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John Bloom

Actor / Journalist / Writer | * 01/27/1953 (71) | Dallas, Texas (United States of America (USA))
John Irving Bloom (born January 27, 1953), known by the stage name Joe Bob Briggs, is an American syndicated film critic, writer, actor, comic performer, and horror host. He is known for having hosted Joe Bob's Drive-in Theater on The Movie Channel from 1986 to 1996, the TNT television series MonsterVision from 1996 to 2000, and The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs on Shudder beginning in 2018. In 2019, he was named the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid of the Year, and in 2023 was inducted into the Rondo Hatton Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Horror | Documentaries | Comedies

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In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and se ...

Face/Off

FSK: 16+ years

1997 | 3.5/5 | 2h 18min
Action, Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller
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In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enfor ...

Casino

FSK: 16+ years

1995 | 4.0/5 | 2h 59min
Crime, Drama, History
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24 Hours. 13 Films. One Horror Host’s return to glory. The World’s Foremost Drive-in Movie Critic – actually he’s pretty much the world’s only Drive-in Critic – Joe Bob Briggs brings his i ...

The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs

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2018 | 24h
Horror
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MonsterVision is an American variety series that aired on TNT from March 1, 1993 to September 2000. The series was hosted by Joe Bob Briggs from 1995 to 2000, and featured classic B and cult films fro ...

MonsterVision

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1996 | 3.9/5 | 2h per episode
Comedy, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Movies with John Bloom as Actor(36)

as Carl2024 Slashercise
as Joe Bob Briggs2023 Werewolf Santa
as himself2022 In Search of Darkness: Part III
as Joe2022 The Barn Part II
as Joe Bob Briggs2022 Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge
as Harlan Dean2021 Cryptids
as Joe Bob Briggs2020 VHS Massacre Too
as himself2020 In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Joe Bob Briggs2019 Scare Package
as himself2019 In Search of Darkness
as himself2018 Survival of the Film Freaks
as Warren2018 Poetry Slammed
as Self [Joe Bob Briggs from Drive-in Theater]2016 VHS Massacre: Cult Films and the Decline of Physical Media
as Warren2015 The Ghosts of Johnson Woods
as Andy McGraw2014 Hogzilla
as Dr. Briggs2012 The Sleeper
as Additonal Voices (voice)2012 Foodfight!
as Joe Bob Briggs2010 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
as Doctor Gabriel2007 Rapturious
as Eric2007 Wretched
as Clancy2007 Ghosts of Goldfield
as himself2007 One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead
as Himself / 'Joe Bob Briggs'2006 American Scary
as Marvin2006 Evil Ever After
as himself2005 Horror Business
as himself2005 The Perfect Scary Movie
as himself2004 Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
as himself2002 The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees
as himself2001 Drive-In Movie Memories
as Scrappy the Janitor1999 The Storytellers
as Prison Medical Technician1997 Face/Off
as himself1995 After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater
as Don Ward1995 Casino
as himself1991 Hollywood Boulevard II
as Dewey 'Daddy-O' Phillips1989 Great Balls of Fire!
as Feet1987 Harry and the Hendersons

TV Shows/Series with John Bloom as Actor(9)

as Joe Bob Briggs2023 The Last Drive-In: Live From the Jamboree
2022 Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
as Self - Judge2022 The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
as Joe Bob Briggs2020 Joe Bob Saves Christmas
as Joe Bob Briggs2018 The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs
as Self - Contributor 'God Stuff'1996 The Daily Show
1996 MonsterVision
as Joe Bob1991 Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater
as Billy Ray Wetnap1987 Married... with Children

Movies with John Bloom as Crew(1)

Writing/Book1990 A Killing in a Small Town

TV Shows/Series with John Bloom as Crew(6)

Writing/Book2023 Love & Death
Production/Consulting Producer2022 Candy
Writing/Writer2018 The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs
Creator/Creator2018 The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs
Writing/Writer1996 MonsterVision
Production/Producer1996 MonsterVision

Full Name: Joe John Bloom
Born: Tuesday, 01/27 1953 (January) in Dallas, Texas (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 71 years + 82 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University, Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School
Employer: United Press International, Texas Monthly, Dallas Times Herald
Other names for John Bloom (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Joe Bob Briggs" (Pseudonym)
John Bloom frequently works together with these people:
Lloyd Kaufman (9x, Actor)
Diana Prince (9x, Actress)
Aaron B. Koontz (8x, Crew)
Glenn Berggoetz (7x, Crew)
Thomas Edward Seymour (7x, Crew)
Erik Lassi (7x, Crew)
Heidi Martinuzzi (6x, Cast)
David A. Weiner (6x, Crew)
Cameron Burns (5x, Crew)
William Dear (5x, Crew)
Kenneth Powell (5x, Crew)
Stephen Colbert (4x, Actor)

Other people with this name: John Bloom (GB)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1309587, Added: 09/03/2019, Last updated: 03/31/2024