Matt Donato

On this week's The Merri Hour, Matt and Perri have a lot to catch up on! Perri will recap NYCC 2024 and Matt will tell everyone about the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. After that, they'll review Your Monster starring Melissa Barrera and then will…

Has there ever been a more hypable roster of haunted houses to grace Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights? I don't mean to spew hyperbole; that's a genuine question. Maybe it's my specific horror taste showing. I adored "Evil Dead Rise," have a soft…

It’s not every day you get to unbox a Scream-themed Happy Meal for adults. Pop-up dinner party brand Chain is celebrating Spyglass and Paramount’s newest slasher entry with a drive-thru classic and swankified fast-food restaurant vibes. All the…

Should you reside in either Los Angeles or Orlando, you're lucky enough to call Universal's Halloween Horror Nights neighbor. I've attended both — spooky season isn't complete without a Horror Nights excursion. While living as an East Coaster,…

As I strolled into Universal Hollywood for the first time since Halloween Horror Nights 2019, emotions were a bubbly cauldron of excitement, hesitation, and curiosity. The pandemic isn't over — especially in Los Angeles with delta, mu, and lambda…

Star Trek: Discovery, after one season, has earned its rightful place in Trek hearts. You can’t argue with New York Comic-Con fans who packed Madison Square Garden to the gills. USS Discovery overseers and crew strutted out to loud applause, and in…

It’s no secret that director Neil Marshall’s upcoming R-rated Hellboy remake aims to differentiate itself from Guillermo del Toro’s beloved 2004 movie. Such was the main conversation during New York Comic Con’s Hellboy panel. How far would Marshall —…

Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights brings the party hard to Orlando, Florida in 2018. Welcome to the ’80s, where extraterrestrial invaders suck out townspeople’s insides and material-girl vamps celebrate New Year’s Eve in glitter-bomb…

Another year, another New York Comic Con spent walking the Javits Center floor. Panels come and go, filled with conversations and exclusive trailers, while fan-made costumes are paraded around to be immortalized in picture. You’ve seen the John Wick…

For many kids, Goosebumps was a major part of their cultural upbringing. They could read R.L. Stine’s novels, watch the adapted television show, and hang out with the sorta-kinda-maybe horrific creatures in their dreams/nightmares. Stine helped many…

In a time where family-friendly horror films have found themselves ignored for studio tent-pole movies, Goosebumps aims to buck that unfortunate trend. With the help of R.L. Stine’s creative juices, director Rob Letterman hopes that his spooky…

To fully enjoy New York City Comic-Con, you have to be ready to sacrifice a few notables that your heart might have been set on. Newly implemented this year was an extra step where panel-goers had to wait in line for a wristband just to wait in line…

After an exhausting day spent wandering the New York Comic-Con floor last Friday, Syfy offered me sanctuary in the form of comfy theater chairs and a sneak preview of their upcoming television reboot, 12 Monkeys. Based off Terry Gilliam’s popular…

Frank Darabont has already proven himself to be an incredible filmmaker, with such critically acclaimed titles as The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, earning respect all throughout Hollywood. Feeling ambitious, Frank recently threw his hat…

Spike Lee and Michael Imperioli have worked together on countless films, so it’s no surprise that Michael will be showing up in Lee’s upcoming Oldboy remake as Josh Brolin’s barkeep friend. From what we were shown, Imperioli’s character Chucky is…

During the chaos that is Comic Con, some opportunities arise out of nowhere. Coming into Sunday prepped and ready for The League‘s featured panel, I was surprised with the opportunity to have a short sit down with multi-talented…

Writer Jeff Schaffer described the cast of The League as “the Justice League of comedy all-stars,” and if you attended the NY Comic Con panel for FXX’s smash hit comedy, you’ll know exactly why. It’s not like I needed any more convincing either, as…

I’m happy to report that one of the most exciting surprises of the New York Comic Con came during the Oldboy panel, where an exclusive scene from the movie was shown. The footage was greeted with cheers, shrieks, and mass approval. If you want to…

If you spend any time on the internet, you’ll know that many people are debating whether Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake will hit the tone of Park Chan-wook’s original instant classic revenge thriller. Critically acclaimed, the Korean original has a very…

Alright, this week has been a little bit of a horror awesomeness overload, which started with me getting to interview Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Alex Vincent, Fiona Dourif, and Danielle Bisutti, who were promoting their now released Child’s Play…