Celebrity Picks: Joey Ambrosini

Hello Grue-Lings,

   Today on Celebrity Picks we have a young actor who is no stranger to us at Gruemonkey, Joey Ambrosini. Joey is currently 18 years old and he made his debut in front of the camera at age 16 when he was a casino patron in the crime biography movie Vault (2019). In Fall 2019, both Ambrosini and Rocky Ciarrocchi produced the documentary on the Masuk High School football team, Panther Homecoming (2020), which was not only Joey’s final Masuk documentary but Rocky’s producer debut and Gruemonkey’s first time serving as a production company. Joey also appeared in a movie called The Find which is set to release very soon and right now, we have Joey Ambrosini to discuss his top 10 favorite horror movies:

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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES:

In my opinion, I would have to say that out of all of the Paranormal Activity movies, this one had to be my favorite and probably the most scariest one of all of the ones I have seen. I mean, the other ones were quite frightening but this one seemed more extreme.

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SCREAM:

Now, everyone knows this one was the best in the entire franchise and definitely the least unpredictable. First of all, I am sure that when the movie first hit the theaters that everyone first thought the boyfriend was the killer until he was “proven innocent”, but when it not only revealed he was the killer, it also revealed he was a killer. There were two of them. Sounds like a head spin, doesn’t it (laughs)? But it was also one of those realistic fiction horror movies which I think increased the value of the movie. Plus, I would assume that most horror filmmakers used the rules that Jamie Kennedy pointed out about horror movies towards the end.

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FREDDY VS JASON:

The story was just so intense. How Freddy goes from using Jason to just making him his primary target. Also, I feel like that the ironic purpose was exposed in the middle of the movie about how both of the killers died while they were still human. Now as far as I know, quite a few fans were kind of disappointed at the ending. But what did you expect? Nobody was going to win. They are non human entities that cannot be killed. Even Jason’s mother, who really was Freddy, told Jason that he cannot die. So the fight was more of a contest and both killers were in each other’s way. Sounds quite like the reputation (laughs).

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ROB ZOMBIE’S HALLOWEEN 2:

Now this one was a continuation of the extreme. I loved how it made Laurie Strode suffer from that PTSD and she figures out who she really is. But it did have its flaws. The one big flaw I can recall is how Dr. Loomis was made. Dr. Loomis is not a celebrity, he’s a  psychologist and he knows that his patient can’t die. But that’s really it. I do also think that the way the movie ended was a little bit weird but it made sense. Michael Myers possessed her but what I found confusing is how did Laurie constantly have all of these visions while she was awake? But I guess it concluded it pretty well.

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HALLOWEEN 2 (1981):

This one is where I feel it all got scary in the franchise. I mean, it was a continuation of the night of October 31st in Halloween (1978). After Loomis shot Myers six times and saw that he disappeared, the hunt never ended that night until he finds out that he is out to kill Laurie Strode in the hospital and burnt him, but not to death.

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HALLOWEEN 5: THE REVENGE OF MICHAEL MYERS:

Another continuation of the story taking place one year later after he failed to kill the “evil child”. Actually, I remember meeting both Don Shanks and Danielle Harris at CT HorrorFest in 2019. I remember I brought my Michael Myers mask and I had it signed by Shanks (laughs). But one of the main things that got my attention was towards the end how Myers showed some emotion when Jamie called him her uncle and he unmasked himself. But then he just snapped again. Then on top of that we have the mysterious man that broke Myers out of jail which may have been the primary reason why people wanted to see the sixth one. It revealed who that man was and the result was a jaw dropper. Now, the only problem I had with it, well not a problem really because it did keep the story going, was how Jamie Lloyd was possessed but she was acting as Michael’s messenger girl. Unless it was like Freddy vs. Jason where the town isn’t big enough for two demonic freaks and they want to eliminate each other, even though Freddy vs. Jason came out in 2003 (laughs).

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FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER:

Now if you ask me, this has to be the best one of the franchise. I was so impressed on how a 12 year old boy would be the one to defeat a figure like Jason Vorhees. I guess kids aren’t one to be underestimated (laughs). But I also feel that it really showed that Jason is beyond territorial and will stop at nothing to have dead bodies as company, except maybe a brave boy (laughs). 

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