James Rolfe

James Rolfe[5] (born July 10, 1980) is an American filmmaker, actor, YouTuber, and online personality. He is best known for creating and starring in the YouTube webshow Angry Video Game Nerd, a joint production between Rolfe's Cinemassacre Productions, GameTrailers, and ScrewAttack. His other projects include reviews of board games, classic horror films, and weekly Monday videos.

James Rolfe
Rolfe in 2013
Born	July 10, 1980[1] Haddonfield, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Alma mater	University of the Arts
Occupation	Filmmaker actor YouTuber online personality
Years active	1989–present
Television	Web series: Angry Video Game Nerd Board James James & Mike Mondays Monster Madness Rental Reviews You Know What's BS?
Spouse(s)	April Chmura ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	2
YouTube information
Channels	Cinemassacre Cinemassacre Plays
Years active	2006–present
Genre	Gaming, sketch comedy, Let's Play, game review
Subscribers	3.6 million (combined)
Total views	1.8 billion (combined)
Network	Cinemassacre Spike Amazon Prime Screenwave (current) GameTrailers ScrewAttack (former)
Associated acts	Mike Matei Kyle Justin Kevin Finn Pat Contri Nostalgia Critic[2][3][4]
Catchphrase(s)	"What were they thinking?!"
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2008 1,000,000 subscribers 2013
Website	cinemassacre.com

Rolfe began creating homemade video productions in the late 1980s and has created more than 270 videos throughout his career, including shorts, features, and webisodes. His career as an online celebrity took off in 2004 with the beginning of Angry Video Game Nerd.[6] Two years later, Rolfe gained mainstream attention when one of his videos went viral after friend and collaborator Mike Matei persuaded him to publish them on the internet.[7] Between this time, he filmed videos he created on his own and most of them have been released on his website, Cinemassacre.

Early life

Rolfe was born in New Jersey on July 10, 1980.[1][8] His parents bought him an audio recorder as a Christmas present sometime in the early to mid-1980s. Later, he got a camera and took photographs with friends performing fights for new projects. He was inspired by The Legend of Zelda and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to create adventure stories. Rolfe also illustrated comic books, which he updated monthly. One such comic he created had a plot inspired by the video game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.[9]

Rolfe started filming shorts in 1989 and continued this hobby into the early 1990s.[6] He used Mario Paint for a few of his early films. He eventually took classes for hand-drawn animation at a university. His early films did not have scripts or rehearsal. However, once he started writing scripts, his friends gradually lost interest because of the pressure of trying to remember their lines,[9] which left many of Rolfe's films unfinished. He then tried his hand at action figures or puppets. The plot of The Giant Movie Director (1994) involved toys coming to life.

Rolfe attended the University of the Arts and has a bachelor's degree in fine arts.[10]

Since his early teen years, Rolfe operated and ran an annual "haunted house" Halloween attraction out of his parents' garage (the same garage was later used in building a graveyard for his horror comedy film The Deader, the Better and again used in his film/series pilot Jersey Odysseys: Legend of the Blue Hole), using a collection of several props and antiques that he later reused multiple times in his other films.[11]

Career

Early films

In May 1996, he filmed A Night of Total Terror in his backyard, a horror film that he has called "the turning point of my life".[12] In the late 1990s, Rolfe created several films such as the B-horror movie The Head Incident that he finished in 1999 but did not release until its tenth anniversary in 2009. He also made Cinemaphobia in 2001, which follows an actor who suffers from an overload of work and sees hallucinations of cameras following him. Two versions of the film were made, a ten-minute version and an extended, fifteen-minute version. Rolfe has stated his preference for the shorter ten-minute version.[13][14] The same year, he created Kung Fu Werewolf from Outer Space which is a mainly silent movie except for narration. He also created an hour-long comedy film entitled Stoney, which is a spoof of the 1976 film Rocky. His eighth film of 2001 was It Came from Beyond the Toilet.[14] In 2003, he created another film, Curse of the Cat Lover's Grave, which was split into three parts to define three different horror genres.[14] Rolfe made a pilot of a planned web series entitled Jersey Odysseys: Legend of the Blue Hole, which is based on the urban legends of the state of New Jersey.[15] The pilot centers around on the legend of the Jersey Devil.[6]

