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Here is some brief information about Lexington's very own hip horror host!
Ever since that magical moment when I heard my first scary story from my father I have been fascinated by ghosts, ghouls and anything associated with horror. I toured Disney World's THE HAUNTED MANSION at age 5 and have been hooked on spooky stuff ever since! I can vividly remember watching CHILLER with my parents and loved every single scary moment of it...That is, until the lights went out at bedtime! I would see spiders crawling on my bed and red eyes in my window. These traumatic events have molded me into the morbid man I am today. As a teen I sort of "Repressed" my need for horror but replaced it with a lot of weird and often occult heavy metal music. By the time I reached my early twenties, I had grown weary of all of "Mainstream" horror and began to search for other sources. What I found was a TON of world-wide rarities and oddities. I quickly snatched up every film I could find or afford to buy and quickly grew a HUGE collection! It was during this time I started WITCHING HOUR VIDEO. It was on that historic day in the early month of May 1995 that my life would take another turn...WITCHING HOUR VIDEO was born. WITCHING HOUR VIDEO has been resurrected now under the name NOSTALGIAC! With WHV's success came a lot of new opportunites such as horror conventions and many new friends and even some minute amount of fame...All of which opened even more doors of opportunities. I was blessed in September of 2001 when I met the one and only Dr. Creep at Cinema Wasteland in Cleveland, OH and soon I also met A. Ghastlee Ghoul. I felt like a kid all over again! These guys brought out things in me I have not felt in years...I started remembering all of the old classic TV shows and all of the hundreds of horror films I have watched over the years. These people also accepted me for whom I am and my talents the way they are without criticism or without judging me the way soooo many SO CALLED "Christians" do in the Lexington/Kentucky area. These guys quickly became my friends without asking anything in return, without asking me to join some ministry group or without comparinmg my lifestyle to theirs.They accepted me for who I AM, not for what they want me to be! I want to say I have nothing against Christianity as I have accepted Jesus Christ as my own personal savior but, at least in the Lexington, KY area, my experience with religious people have been a TERRIBLE nightmare, especially during my ENTIRE career as a college student at the University of Kentucky and still haunts me to this very day. Since I do not participate in their brand of service, I am NOT serving the LORD in their minds so they never saw it fit to return my phone calls, emails, etc... This is soo wrong and hypocritical! The LORD has already used this Horror Host job as a MAJOR witness! I know where its really at! I have suffered more pain in just my childhood to overcome ANYTHING this world can throw at me!
By May of 2002 I then decided to resurrect horror in Lexington, KY , which is a very strict Bible-belt area, and so I launched THE WITCHING HOUR on public access. My first episode aired on July 18, 2002 on channel 14 here in Lexington and nothing has been the same since! I am very happy to be among the UNdead legends of the HHU (The Horror Host Underground: www.tvhorrorhosts.com)! I have been asked to perform at CINEMA WASTELAND (Oct.4-6, 2002 in Strongsville, Ohio) and will be joining the HORROR HOST INVASION as well as out ALL-STAR jam Saturday night in which I will get to play and sing along with some of the best out there! ROCK ON!!!
I have just recently been asked permission for a film crew from Ohio who wants to do the I. Zombi story! So it looks like now kiddies that a documentary will soon be made about the man himself, I. Zombi!! These guys will soon be traveling down here to good ol' Lexington, KY to begin shooting and documenting my life. It should be a blast!!
-I. ZOMBI was finished successfulyl and has now been out for awahile with MANY film festival apperances. The FUTURE is now here!! :)
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Show info
I basically do some humorous things while showing
various clips from odd-ball and obscure films. I also mix in some rock and
roll/music stuff as I am also the lead singer and guitarist in my current band
TIN MAN.
Shows debut date
JULY 18, 2002
Station(s) airing it:
So far, Channel 14 (Insight cable company- Lexington, KY, Dayton's local channels, a channel in North Carolina and in the Chicago area and now several other hosts are going to air the shows soon as well in their area across the country.
Guitar and Music Info:
I play a Jackson DK-2 reverse head Dinky (24-fret) as well as an Ibanez RG-570 (24-fret) with 3 pickups (2 humbuckers and one single coil). Currently, I am using a Marshal valvestate 50 watt-amp but hope to soon upgrade to some form of Marshall half-stack. I also play bass (A Fender four and five string) as well as some drums and I even sing a bit. My influences range from old KISS and 70's rock to Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, The Misfits, Bush, Van Halen, Nirvana, AC/DC and many MANY other groups including Steve Vai, Michael Angelo and Nitro to the blues and classical music.
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The Jackson Dinky-This one SCREAMS!! |
Ibanez RG-570-A ROCKER!! |
Here's my newest! An Ibanez SZ720FM!! I use this one when I want to play jazz, blues and other mellow stuff. |
Favorite Horror Film(S):
This is difficult as I like, ah, LOVE many films! If I had to choose ONE it would probably be DAWN OF THE DEAD.
Favorite Foods:
PIZZA!! Then I also like shrimp,
Mexican, Chinese, Thai and other yummy stuff. My favorite treat has got to be
chocolate chip cookies and reeses cups!
Here's a short quote that sums up my
character.
"Seek Truth and you shalll Find it...Be true to yourself and you shall see truth. Believe in yourself also and others will believe in you."
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