Todd "The Bod" Martin

Todd Martin is a total and complete horror fanatic who has been writing most of his life. He started out writing short stories about the Transformers, Masters of the Universe, G.I.Joe and the Thundercats in his spare time when he was in middle school, and eventually started focusing on short horror stories, as horror is his first love. Not only has he published several novels, but he also has a handful of short stories that appear in a number of different collections along with other horror writers. His true passion is screenwriting, and he has written several movies over the years including segments from the horror anthology Volumes of Blood, segments from Harvest of Horrors and Frames of Fear 3, and has written a number of full-length horror films such as Deathboard as well as the upcoming horror films Crackcoon, Crackodile, T-Rexorcist, and Wrestlemassacre 2. He often collaborates with filmmakers Tim Ritter, Brad Twigg, and Matt Burns, and has been known to act from time to time as well as writing reviews, articles, and conducting interviews for Horrornews.net. Todd currently lives in Kentucky with his wife actress/writer Trish Martin and their cats Willow and Veronica, their dogs B.B. and Odie, and the stray cats and dogs Ripley, Molly, Tiger and Franklin that they care for.

Be Afraid of the Big Bad Wolves: ‘THE HOWLING’ (1981) Revisited – Retro Review

As most of you know, I love werewolf movies almost as much as I do 80s slasher flicks. When I was a kid, my mom and dad were watching The Howling on satellite one night, and it creeped me out and helped form my love of werewolves at the same …

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Bark at the Moon: ‘LONE WOLF’ (1988) Revisited – Retro Review

I have always been into werewolves and as such I am always on the lookout for great werewolf movies. While I love the better-known ones such as The Howling, An American Werewolf in London, and Ginger Snaps I have also run across a few that most people don’t know about …

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I Choo-Choo-Choose You: ‘VALENTINE’ (2001) Revisited – Retro Review

Other than the awesome My Bloody Valentine from 1981 there weren’t a lot of Valentine’s Day-themed horror films back in the day, so I was psyched when I heard that there was a new one coming out called Valentine. I thought it sounded promising, and the teaser trailer was nothing …

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Sorry Jack…Chucky’s Back: ‘CHILD’S PLAY 2’ (1990) Revisited – Retro Review

I’ll never forget the night that I first saw Child’s Play 2. A friend and I went to see it opening weekend and that night after I dropped him off at his house, I had the misfortune of having my first car accident. I had only had my license for …

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