What is the point of me writing reviews on the horror films that I see?  I ask that quite frequently; especially after I watch a piece of shit film that drains my movie loving soul.  I had already mentioned in a previous article that I am not going to be writing reviews for movies I don’t like because, “who am I to criticize someone else’s movie?”  I have never made a movie, I have never directed a movie and even though I do have a spectacular script…I am yet to sell it.

With all that being said, I still write these reviews.  I get maybe twenty people a week and that is for a more popular title.  Most the films I review are lower budget, obscure and bizarre which 90% of the people have never heard of.  I like to think that I have some hand in exposing a larger audience of people to a particular film which deserves (in my opinion) some attention…but I realize that is a fallacy.  Unfortunately, the truth is that I write these reviews for me.  I still have yet to figure out why.

Out of my seventy odd number of articles / hubs I have written, there are only a small handful that actually get decent amounts of traffic.  My Woodstock article/hub in particular makes up such a huge percentage of traffic that if I didn’t write that particular article/hub, I would barely be a blip on the radar screen.  That particular hub was something I wrote one day out of the blue without a whole lot of planning and ended up being the workhorse of my writing.  Put this in perspective…my one “big time” hub has racked up 90,000 views while my next highest hub in terms of views stands at a meager 3,000.  Depending on the day you read this, the numbers will be even farther apart because I get at least a hundred views a day on my Woodstock entry alone.

One would think if I wanted to get more views and fans, I would create more writings in the vein of my Woodstock hub but that is not very easy.  First of all, the ignorance and hate that is spewed to me on a daily basis on my comments section is unbelievable which makes me think humanity is completely gone and hinders my enthusiasm to write on topics of this nature in the future.  Secondly, that particular topic is very limited in terms of further writings; not very easy to make a sequel from that piece of work.  Lastly if I start writing my ideas on the next Lollapalooza or SXSW or Ozzfest…it sort of becomes stale to me.  I don’t know…maybe I am over thinking things.

But back to the horror movie reviews.   I love watching horror films, I love finding “diamonds in the rough,” in terms of quality flicks with little to no budget and marketing.   I love to think I could potentially help a greater cause in terms of making more original horror films for the masses.   For instance, what if some up-in-coming director or writer is working hard at getting their particular movie made and they are about to throw in the towel when they come across one of my reviews?  They read that there are some people out there like me that are willing to gamble on a lesser known and give it a shot just as the majority of the movie-going population attends the premier and critically acclaimed features.  I know it is a small pipe dream…but it is all I got.

At the same time however…I look at my Netflix que and sometimes get depressed looking at what I have to look forward to seeing.  The reason the depression sets in is not that I have to watch low budget horror films…it’s just that it probably takes four to five of these films before I actually find one that is just…halfway decent.  It is a rarity that I find a truly enjoyable b-movie horror film worth watching.  Just last week I watched three films that I had to turn off after twenty or thirty minutes because I wanted to drill a hole in my head.  Seriously, I have seen some fucking brutally bad movies in my life searching for the good ones. 

I like looking for movies with something strange that I don’t see everyday which to most people would be the reason in itself the movie sucks.  For instance, I watched an Italian horror movie called “The New York Ripper” last week for only one reason.  I read the tag line of the film which read, “A serial killer stalks the streets of New York as he quacks like a duck.”  When I read that…I had to see that movie.  You will also realize if you search my articles/hubs…that particular review is not on here.  Remember when I said I only review movies I liked…yeah…that particular one didn’t make the cut.

Another thing about me and my reviews is that most of the time I watch these obscure DVD’s but don’t mention anything about the extras or bonus features.  I honestly don’t have time for all that shit.  I don’t care what the cast and crew think about the movie, I don’t care about deleted scenes or someone’s God Damned commentary.  I watch the movie like I would watch it at the theater and give my opinion.  Sorry but I have two kids, a wife and a job that consumes my life.  I barely have time to fit movies into the equation.

So, I guess I will keep on keepin on and write these damn reviews for the six people who pay attention.  Maybe someday I will work for some horror magazine or website and get the recognition I thirst for.