Sean Smithson
Contributor; Salt Lake City, Utah

Sean "The Butcher" Smithson left the world of music, in which he helped found the thrash genre in the early 80's, to pursue his first love... cinema. Now a writer at both Fangoria magazine and Twitch Film, Sean is able to bask in his slave-like addiction to films from any and every genre. These days instead of banging heads, he bangs the keyboard, dispensing his love of all things film related. Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.

Review: STOKER Triumphs With Beauty And Violence
Stoker is what you've come to expect from Park Chan-wook: A twisted tale of familial obsession, sexual repression, buried histories, and, in the loosest and grimmest sense, self-liberation. Park's uber-violent Vengeance trilogy, and political thriller JSA: Joint Security Area, are... More »
  

Danny Trejo Is Out For Blood And Funding For SNAP SHOT
Check out this very strange and cool campaign ad with grizzled action and genre star Danny Trejo and director Frankie Latina. Their new project Snap Shot, a noir-ish crime thriller, is hitting the bricks today through the Sundance Institute Artist... More »
  

TIFF Next Wave Review: Droids, Dreams and Destiny Come Together In 5-25-77
Whether you were one of the first to see it back in '77, or whether you were born well after the pop-culture bomb built by the man named George Lucas blew sky high, chances are Star Wars has impacted your... More »
  

Meet The STOKER Family In A New Behind The Scenes Featurette
As Stoker's March 1st release date approaches, let this new peek into the twisted members of the family whet your appetite for Park Chan-wook's highly-anticipated English-language debut.  After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes... More »
  

Danny Boyle's TRANCE Red Band Trailer Looks Bloody Good
My excitement level just shot through the roof. Danny Boyle's upcoming crime opus Trance now looks longer on bloodshed and shorter on laughs than first impressions suggested. Either way, his flair for the visual and knack for high-octane storytelling looks... More »
  

Sundance 2013 Review: WE ARE WHAT WE ARE Is Tastefully Macabre
Let's get this out of the way right off the bat: We Are What We Are is not a remake. Differing greatly from the original Jorge Michel Grau Spanish language version, the creative team of Jim Mickle (writer/director) and Nick... More »
  

Sundance 2013 Review: STOKER Is A Triumph Of Beauty And Violence
Around these parts, a new Park Chan-wook film is an event to be highly anticipated. So I was quite excited to have the chance to see the maestro's latest film, Stoker, his first in English to boot, at Sundance last weekend. His uber-violent... More »
  

SUNDANCE 2013 Review: LOVELACE Is A Revisionist Ordeal
Hot on the heels of the sexual revolution, 1972's pornographic breakout hit Deep Throat brought conservative America to its proverbial knees, raking in millions and turning its lead actress, Linda Lovelace, into a bona-fide star.In Lovelace, actress Amanda Seyfried does... More »
  

Sundance 2013 Review: IN FEAR Takes a White-Knuckle Ride on a Dark Night
New couple Tom and Lucy are on their way to a music festival, to meet up with friends, camp, and explore their new relationship, when things go terribly awry. The film opens with Lucy in the loo of a pub,... More »
  

Sundance 2013 Review: FRUITVALE Is The Real Deal
When I first heard that a film based on the shooting of Fruitvale resident Oscar Grant had been made and was coming to Sundance, it sent up an explosion of hopes and concerns for me. You see, I have a... More »
  

Kidman Kills It In New STOKER Clip
As my anticipation ramps up to see (and review) Park Chan-wook's English language debut Stoker here at Sundance, we now have a clip of actress Nicole Kidman, who plays the horrifying mother "Evie Stoker," chewing the scenery in this sure-to-be... More »
  

More News On GODZILLA Comes Stomping In
More news on the upcoming Gareth Edwards (Monsters) directed reboot of Godzilla has come stomping in over the last couple of days.Even with the drama between Legendary Pictures and the producers they are trying to trample like tiny cardboard buildings... More »
  

Spielberg's ROBOPOCALYPSE Is Still Happening
Contrary to yesterday's news, it seems like there's still life in the batteries of Steven Spielberg's adaption of the Daniel H. Wilson sci-fi novel Robopocalypse after all. Spielberg issued this statement earlier- "We found that the film was costing a... More »
  

Halloween Horror Primers: Giant Monsters!
Sometimes bigger IS better. One of my favorite fantastic flick sub-genres is that of the "ginormous monster." I don't know a single kid who hasn't gone through some kind of dinosaur phase in school. Coupled with growing up on the local... More »
  

Go Ape Over The New Phil Mucci Video For Pig Destroyer's THE DIPLOMAT
Playing off the look of Mr. Mucci's last video (for stoner gods High On Fire) comes this 2001 / Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes inspired clip for grinders Pig Destroyer. Like the hard stuff or not, this visually... More »
  

Halloween Horror Primers: The Werewolves Attack
Probably my favorite of all "classic creatures" is the werewolf. Notoriously difficult to pull off FX-wise is surely part of the reason the Lycanthrope isn't as proliferate in the horror genre as it's cousins the vampire and the zombie. Cursed... More »
  

One WRONG TURN Deserves Another! Horror Icon Doug Bradley Speaks About WT5!
Doug Bradley really needs no introduction to horror fans. After many a turn as Pinhead in the venerable Hellraiser series in which he took center stage as the stalwart villain, Mr. Bradley jumps over to the "folksier" side of the... More »
  

Interview: Jeff Fowler & THE GOON Need Your Help! Time To Start Kicking Y'all!
Help Kickstart The Goon!!!If you've ever read Eric Powell's insane comics series amalgam of monster-mash goodness, Bowery based, beer soaked noir called The Goon, then you are probably already on board with the idea of it coming to the big... More »
  

Halloween Horror Primers: The Slashers!
A mainstay of horror films is the venerable "slasher" sub-genre. Whittling down the good from the bad can be an arduous task though. So instead of you less muck-bound readers getting crap all over your boots, let me help you... More »
  

Interview: GREYSTONE PARK And Sean Stone Want To Scare You This Halloween
Sean Stone has a lot to live up to. The son of a very famous director (Oliver Stone), Sean begins carving out his own niche in film making with his horror film Greystone Park. One of the many current... More »
  
 
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