Later, in 2004, he got a job editing industrial training videos, which he quit in early 2007.[12][16]

In May 2007, he began a new web series called You Know What's Bullshit?, in which he rants about everyday pet peeves; such as pennies, shoelaces, pay toilets, and printers. Originally just being rants by Rolfe, he instead decided to create a new character to host the series–"The Bullshit Man" (which is just Rolfe wearing a mask resembling cow dung). The Bullshit Man made several cameo appearances in AVGN content, including select videos and the video game AVGN Adventures. In 2020, the show's name was censored to You Know What's BS? due to YouTube's advertising policies.

In 2007, Rolfe began filming The Deader, the Better, a classic-style B-movie horror film that pays homage to the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead.[17] The film was shown at the Atlanta Horror Fest in October 2007. On May 5, 2006, Rolfe released a music video that included stock footage from a trip he had made to England and Scotland. The music used in his work was from the Black Sabbath single "Heaven and Hell".[12] Rolfe also participated in the 48 Hour Film Project between 2004 and 2007. In the 2007 event, he was the Audience Award Winner for his film Spaghetti Western.[18] His other entries were a trilogy of films called Death Suit (2004), Death Seen (2005) and Death Secret (2006).[6]

Angry Video Game Nerd

Rolfe as the Angry Video Game Nerd at The Digital Press video game store in Clifton, New Jersey

Rolfe's career did not gain much momentum until May 2004, when he filmed a 5-minute short review of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game Castlevania II: Simon's Quest under the name "Bad NES Games".[19] His character was originally named "The Angry Nintendo Nerd" but was changed to "The Angry Video Game Nerd" to avoid trademark issues and because he started reviewing games on other consoles (e.g. Sega Genesis, Atari 2600).[6][20] Rolfe conceived the basis of his character while he was studying at the University of the Arts of Philadelphia when he attended from 1999 to 2004.[21][22] Rolfe then made another video, which was supposed to be the last of the series, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, because it was the game he hated most. His beer drinking in most of the video was done on purpose as to say "these games are so bad I'm forced to drink". Both of these became generic traits of "The Nerd", which would appear in future videos.[23] The choice of Rolling Rock was coincidental as it happened to be the only beer that Rolfe had in his refrigerator, and this eventually became an identifying trait of his character, although in more recent videos, he has also included Yuengling beer, hard-liquor and non-alcoholic hot sauce.[6] Originally his videos were meant to be private. However, Rolfe's friend and collaborator, Mike Matei, convinced him to post the videos on a YouTube channel called "JamesNintendoNerd" (now called Cinemassacre) on April 6, 2006, which Matei created and managed for him.[19]

On September 12, 2006, Rolfe's character first gained mainstream attention when his review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles became popular on YouTube.[7] His videos are also posted on GameTrailers and ScrewAttack and have gained 30 million views monthly. He has over 3 million subscribers, as of September 2019.[20][24] At the end of 2007, Rolfe halted the production of the series and cancelled an appearance at MAGFest after suffering from a break in his voice.[25] On March 17, 2010, he made the announcement that he was suffering from burnout as a result of consistently writing, directing and starring in the videos, and that the show would be entering a brief hiatus. It was scheduled to return in May 2010; however, an episode was released on April 30. Episodes are released on either the first or second Wednesday of each month,[26] as opposed to two episodes per month due to Rolfe's other projects.[6] Episodes were at one point posted on YouTube over a year after their original release on GameTrailers. Rolfe formerly had affiliations with ScrewAttack before leaving in 2013.

