Ramone is living proof that if you do enough stupid radio bits, you'll get on the radio. Originally from the Detroit area, Ramone joined 107.7 RKR in 2006 as The Rocker morning intern. He went on to host nights and mid-days, before accepting a job at Wiser Productions as a talent agent in 2015. But don't worry, he's still lingering around, and you can listen to him preach the gospel of rock n' roll every Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. right here on The Rocker!
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Day 28: Rocky Horror Picture Show [Horror Film Review]
For the most part, Halloween movies are labeled as horror films. Hey, there's nothing wrong with that; we love to be scared during the Halloween season, which is why we watch horror films and visit haunted houses. But after awhile, don't you just want to have a fun time, dress up, get drunk, and sing along with a bunch of transvestites from outer space...
Day 27: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [Horror Film Review]
"Who will survive, and what will be left of them?"
About a week into these blogs, I wrote out a list of all the movies I was going to blog about, that way I didn't have to spend half the day thinking about it. Well, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (TCM) wasn't on the original list...
Day 26: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein [Horror Film Review]
The king of horror comedies, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is funny when it's supposed to be funny, and scary when it's supposed to be scary. And let me tell you, the funny parts are really funny. So who cares if the jokes are kind of dated...
Day 25: The Thing [Horror Film Review]
John Carpenter rules. Period. Let's look at his resume real quick; Halloween, Escape From New York, The Fog, Big Trouble in Little China, and the mother f$*@ing Thing! In my book, the Thing has everything; great special effects, great acting, great characters, great atmosphere, and the most important thing in a horror movie, it's scary...
Day 24: Pit and the Pendulum [Horror Film Review]
The Pit and the Pendulum is one of the 7,000 movies Roger Corman directed that was "adapted" from an Edgar Allen Poe story and starred Vincent Price. I use the word "adapted" loosely because all Roger Corman did was use the title of an Edgar Allen Poe story to help promote the film (we call this exploitation, boys and girls)...
Day 23: The Monster Squad [Horror Film Review]
The Monster Squad is like the Goonies, but with monsters! And truthfully, I think it's better than the Goonies. The Monster Squad has monsters, the Goonies has some fat kid who likes to shake his gut for his friends. The Monster Squad also as a great scene where their token fat kid (so sue me, I made fun the Goonies for having a fat kid and now I'm talking about the fat kid from Monster Squad..
Day 22: The Beyond [Horror Film Review]
Lucio Fulci is the king of all things that go splat in Italy. Zombie really put Fulci on the map (at least here in America) as the king of Italian splatter. Everything that Fulci did on Zombie went a step further with The Beyond. If you're a gorehound, and haven't seen (or heard of) The Beyond, then please, continuing reading...
Day 21: The Wolf Man [Horror Film Review]
"Even a man who is pure at heart, and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright."
If there was ever a movie that just oozed Halloween season atmosphere, it's the Wolf Man. I mean, the majority of the movie takes place in a foggy forest with Lon Chaney Jr...
Day 20: Hammer Horror [Horror Film Review]
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING BLOG IS ONE GIANT TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
To be completely honest, I was never the biggest fan of Hammer Horror. Now, that's not to say that I hate these films. I think they're very good movies, but I've always gravitated more towards the Universal Horror films over the Hammer ones...
Day 19: Halloween 2 [Horror Film Review]
This movie doesn't get the love it deserves. Sure, it's not as good as the original, but John Carpenter played a big part in getting Halloween 2 made. One of the things that makes Halloween unique, is the lack of blood and gore in the film...