Bloody-Disgusting

And management/production company the Collective acquired Bloody-Disgusting.

I think BD is one of the coolest sites out there. I check fangoria and arrowinthehead. Fango has the name, and I love arrow's reviews. But BD's just awesome... I dig that they have trailers up for everything coming out. There's a real love for horror in all three sites that transcends fanboy bitching.

I'm the first guy to admit most horror is crap. But I'm willing to dig through the trash to find the diamonds. To paraphrase Lovecraft, fear is the most powerful and primal of all emotions. Which makes horror movies the most powerful and primal of all film. There's something really magical in making a group of people physically and emotionally react to "danger," while using nothing more than flickering images and sound. It's the power of film at its most pure.

It seems like a very similar situation to what Gary Sanchez Productions (Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy) and CAA are doing with www.funnyordie.com. They're providing content and offering entertainment, while at the same time creating a forum by which they can find new talent.

It looks like Bloody-Disgusting will be like funnyordie... but with horror. That's just fucking awesome.

I honestly think this is the next stage in the entertainment industry. The walls between talent and production are coming down. If you've got the chops, all you have to do is throw your shit up on the internet, and they'll track you down. I know for a fact development execs spend a lot of time hunting around on youtube for talent.

It seemed like it took the town a couple of years to figure out how to deal with youtube and its siblings. At first there were lawsuits. But H'wood's not stupid. They know... if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

I love this. In the past, I've heard a lot of crying from writers and directors and actors about how brilliant they were, but they didn't have anything going on in their careers because H'wood was a big meanie and they couldn't get past the gatekeepers.

Step-by-step, that's becoming bullshit. We're swiftly going to see a situation very akin to something like pro sports holding open tryouts for every team, every season. If you've got the juice, bring it. If not, you've got no one to blame but yourself.

Social Darwinism at its finest. LOVE it.