James Rolfe



Born James Duncan Rolfe. A film buff from New Jersey (now supposedly living in Philly) with directing aspirations, Rolfe remained mostly under the radar until 2006, when he posted a couple of joke reviews he made for his friends a couple years earlier on YouTube, under the name "The Angry Nintendo Nerd". A few years of booming popularity later, he eventually evolved into The Angry Video Game Nerd.

Aside from making Nerd videos, he also has a large number of films (he's been making them since 1989) registered on his website, Cinemassacre.com. In addition to the Nerd character, he has two other shows: Board James and You Know What's Bullshit?; while the former is ongoing, the latter seems to have fizzled out. He has recently established a new improv series with a few friends of his called OverAnalyzers.

He also often posts videos to the site with him acting as himself, either performing interviews, documentaries, or movie reviews, most notable of which is Cinemassacre's Monster Madness, an event that he has taken part in every October since 2007 where he reviews one horror film every day of the month, whether it be an old classic or an obscure treasure, usually in keeping with some sort of theme (So Bad It's Good films one year, the entire Godzilla series another).

He is affiliates with both ScrewAttack and That Guy With The Glasses (despite, or perhaps due to, the Nerd's eternal conflict with The Nostalgia Critic).

Sub pages:

 * The Angry Video Game Nerd
 * Board James
 * You Know What's Bullshit?

Regular reviews

 * Grindhouse
 * Spider-Man 3
 * Transformers: The Movie
 * Transformers
 * Live Free or Die Hard
 * The Simpsons Movie
 * TMNT
 * Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
 * Cloverfield
 * Rambo (2008)
 * Rocky (All six movies)
 * Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
 * Bat-A-Thon with The Batman 15 part serial, Batman and Robin 15 Part serial, Batman: The Movie, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman and Robin, Batman Begins, and The Dark Knight.
 * Gremlins 1 & 2
 * Ed Wood-A-Thon with Glen or Glenda, Bride of the Monster, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Night of the Ghouls, Orgy of the Dead, and Tim Burton's biopic.
 * The Shining
 * My Name Is Bruce
 * Maximum Overdrive
 * Return to Oz
 * Santa Claus
 * Alien Invader movies with The Day the Earth Stood Still (the original and the remake) The Thing from Another World, The Thing, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Mars Attacks!, Independence Day, The War of the Worlds (the original, and three versions released in 2005), Invaders from Mars (the original and the remake), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the original, the 1978 remake, the 1993 remake, and the 2007 remake), The Blob (the original and the remake) and Son of Blob.
 * Friday the 13 th (2009 reboot)
 * Star Wars (All six movies)
 * King Kung-Fu
 * The "Trek Trilogy" (Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III the Search For Spock, Star Trek IV the Voyage Home)
 * Star Trek (2009 reboot)
 * Terminator (all four movies)
 * The Back to The Future trilogy
 * Black Christmas
 * Alice in Wonderland (the Disney version and a Made-For-TV movie from 1985)
 * The Wolf Man (2010 remake)
 * The Deathstalker (all four movies)
 * Game of Death
 * The Karate Kid trilogy
 * Groundhog Day
 * Pee-wee's Big Adventure
 * Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
 * We Wish You a Turtle Christmas
 * Kill Bill
 * Robo Geisha

2007 History of Horror

 * The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
 * Nosferatu
 * Phantom of the Opera (1925 version)
 * Dracula
 * Frankenstein
 * The Mummy (1932)
 * Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 version)
 * The Wolf Man
 * Cat People
 * Creature from the Black Lagoon
 * The Tingler
 * Hammer Horror
 * Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe films
 * Psycho
 * Night of the Living Dead
 * The Exorcist
 * The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
 * Jaws
 * Halloween
 * Dawn of the Dead
 * Alien
 * Friday the 13 th
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street
 * The Evil Dead Trilogy
 * The Monster Squad
 * Braindead
 * Scream
 * From Dusk till Dawn
 * The Last Broadcast
 * Bubba Ho-Tep

