John Gray on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:44:00 PST

Hatchet review...

http://www.pitofhorror.com/newdesign/promo/hatchet/review.ht m Hatchet Review Country : USA Year: 2006 Genre: Slasher Format: Cinema Running Time: t/b/a Distributor: Ariescope Pictures In the murky sw...
Posted by John Gray on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:34:00 PST

R. Lee Ermey interview...

http://www.pitofhorror.com/newdesign/interviews/ermey.htm   R. Lee Ermey interview Acclaimed character actor R. Lee Ermey has granted an interview to the Pit shortly before the release of The Tex...
Posted by John Gray on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:32:00 PST

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning - The Pit of Horror review...

http://www.pitofhorror.com/newdesign/promo/tcmbeginning/revi ew.htm The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Review Country : USA Year: 2006 Genre: Horror Format: Cinema Running Time: t/b/a Distribu...
Posted by John Gray on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 07:49:00 PST

SNEAK DALLAS SCREENING OF 'THE DESCENT' FOR AUGUST 2ND!

SNEAK DALLAS SCREENING OF 'THE DESCENT' FOR AUGUST 2ND! If you live in the Dallas area or can get there pretty damned quick, feel free to take advantage of some passes to see The Descent two days ear...
Posted by John Gray on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 08:50:00 PST

Slayer - Unholy Alliance tour review...

Slayer: Unholy Alliance Tour NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie Saturday, June 24, 2006 Hell hath no fury like an extreme metal band scorned, and Slayer without a doubt is God and governments number one a...
Posted by John Gray on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:13:00 PST

The Pit of Horror and DMG present 'Friday Night Frights'!

SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING FRIDAY NIGHTS, DALLAS RESIDENTS ??? Pit Of Horror, in conjunction with Dallas Music Guide and Movie Tavern, proudly presents Friday Night Frights, a monthly late-night presenta...
Posted by John Gray on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:24:00 PST

Check out what the press is saying about 'JOB'...

http://www.horrorchannel.com/index.php?name=News&file=ar ticle&sid=5122 http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/index.php?Show=6602&Tem plate=newsfull http://www.horror-movies.ca/horror_5993.html ...
Posted by John Gray on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:35:00 PST