The "Nerd" accepts a challenge from the Nostalgia Critic, 2008

Rolfe's character gained further fame through a fictional feud with the Nostalgia Critic (played by Doug Walker). This began with the Critic launching a satirical attack in an early episode. The feud took place over many episodes between 2008 and 2009. The two characters, and real-life comedians, are now good friends. Walker has informed his viewers of Rolfe's projects, and Rolfe has contributed to some of the Critic's subsequent videos.[2]

Rolfe made a cameo appearance as the Nerd in a music video parody of Britney Spears' single "Piece of Me" entitled "Piece of Meat" on cinevore.com.

Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie

For a period, Rolfe focused his efforts on producing Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie, which revolves around E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the video game for the Atari 2600. The film was a collaboration between Rolfe and Kevin Finn and was entirely funded by fan donations.[27] The release of the film in 2014 coincided with the 31st anniversary of the 1983 video game crash.[28] The final sequence of the movie, in which The Nerd reviews E.T., was later released as a standard AVGN episode.[29]

Other films

Rolfe (left) at the Chiller Theatre Expo 2014

Rolfe had a cameo in a Doritos and Pepsi commercial published online in November 2010. The ad was part of a voting contest of which the winning clip was to be shown during Super Bowl XLV. However, the ad was eventually withdrawn due to public backlash, because it spoofed the Catholic practice of Eucharist.[30][31][32] In 2007, Rolfe had a cameo in the fan film Return of the Ghostbusters.[33] He was featured in the 2009 documentary His Name Was Jason, in which he talks about the Friday the 13th movie series and its antagonist Jason Voorhees.[34] Similarly, Rolfe appeared in a bonus feature to the 2010 documentary Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, in which he discusses the Nightmare on Elm Street NES game,[35] a title he had previously covered as the Nerd in the 13th AVGN episode.[36] The bonus feature can be found on the second disc of the Never Sleep Again DVD set.[37]

In 2010, it was announced that Rolfe was set to feature in a low-budget remake of Plan 9 from Outer Space entitled Plan 9,[38] which was released through Video on Demand beginning February 16, 2016,[39] and then released on physical media in stores on January 5, 2017. Around early to mid January 2013, Rolfe played a brief role as a news reporter in an independent short film about Sonic the Hedgehog.[40] He was offered a role in V/H/S/2 by Adam Wingard, but had to decline due to working on Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie.[41] Rolfe also appeared in the crowdfunded 1980's horror documentary In Search of Darkness.[42]

Commitment to the YouTube videos has slowed Rolfe's progress in making new features, but he did make a trilogy of new shorts after Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie, including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Movie (2015), based on the video game,[43] Flying Fuckernauts vs. The Astro-Bastards (2016), a tribute to B-movie sci-fi,[44] and Mimal the Elf (2017), a mockumentary.[45] On May 25, 2017, in a general update video about the future of the YouTube channel, Rolfe announced he was in very early development on what he termed an "atmospheric horror movie... [the film would] take place in one room... very minimal".[46] On December 29, Rolfe announced that 2018 would lean more toward his own original projects, and that he had begun writing the untitled horror film. It would be in the vein of past projects, such as Legend of the Blue Hole and Cinemaphobia.[47] On August 8, 2018, Rolfe said he was 50-75% done with the script, and that it would contain some type of 'nostalgia theming', but it would likely undergo further rewrites and had no plans to film it in the near future.[48] On June 19, 2019, Rolfe said the script was completed, but commitment to video production would delay the project for the foreseeable future.[49]

On October 18, 2020, Rolfe announced the horror film was postponed indefinitely, owing to family commitments. Instead, he directed a sequel to his 1999 horror short, The Head Incident, reuniting several members of the original cast/crew.[50]

Other video series

Cinemassacre has published a number of other reviews featuring James and associates as themselves. The topics include video games (under the James & Mike Mondays series), video game peripherals such as the VictorMaxx Stuntmaster headset, and films. One of Rolfe's other series is Board James, where he and Mike Matei review old board games in a humorous way, often with recurring characters. This show eventually developed into a psychological horror series, while still containing board game reviews in each episode.[51]

Rolfe was involved in a fifteen-part series titled OverAnalyzers, where he played the part of the manager of a fictional company that over analyzed various pop culture references. The series was edited and produced by another website called Cinevore.[52][53] He also worked as a film reviewer on Spike.com.