2008 Godzilla-thon

 * Gojira (original 1954 version)
 * Godzilla Raids Again
 * King Kong vs. Godzilla
 * Godzilla vs. Mothra
 * Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
 * Godzilla vs. Monster Zero
 * Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
 * Son of Godzilla
 * Destroy All Monsters
 * Godzilla's Revenge
 * Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster/Hedorah
 * Godzilla vs. Gigan
 * Godzilla vs. Megalon
 * Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
 * Terror of Mechagodzilla
 * Godzilla 1985
 * Godzilla vs. Biollante
 * Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
 * Godzilla vs. Mothra 2
 * Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 2
 * Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla
 * Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
 * Godzilla (1998 American remake)
 * Godzilla 2000
 * Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
 * Godzilla Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
 * Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
 * Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
 * Godzilla: Final Wars

2009 Monster Madness 3

 * Frankenstein (1910 film)
 * Drácula (Spanish version of 1931 Dracula)
 * White Zombie (in 2011, Rolfe and Mike Matei did a commentary on the movie)
 * The Old Dark House
 * Freaks
 * The Invisible Man
 * King Kong
 * The Black Cat and The Raven (two Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff films)
 * The Man They Could Not Hang
 * The Body Snatcher
 * House of Wax
 * Daughter of Horror
 * The Giant Claw
 * The Fly (the original and the remake)
 * The Coffin Joe films
 * Monsters Crash Party
 * The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Dr. Phibes Rises Again
 * An American Werewolf in London
 * Basket Case
 * Creepshow
 * |Poltergeist
 * Re-Animator
 * Return of the Living Dead
 * Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
 * Hellraiser
 * Child's Play
 * The Brain
 * Spontaneous Combustion
 * Leprechaun
 * Cemetary Man
 * The Devil's Rejects

2010 Monster Madness 4: Camp Cult

 * The Phantom Creeps
 * Return of the Vampire
 * Robot Monster
 * The Cyclops
 * From Hell It Came
 * Fiend Without a Face
 * Frankenstein 1970
 * The Screaming Skull
 * The Terror
 * War of the Gargantuas
 * Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1969 and 1972 versions)
 * The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
 * Inframan
 * Exorcist 2
 * The Manitou
 * Laserblast
 * Night of the Demon
 * Mystics in Bali
 * Fright Night
 * Transylvania 6-5000
 * Critters
 * Monster in the Closet
 * Troll Trilogy
 * Brain Damage
 * Monkey Shines
 * Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3
 * Ernest Scared Stupid
 * Robot Wars & Robo Warriors
 * Evil Ed
 * Reptilian
 * The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra

2011 Monster Madness 5: Sequel-A-Thon

 * Frankenstein - 10
 * Bride of Frankenstein - 10
 * Son of Frankenstein - 10
 * The Ghost of Frankenstein - 6.5
 * Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man - 7
 * House of Frankenstein - 7.5
 * House of Dracula - 5
 * Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein - 8
 * Horror of Dracula - 9.5
 * Dracula: Prince of Darkness - 8
 * Dracula Has Risen From The Grave - 8.5
 * Taste The Blood Of Dracula - 7
 * Scars of Dracula - 6.5
 * Dracula AD 1972 - 6
 * The Satanic Rites of Dracula - 5.5
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street - 9
 * A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2 Freddys Revenge - 7
 * A Nightmare On Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors - 8.5
 * A Nightmare On Elm Street 4 The Dream Master - 6.5
 * A Nightmare On Elm Street 5 The Dream Child - 5.5
 * Freddys Dead the Final Nightmare - 6.5
 * Wes Craven's New Nightmare - 8
 * Freddy vs. Jason and A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010 remake - 8 and 5
 * Halloween - 10
 * Halloween II and Halloween III Season of the Witch (Top 10 Sequels That Aren’t As Bad As Everyone Says clip) - 7 and 7
 * Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers - 7
 * Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers - 5
 * Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers - 3
 * Halloween H 20: Twenty Years Later - 6
 * Halloween Resurrection - 5
 * Rob Zombie's Halloween - 6.5
 * Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 - 5