Rob Hunter
School
University Of West Florida
Expertise
Lesser Known Horror & Action Films, 80s & 90s Hong Kong Action, Kevin Costner Films
- Rob once did a set visit for the 2011 "Fright Night" remake. He had a great time meeting Colin Farrell, Imogen Poots, and others, but the highlight was being on set during the filming of the night club scene. You can't see him, but he's standing behind the pillar in the background.
- "Sleepwalkers" isn't among Rob's favorite Stephen King films, but he didn't know that when he bought a copy of King's screenplay from an illicit source. He brought it to a horror convention for director Mick Garris to sign before the film even released, and Garris obliged by writing "You shouldn't have this! Mick Garris"
- Rob is a member of the Critics Choice Association and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic.
Experience
While many of Rob's contemporaries got into the movie coverage game right after college, Rob spent his formative years managing retail stores and working in the Peet's Coffee IT department. That changed in late 2007 when he reached out to a young film site called Film School Rejects about writing opportunities. They didn't pay at the time, but free movies and a chance to share his opinions were more than enough for a hobby. He went full-time as a writer some years later, and while FSR is still his home, he's found a welcoming family here at /Film, where he's enjoyed crafting lists and introducing readers to obscure cinema.
Education
Rob has a Bachelor's degree in English & Creative Writing from the University of West Florida. One of his very first assignments was a film review of 2000's "Frequency."
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Stories By Rob Hunter
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To celebrate the release of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, here are six of the best movies about washed-up actors you've never seen.
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This edition of DTV Descent dredges up an Alligator II review, as we examine the lesser-known follow-up to a B-movie classic.
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In this edition of The Best Movies You've Never Seen, we take a look at movies about coups d'état that have flown under the radar.
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June 2019 is all about new killer doll movies, so let's take a moment to appreciate this very specific subgenre of horror cinema.
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To talk about Shaft franchise history is to talk about 48 years and five movies, all of which differ from each other in surprising ways.
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In this edition of The Unpopular Opinion, we offer up a Street Kings defense because you all decided to ignore Keanu Reeves for a few years.
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In this edition of Seeing Double, it's Terminal Velocity vs Drop Zone, 1994's inexplicable dueling movies about criminal skydiving.
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In this edition of DTV Descent, we offer up a Road Trip Beer Pong review, mainly because no one else on the planet is willing to do so.
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In this edition of The Best Movies You've Never Seen, we look at the best killer dog movies that have most likely escaped your attention.
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In this edition of DTV Descent, we offer you a Backdraft 2 review, whic takes a look at the low-budget sequel to Ron Howard's firefighter drama.
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In this edition of The Best Movies You've Never Seen, we, uh, take a look at the wildest bodily fluid scenes in overlooked films.
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In this edition of DTV Descent, we offer up a Hard Target 2 review, which takes a look at the sequel that replaces Jean-Claude Van Damme with Scott Adkins.
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In this edition of Seeing Double, we take a look at Cannonball and The Gumball Rally, two 1976 racing movies that have a lot in common.
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The first James Bond director had a quietly amazing career beyond 007. These are the best Terence Young movies you've never seen.
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This edition of DTV Descent sees us taking on a Hollow Man 2 review. Can it live up to the B-movie guilty pleasures of the first one?
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In this edition of The Best Movies You've Never Seen, we take a look at movies about the devil, AKA Satan, AKA, Lucifer, AKA Beelzebub.
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In this edition of DTV Descent, we took a long and painful journey with the pointless and gernerally awful Joy Ride sequels.
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This edition of The Best Movies You've Never Seen takes a look at the best movies that take place over one night. Add these to your queue.
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Like a true detective, we set out to watch and rank as many Sherlock Holmes movies as humanly possible. This is Sherlock Holmes movies ranked.
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Trying to see every single Sherlock Homes movie ever made is impossible. But we tried. Here are 70 Sherlock Holmes movies ranked.
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In this edition of Seeing Double, it's Mission to Mars vs Red Planet as the two Mars-centric films of 2000 duke it out for supremacy.
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Did you know they made three Poison Ivy sequels? And that we watched them all because we're unhealthy and awful people with a DTV column?
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This edition of The Best Movies You've Never Seen takes a look at the best movies from Black directors you've never seen in honor of Black History Month.
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We watched the direct-to-video release of Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls for this edition of DTV Descent because we have no shame.
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In this edition of Seeing Double, we take a look at Dante's Peak vs Volcano, the two volcano-cenric 1997 disaster movies.
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Did you know they made a DTV sequel to The Car called The Car Road to Revenge? They did...and let's just say it's not what you'd think.
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In this edition of The Best Movies You Haven't Seen, we take a look at the best fight-heavy action movies that have flown under the radar.