Bloody Disgusting

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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 new talent for the company.

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[edit] 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]

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Bloody Disgusting is regularly quoted in movie trailers and advertisements for films like 30 Days of Night[1] or Feast[2]. Miska also makes media appearances as a "horror expert.[3]

[edit] Controversy

In May of 2007, Fangoria banned Bloody Disgusting from attending any Fangoria events.[citation needed]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Mark Hefflinger (13, September, 2007). The Collective Buys Horror Film Site Bloody-Disgusting.com. DMW Daily. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  2. ^ Big Screen Entertainment Group's Babysitter Chosen for Bloody-Disgusting.com Horror Hound Festival. PREMIERE NEWS (19, October, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  3. ^ Bloody-Disgusting Tears It Up This Halloween, Thanks to You!. Bloody-Disgusting.com (27, October, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  4. ^ MARC GRASER (12, September, 2007). Collective nabs Bloody-Disgusting. Variety. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  5. ^ Internet Archive/Amazon. Searched for http://bloody-disgusting.co. The Way Back Machine. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  6. ^ Horror Hound Faq. Horror Hound. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  7. ^ Bloody-Disgusting vs Fearnet. Alexa.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  8. ^ Ryan Parsons. Bloody-Disgusting Now a Collective Effort. CanMag.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  9. ^ Bloody Disgusting. SciFi.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.

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