Rolfe has run Monster Madness, in which he reviews one horror movie for each day in October, since 2007. Each year, he has adopted a different theme for Monster Madness. 2007 was the history of horror. 2008 was Godzillathon, in which he reviewed all of the Godzilla films chronologically. 2009 was Monster Madness Three, which dealt with a variety of popular and little known films of horror. 2010 was Camp Cult, which dealt with both campy horror films as well as cult classic films, such as Troll 2. 2011 was Sequel-A-Thon, which dealt with horror sequels. And 2012 was 80's-a-Thon, which included only movies made in the 1980s. While the first five years of Monster Madness have been one film review per day for the entirety of the month of October 2012's 80's-a-Thon series of Monster Madness was reduced to every other day of October due to the production of The Angry Video Game Nerd Movie. Despite the decreased number of film reviews, the film reviews in 80's-a-Thon were longer than previous reviews on Monster Madness.[19] With October 2013's Sequel-A-Thon 2, Monster Madness has returned to one review per day. 2013 was Sequel-A-Thon 2, which dealt with more horror sequels. The final 31 marathon Monster Madness series ran during October 2016. Rolfe expressed his desire to move onto other Halloween-themed projects and reviews in the future, but said that Monster Madness will always live on in some way.[54]

In 2017, Son of Monster Madness debuted, which consisted simply of five new reviews, with the rest of October bulked by reuploads of older reviews previously not available on YouTube. Monster Madness, under the original branding despite not having videos posted everyday, returned in October 2019, now having Rolfe with a guest talk about the films.

On May 17, 2016, James uploaded a video to Cinemassacre's YouTube channel in which he expressed unhappiness with the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot film and how he planned on not seeing it or releasing a review. Rolfe criticized the film's lack of originality but had no problem with the female cast. This stance was criticized by some in the entertainment industry, with many theorizing that a significant portion of fan backlash against the movie was being grounded in sexism.[55] Actor Patton Oswalt, who criticized Rolfe, pulled back his accusation later, claiming to have "picked the wrong target".[56]

Personal life

He attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia from 1999 to 2004. He continued residing in Philadelphia after graduation. He briefly relocated to Los Angeles while filming Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014), returning to Philadelphia upon completion of the movie.

In 2004, Rolfe was involved in a car crash when a utility trailer came loose from its truck, flung out to the other part of the highway, and hit him head-on. Rolfe sustained no physical injuries from the crash, while his Saturn Ion, which he had bought just nine days prior, was wrecked. Later that year, Rolfe discussed his experience in a short movie, Mechanical Losses, which can be seen on YouTube.[12][57][58]

Rolfe met April Chmura in July 2004; she was a cinematographer on the early Nerd episodes. They began dating shortly after and got married in November 2007. He announced at the premiere trailer for Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie in November 2012, that they were expecting their first child. In April 2013, she gave birth to a baby girl. Rolfe has not divulged details about his daughter except for a few photos and expressing thanks that his wife got past complications resulting during childbirth.[59]

In November 2013, April posted an update on Rolfe's Cinemassacre website that their daughter is continually seeking medical treatment due to unspecified complications. On April 13, 2016, Rolfe revealed what happened while announcing an auction of various Cinemassacre memorabilia to benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children. During birth, his daughter suffered nerve damage in one of her arms, and required many months of physical therapy to gain full use of it. Rolfe expressed gratitude to Shriners for all they did for his family during that time.[60][61]

He has an Italian ethnic background.[62]

