This interview is a free-flowing conversation
that occasionally touches on mature subjects.

This dude looks familiar
The first time I saw Mad Men I swore this was the guy from Gremlins, only a little older and chubbier. Turns out it's not him.

Future DirecTV pitchmen?
They should totes do a commercial with Heath Ledger or David Carradine.

The Library of America edition of Lovecraft: Tales is pretty nifty too.

Other notable slashers?
The Prowler, Happy Birthday to Me, Just Before Dawn, Madman, April Fool's Day, and Final Exam are all worth a look. Also, the Italian giallo films often boast amazing cinematography, soundtracks and more, like art-slashers.

If you're blazin' I would recommend the album King of the Road by Fu Manchu, and also that you let someone else drive.

Toad the Wet Sprocket's cover of "Rock and Roll All Nite" is jaw-droppingly bad. Even worse than one might imagine.

Heineken!?

The American Beatles?
It's gotta be The Kinks. ("Waterloo Sunset", "Victoria", etc.)

Indeed, the effects in this movie elevate gore to high art. It's like the Singin' In The Rain of zombie splatter.

Creepshow is in my personal "Top Ten Horror Movies That Scared The Fuck Out Of Me As A Child" and planted seeds that blossomed into a life-long relationship with the genre. Surely I'm not the only one who was traumatized by the birthday cake zombie as a child.

I agree completely, time has been very kind to Day of the Dead. Every detail is perfect and I wouldn't change a thing about the movie, which is sort of incredible considering the studio forced Romero to severely compromise his original vision.

Weirdest major label signing of the 90's?
I'm going to go with the Jesus Lizard, a great band (and likewise recently reunited) but decidedly not "the next Nirvana" in terms of commercial appeal.

So what's her greatest contribution to mankind?
Clearly not this album. I know a lot of people like Natural Born Killers, and I think she was nominated for an OscarTM in Cape Fear, plus she was in that Melissa Etheridge video.

It has it moments, but…
This movie has WAY too many "it was just a dream" twists, and the frequent flashbacks and hallucinations with Sheri Moon Zombie are totally ridiculous. Michael is (for the most part) successfully realized and extremely brutal, but just about everything else misses the mark. Plus why the fuck…

It would have to make for a better movie than "Run Ronnie Run". Good Christ that movie sucked.

If you guys don't stop arguing I'll never know what I'm supposed to think about Weezer & the Stones! It's important that we all have the same opinion on things!

The Room has it's moments but often it's just plain bad. Plan 9 on the other hand is the definitive "so-bad-it's-good" movie with more unintentional laughs than most comedies. It should be like shooting fish in a barrel for these guys.

Celebrity you'd most like to punch in the face?
For me it's Ashton Kutcher, no contest.

Glory and fortune, kid. Glory and fortune.