About Matt Donato

Matt is an NYC internet scribe who spends his post-work hours geeking over cinema instead of sleeping like a normal human. He seems like a pretty cool guy, but don't feed him after midnight just to be safe (beers are allowed/encouraged).

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November 8, 2018
Editor’s note: Zombeavers is distributed by Epic Pictures Group, who are directly affiliated with Dread Central. They did not ask…
October 11, 2018
In 2009, Adam Gierasch’s Night Of The Demons resurrected an 80s cult classic. Dread Central’s own review is quoted on…
September 13, 2018
Half wolf. All cop. Dirty Harry, only hairier. Lowell Dean’s Canadian import WolfCop unloads a barrel full of campy werewolf…
August 23, 2018
Starring Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, Valter Skarsgård, Sky Ferreira, Jack Kilmer, Jonathan Barnwell, Anthony De La Torre, Sam Coleman, Wilson…
August 21, 2018
Starring David Bradley, Abigail Cruttenden, Holly Weston, Sam Gittins, Grant Masters, Neerja Naik, Kris Saddler Written by Gavin Williams Directed…
August 16, 2018
As the unending debate of “Greatest Horror Remakes” wages on, Alexandre Aja’s tearin’-flesh Piranha 3D continually rolls off my tongue.…
August 10, 2018
Starring Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso, Alex Fitzalan, Taylor Richardson, Javier Botet Written by David Birke…
July 12, 2018
John Stockwell’s Turistas blends early 2000 horror’s post-Hostel surgery obsession with the director’s obvious attraction to beach-destination filmmaking (Blue Crush/Into…
June 14, 2018
This month’s Drinking With The Dread is a bit unconventional – not exactly “party horror” as per my typical definition…
With Super Troopers 2 now (or, “meow”) in theaters, I thought it appropriate to honor Broken Lizard’s Club Dread for this…
April 12, 2018
“Matt. Before we actually do this, are you sure Andrzej Bartkowiak’s Doom is *the* hill you’d like to die on?…
March 23, 2018
Please don’t read this editorial as an attempt to stoke the fires of horror classification and Oscar-worthy representation. Adam MacDonald’s Pyewacket is,…