Horror Crush: Kim Director

It has been a very long time (way too fucking long, if you were to ask me) since we inducted a lady into this site's Horror Crush section. And, with Valentine's Day coming up and it being Women in Horror Month, it feels more appropriate than ever to do so. And, with that being said, this time around the chosen beauty is the stunning Kim Director!   

Kim Director was born on November 13, 1974 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She made her acting debut in Spike Lee's He Got Game (1998). But, I wouldn't know of her till I saw the movie that made her one of my personal favorite horror crushes (and thus paved the way for her induction): Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000).

Taking a meta approach, this often, and unjustly, at that, maligned sequel, has the events of the first movie, be just that a movie. Or is it? As our characters go off to prove if it was indeed real or just reel. Kim plays one of said characters, Kim a gorgeous, goth babe that is hotter than hell. Director is quite good in her role, as is the rest of the cast.

If you wanna go much deeper into my thoughts on this flick, please read my review of it. But, long story short, it maybe flawed but is still a good movie. One that I truly believe has aged much better than its predecessor. Also, starring in the movie is the gorgeous Erica (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake) Leershen. My questions is would you like to see her inducted into Horror Crushes? Let me know in the comments section below if so!

And, regardless of your thoughts on the movie itself (though, I firmly feel those who dislike it should give a second chance) I think we can all agree that Director looks breathtaking in it. This is especially true for those of who love goth girls! 

Director, though, wouldn't return to horror movies, themselves, till 2016 for M. Knight Shaymalan's Split, in an uncredited role as a character named Hannah. I am guessing this was a small role, and I honestly didn't notice her in it. Did any of you guys notice her role?

She would, eventually, start doing conventions (you know while those actually were still occurring) beginning with Chiller Theatre April 2018. I met her there, and she was so genuinely sweet and, of course, breathtakingly beautiful. She followed that up with NJ Horror Con March 2019, where she actually remembered my friend and myself! I didn't get a pic with her at that event, but one of my friends did (note: as such there are no pics of her my in report concerning NJ Horror Con.).  

Then in 2020, she appeared on an episode of NOS4A2 as a character named Sasha in an episode called "Good Father". I have never watched this show, but if you have let me know in the comments, especially your thoughts on her in said episode.

And, she has an upcoming in Glen Danzig's

Death Rider in the House of the Vampires. This movie also stars Devon Sawa, Julian Sands, Danny Trejo, and the Soska Sisters! It looks like it is sexy and gory fun, and Director looks incredible in the trailer! And, quite frankly it is said trailer that made it very clear that sealed the deal on this induction. You can watch said trailer below. 

Kim Director is an absolute stunning beauty (those eyes!!), naturally sexy, and a great actress (check out her amazing performance in HBO's The Deuce for proof). And, while she hadn't done that much horror, she is, in recent years, beginning to rack up the appearances in the genre. Plus, she really likes being at horror conventions. But, even outside of that, her role in Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 pretty much certifies that she deserves being her. Long, long overdue, it is with great honor that I declare Kim Director an official inductee into this site's Horror Crushes! 

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The 175 Greatest Heavy Metal Album Covers of all Time Pt. 15: 20-11

We are getting down to very best!! Here are the first half of the top 20 heavy metal album covers of all time!!

20. AC/DC- Highway to Hell- The fifth international release by these Aussie hard rockers is a classic of the highest order. It would be the last one that they recorded with their late, great signer Bon Scott and is my favorite album with him, as well as my second favorite of the band over all. It's iconic cover featuring the band is undoubtedly one of the greatest covers in all of hard rock.






19. Emperor- In the Nightside Eclipse- This is the first studio release by these masters of true Norwegian black metal. It is one of the absolute greatest and most influential in the history of black metal. The beautiful and creepy cover art was drawn by Kristian "Necrolord Wåhlin. It depicts orcs going to Minas Morgul, a city from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth.

18. Danzig- Thrall: Demonsweatlive- The cover to this highly successful Danzig EP is done by Simon Bisley and has the feel of something out of a Conan story. The use of swords, boobs, muscles, and the Danzig skull depicted in such stunning art makes it probably the best looking cover on an EP ever!







17. Celtic Frost- To Mega Therion- The second album by the Swiss extreme metal band has an amazing and blasphemous cover by H.R. Giger named Satan I. The title is Greek for the "great beast" and is one of the truly great and most influential albums in all of extreme metal, having inspired many a death and black metal band.

16. Metallica- Master of Puppets- The third studio album by thrash gods Metallica is, IMHO, the single greatest metal album EVER. The classic cover was designed by Metallica and Peter Mensch and was painted by Don Brautigam. In it a graveyard is manipulated by a puppet master seen only by his hands.







15. Anthrax- Spreading the Disease- The second studio album by NY thrashers Anthrax was the first to have Joey Belladonna on vocals and Frank Bello on bass. The cover of a metal looking dude being looked on by guys in hazmat suits is perhaps the band's most popular cover. It is also happens to be their best looking one.







14. Cradle of Filth- The Principle of Evil Made Flesh- The debut by these black metallars has a cover that has everything I could ask for: hot lesbian vampire babes and blood! It is a stock image from founder of horror company Redemption, Nigel Wongrove's portfolio.

