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Bloody Disgusting
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URL http://www.bloody-disgusting.com
Commercial? Yes
Type of site Online horror film-related database and reviewer
Registration Optional
Available language(s) English
Owner The Collective
Created by Brad Miska
Tom Owen
Current status Active

Bloody Disgusting is a website that covers horror movies with reviews, interviews and news. It is currently run by Brad Miska and Tom Owen. The former goes by the pseudonym Mr. Disgusting. The site allegedly has 1 million unique visitors and 20 million page views each month.[1] It is widely considered to be the "world's most popular horror website".[2][3] In 2007, it was purchased by The Collective, a Beverly Hills based management company.[4] According to Variety, it will be a source of new talent for the company.

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History

Formed in 2002,[5] Bloody Disgusting was one of the first online challengers to horror mainstays like Fangoria magazine. It also presents the horror convention Horror Hound.[6] Recently, it has seen some significant competition from Comcast and Sony's Fearnet.[7] But unlike competitors such as Fearnet or Fangoria, Bloody-Disgusting is largely "independent" with Miska and Owen maintaining editorial control.[8] Accordingly, Sci Fi chose it as their site of the week in August 2007.[9]

Genre

Bloody Disgusting is regularly quoted in movie trailers and advertisements for films like 30 Days of Night[10] or Feast.[11] Miska also makes media appearances as a "horror expert".[12]

Criticism

Bloody Disgusting has been accused by Horrormoviefans.com and other websites of biased journalism. One of the reasons listed as proof of this accusation is the fact that a horror movie production company (Platinum Dunes) is hosted on Bloody Disgusting's site. [13] There has even been discussion of the relationship between Platinum Dunes and Bloody Disgusting in Bloody Disgusting's own forums. [14] However Bloody Disgusting has defended its relationship with Platinum Dunes saying in part "...we will critique his [Brad Fuller] films regardless of our friendships with his company...". [15]

See also

References

  1. ^ Mark Hefflinger (13, September, 2007). "The Collective Buys Horror Film Site Bloody-Disgusting.com". DMW Daily. http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2007/09/13/the-collective-buys-horror-film-site-bloody-disgusting-com. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
  2. ^ "Big Screen Entertainment Group's Babysitter Chosen for Bloody-Disgusting.com Horror Hound Festival". PREMIERE NEWS. 19, October, 2007. http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/Aktie/12718233/News/13793646/PREMIERE.html. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
  3. ^ "Bloody-Disgusting Tears It Up This Halloween, Thanks to You!". Bloody-Disgusting.com. 27, October, 2007. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/10285. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
  4. ^ MARC GRASER (12, September, 2007). "Collective nabs Bloody-Disgusting". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117971910.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
  5. ^ Internet Archive/Amazon. "Searched for http://bloody-disgusting.co". The Way Back Machine. http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
  6. ^ "Horror Hound Faq". Horror Hound. http://www.horrorhoundweekend.com/faq.html. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
  7. ^ "Bloody-Disgusting vs Fearnet". Alexa.com. http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?site0=fearnet.com&site1=bloody-disgusting.com&y=r&z=3&h=300&w=610&range=6m&size=Medium&url=fearnet.com. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
  8. ^ Ryan Parsons. "Bloody-Disgusting Now a Collective Effort". CanMag.com. http://www.canmag.com/nw/8951-bloody-disgusting-collective. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
  9. ^ "Bloody Disgusting". SciFi.com. http://www.scifi.com/sfw/sites/sfw16643.html. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
  10. ^ http://youtube.com/watch?v=pvFDOs4Km4U
  11. ^ http://youtube.com/watch?v=pvFDOs4Km4U
  12. ^ http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/search.php?tag=mr+disgusting&Submit=search
  13. ^ "Bloody-Disgusting Sells Out?"
  14. ^ "No comments on the B-D and Platinum Dunes realtionship?"
  15. ^ "I heart Platinum Dunes?"

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