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CHRIS ALEXANDER

Life. Death. Sex. Everything Else....

About Me

Chris and writer Max Brooks on MTV.Chris visits DIARY OF THE DEAD FX artists GASLIGHT in Toronto.Chris talks to DARIO ARGENTO and CORALINA CATALDI-TASSONI
Layout Provided By FreeCodeSource.com - Myspace LayoutsLifelong cineaste and experimental music composer.Obsessed with eccentric horror movies, romance, arcane sexuality, spacey, strange sounds...and the tragedy of my own fragile mortality.Former critic and columnist for noted horror entertainment periodical RUE MORGUE and on air film critic for RUE MORGUE RADIO. Currently the film critic for radio station AM 640 TORONTO as well as writing for FANGORIA magazine in NYC.Taught horror film theory at Sheridan College, Oakville. Currently teach film history at The Toronto Film College.Composed and performed score for cult zombie western film THE STINK OF FLESH and AM I EVIL.Only Canadian critic chosen to box noted "bad filmmaker" Uwe Boll in "Raging Boll" event in Vancouver, September 2006.Chris Alexander on MTV LIVE, Christmas 2007Chris Alexander on MTV CANADA LIVE, Halloween 2007CHRIS ALEXANDER'S "MESSED UP MOVIES" - Episode One: C.H.U.D - Written by Chris Alexander - Directed by Stuart F. Andrews - Produced and edited by Andrews and AlexanderChris Alexander's Messed Up Movies: BLOODY PIT OF HORRORGeorge A. Romero's DIARY OF THE DEAD set report PART ONE. Produced and Directed by Chris Alexander for FANGORIA TVGeorge A. Romero's DIARY OF THE DEAD set report PART TWO. Produced and Directed by Chris Alexander for FANGORIA TVChris Alexander on the TV show "@issue" with Christopher Heard. Air date: June 14/07Chris Alexander talks Hannibal Lecter on the show Apartment 15Chris Alexander singing the theme from notorious gore classic 2000 MANIACS with director H.G. Lewis. Recorded at the 2007 Festival of Fear after party at Lee's Palace....

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/7/2006
Band Website: meridian-music.com
Influences: The Fountain Angel Heart Dawn of the Dead Frenzy Bloody Pit of Horror The Beyond City of the Living Dead Suspiria Creepshow The Maltese Falcon The Flesh and the Fiends Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) The Others The Last Man on Earth The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Django Barfly Vampires Kiss Nosferatu The Vampyre The Devils Kiss Me Deadly 8MM...and sooo many more.
Sounds Like: Ennio Morricone conducting a Skinny Puppy / Depeche Mode instrumental cover band with a dash of Wall-era Pink Floyd and mid period Goblin....
Record Label: www.meridian-music.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Chris Alexander and Carrie Eliza: MUSIC FOR PARASITES

My first album of all new experimental music is ALMOST ready to be released. The disc is called "Music for Parasites".  "Music for Parasites" is a collection of completely stripped down expe...
Posted by CHRIS ALEXANDER on Wed, 28 May 2008 08:54:00 PST

BLOOD SPATTERED BLOG: RAVENOUS

if you've never seen Antonia Bird's masterpiece of California cannibal social commentary and comedy RAVENOUS then you MUST read my entry this week... http://www.fangoria.com/blogs/index.php?blog=2...
Posted by CHRIS ALEXANDER on Wed, 14 May 2008 05:33:00 PST

OGRE and ALEXANDER in the latest issue of THE DARK SIDE!

Hello all - Fans of my favorite band - legendary electronic rockers SKINNY PUPPY - should track down the latest issue of UK horror mag THE DARK SIDE (http://www.ebony.co.uk/darkside/thismth.htm) ...
Posted by CHRIS ALEXANDER on Mon, 12 May 2008 01:09:00 PST

BSB: Paul Naschy in COUNT DRACULAS GREAT LOVE

Tune in to my BLOOD SPATTERED BLOG this week as I riff on Spanish horror hero Paul Naschy and his awesome turn in Javier Aguirre’s 1972 shocker COUNT DRACULA’S GREAT LOVE. http://www.fango...
Posted by CHRIS ALEXANDER on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:16:00 PST

CINECOCKTAIL 4: THE ITALIAN HORROR SHOW

CINECOCKTAIL 4: THE ITALIAN HORROR SHOW Come and listen to my mad musings on one of the defining forces in my life...the Italian horror movie soundtrack album. BEAT RECORDS out of Rome has a new disc...
Posted by CHRIS ALEXANDER on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:05:00 PST

BSB: An Interview with neil Marshall, director of DOOMSDAY and THE DESCENT

This week on THE BLOOD SPATTERED BLOG I chat with the incredible young filmmaker Neil Marshall, the force behind such compact and terrifying UK shockers like DOG SOLDIERS, THE DESCENT and the upcoming...
Posted by CHRIS ALEXANDER on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:48:00 PST

Hammer Horror: THE KISS OF THE VAMPIRE

Welcome to the first of my many musings on the stuff from the studio that dripped blood; that incredible Gothic horror/pulp machine that peaked in the late 50's, ebbed in the 60's and death spasmed in...
Posted by CHRIS ALEXANDER on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:24:00 PST

Blood Spattered Archives: ADRIENNE BARBEAU

I had the chance to interview legendary scream queen/cult actress Adrienne Barbeau at last years 2007 Festival of Fear in Toronto and found her to be lovely, charming, funny and full of great stories ...
Posted by CHRIS ALEXANDER on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:06:00 PST

NOSFERATU: PHANTOM DER NACHT

This week on the BLOOD SPATTERED BLOG, join me as I delve deep into the wonder of Werner Herzog's stunning 1979 vampire masterpiece NOSFERATU: PHANTOM DER NACHT... http://www.fangoria.com/blogs/index...
Posted by CHRIS ALEXANDER on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:05:00 PST

Blood Spattered Archives: DARIO ARGENTO

Follow the link below to see part of my Q&A with legendary Italian filmmaker Dario Argento. Here, Dario talks about violence, censorship, Mother of Tears, Inferno and the unbridled joy of killing ...
Posted by CHRIS ALEXANDER on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:53:00 PST