13. Entombed- Left Hand Path- This phenomenal debut from the Swedish death metal masters is incredibly influential and important to the sub-genre. The cover which features a tombstone, slime, a desolate, creepy place, and monster in hiding, is pure death metal!!








12. Cannibal Corpse- Butchered at Birth- The third studio album by this death metal act is one of it's most controversial. The graphic cover of a zombie literally eating out a tied and butchered female corpse is the stuff that will piss off anyone with a closed mind. Offensive and truly awesome this one really sums up the band at this time period perfectly!

11. Megadeath- Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?- The second album by theses thrashers is one of their finest. The cover in which their mascot Vic Rattlehead is selling the decrypt and bombarded United Nations building is a genuinely classic metal image. It's done by Ed Repka and so perfectly captures the title track and the political nature of the band.

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The 175 Greatest Heavy Metal Album Covers of all Time Pt. 13: 50-41

We are now in the top 50 album covers! And, here we go:

50. Anthrax- We've Come for You All- The ninth studio album, and last one with John Bush, by one of thrash metal's Big Four has comic book artist Alex Ross art with the band surrounded by arms with the Anthrax pentagram behind them.







49. Morbid Angel- Altars of Madness- The debut album by these Floridan death metal masters has a very cool cover of "a flat disk made of a fossil material, that has captured souls" by Dan Seagrave.







48. Bleeding Through- The Truth- The fourth album by this American metalcore band is probably their best and most popular. It also has their best cover art. It's a photographic cover of a ripped out jaw. Bloody and in black and white, this is a striking and awesome image!






47. Def Leppard- Pyromania- The third album by this British hard rock act is my personal favorite of theirs. It also has their best, and most controversial, cover: that of a bullseye on a building top set ablaze. It was enough to have some stores refuse to carry it, and music censorship loving Tipper Gore flash it during the PMRC trials.





46. Danzig- III: How the Gods Kill- The third and highest charting album by Danzig has a magnificent cover taken from H.R. Giger's Meister und Margeritha (The Master and Margarita). Giger modified it, so that the erect penis in the painting became a dagger with the Danzig skull, which in turn was used on the cover to the single, "Dirty, Black Summer".





45. Cattle Decapitation- Monolith of Inhumanity- The sixth, and so far best album,  from these American deathgrinders has a Simian humanoid ripping out the flesh from his face on the cover. He is surrounded by bones and garbage and in the background, a monolith and other simians. It's gory and cool and recalls a nightmarish take on Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.





44. Entombed- Clandestine- The second album by this Swedish death metal act features a beautifully unusual cover of some other worldly place.








43. Motorhead- Rock 'n' Roll- The eighth album by these British metal masters, had a very different and intricate idea by it's artist Joe Petagano for it's cover. But, the band went with this cool take on Snaggletooth, instead. It looks awesome, so that's all that matters. right? 






42. Dio- Holy Diver- The classic debut album by Dio has one of metal's most iconic covers: in it, their mascot Murray has a broken chain and there is a priest chained up with his head sticking out of the water. Dio has said don't "judge a book by it's cover" on the meaning of this amazing piece of art.





41. Death- Leprosy- The second album by Death is an out right classic of the subgenre. As is its' awesome cover of a cloaked man suffering from leprosy.

 

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150. Bolt Thrower- War Master- This death metal classic has a cover that looks like something of a power metal band, but who cares?! It's fucking badass and looks like someone was having a total Conan The Barbarian moment in mind!

149. White Zombie- Super Sexy Swinging Sounds- This remix album has a simple but cool and sexy throwback to 60s pin-ups covers, which I simply love! 

148. Danzig- Danzig- The iconic Danzig skull appears half way on the cover. Open up the CD or LP and you see the whole damn thing. Simple but so cool and most definitely evil looking! The use of shadow and the black background is just perfect!!

147. Amon Amarth- Surtur Rising- The mythological giant, Surtr, battles vikings on the cover of the eight studio album from the Swedish melodic, viking death metal band.

146. Exodus- Shovel Headed Kill Machine- The seventh album by these Bay Area thrashers has a really sweet looking sci-fi inspired tank, skulls, big guns, and splattered blood. Do you really need anything more in a heavy metal album cover?

145. Drain STH- Freaks of Nature- The second and final album from this all female alt-metal band has a simple but great looking band cover. It has two elements we all appreciate: four beautiful women and fire. It's hot in multiple ways!

144. Deadlands- Evilution- The debut album from this thrash band has a nude girl with no nipples, a stitched up stomach, wearing a gas mask, and somehow connected to a machine full of wires. Creepy, cool, and kind of sexual.

143. KoRn- Follow the Leader- Comic book artists Gregg Capullo and Todd McFarlane did the cover to KoRn's third album. A little girl leads a group of kids to the edge of, and probably off of of, a cliff.

142. Dark Angel- Time Does Not Heal- The forth, final, and, in my book, best album from thrash band Dark Angel has a pretty and clearly scared blonde, as creepy men are hidden in shadows in back of her in some alley. It's a nicely shot and scary photographic cover.

141. Burzum- Hvis Lyset Tar Oss- The title means "If the Light Takes Us Away" in Norwegian and is the third album from the solo project. The cover is from a drawing by 19th century artist Theodor Kittelsen named Fattigmannen (The Pauper).It features a dead body, crows, and a desolate path, in other words a place that is just filled with happiness and joy! 




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