On April 19, 2017, Rolfe announced on his Twitter account that he and his wife April are expecting another daughter. Their second daughter was born on September 1, 2017.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	The Head Incident	Dr Memrix/Bob	Writer, director, supporting actor, editor Short
2001	Cinemaphobia	The Film Actor	Writer, director, actor
2001	Stoney	Interviewer	Director Uncredited role Short
2002	The Night Prowler	Narrator	Voice, director Short
2002	ROLFE: A No-Budget Dream	Himself	Documentary Short
2004	Jersey Odysseys: Legend of the Blue Hole	Narrator Jason's Friend	Writer, director, producer, editor Uncredited role Short
2005	The Deader the Better	Zombie	Writer, director, producer, editor, cinematographer Uncredited role Short
2005	The Mexican Mummy	Narrator	Voice, director Short
2007	Return of the Ghostbusters	The Nerd
2008	Piece of Meat	The Nerd	Special effects Short, music video
2008	Late Night with Ganondorf Dragmire	Ganondorf Shit Pickle Himself	Voice Short
2009	His Name Was Jason	Himself	Documentary
2009	History of Super Mecha Death Christ	The Nerd	Writer, editor Short
2010	Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy	Himself	Documentary
2010	Kickassia	Board James
2011	Suburban Knights	Voice of the Ancient World	Voice
2012	To Boldly Flee	Gort
2013	Sonic	Light News Commentator	Short
2014	Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie	The Nerd	Lead role, creator, director, writer, producer, editor
2015	Plan 9	Officer Cop Policeman
2015	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The Movie	Grave Digger	Writer, director, producer, editor, cinematographer Uncredited cameo Short
2016	Flying Fuckernauts vs. The Astro-Bastards	Narrator	Writer, director, producer, editor, cinematographer Short
2017	Mimal the Elf	Beerman	Writer, director, producer, editor, cinematographer Uncredited cameo Short
2019	Shooting Clerks	Leonard James Nash
2019	In Search of Darkness	Himself	Documentary
2020	In Search of Darkness II	Himself	Documentary
2020	The Head Returns	Dr Memrix/Bob	Lead role, writer, director, producer, editor Short (sequel to The Head Incident)

Television / webshows

Year	Series	Role	Notes
2004–present	Angry Video Game Nerd	The Nerd, Board James, The Bullshit Man, various characters	Lead role, creator, director, writer, producer, editor 187 episodes
2004; 2011	Munky Cheez	Various	Voice 4 episodes
2007–present	Cinemassacre's Monster Madnesss	Host/Narrator/Himself	Annual series 234 episodes
2007–present	You Know What's BS!?	The Bullshit Man	37 episodes
2008–present	Nostalgia Critic	The Nerd	Supporting role/cameo
2009	Metal Gear Ben	Mega Mantis	Recurring character/secondary antagonist
2009	Atop the Fourth Wall	The Nerd	1 episode
2009–2015	Board James	Board James, The Nerd	27 episodes
2010–2011	Spade	Luther Jessup	4 episodes
2011–2012	OverAnalyzers	Jim	15 episodes
2011–2014	Pat the NES Punk	The Nerd/Himself	5 episodes
2012–2020	James & Mike Mondays	Himself	106 episodes
2015	James & Doug	Himself	6 episodes
2016	Commander Chet	Eye's Dad	2 episodes
2017	Son of Monster Madness	Host/Narrator/Himself	30 episodes
2018–2020	Rental Reviews	Himself	34 episodes
2019	Scott The Woz	Narrator	1 episode
2020	Puppet Steve - Minecraft, FNAF & Toy Unboxings	Ken Masters	Voice 1 episode
2020	Irate Gamer	The Nerd	1 episode
2020	11 ANS DE JDG - Partie 2 (JDG's 11th Year - Part 2)	The Nerd	Cameo

References

1. Craig, Daniel (June 15, 2016). "Local YouTuber's refusal to see 'Ghostbusters' reboot sparks internet controversy". Philly Voice. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017.
2. Finniss, David (February 16, 2009). "Nostalgia Critic Vs. The Angry Video Game Nerd". Yahoo! Voices. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012.
3. "AVGN vs Nostalgia Critic | 2008 COMPLETE FEUD". Retrieved January 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
4. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 - Nostalgia Critic & AVGN". Retrieved January 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
5. "Angry Video Game Nerd Interview - Free Play Florida with PlanetScott.TV Nov. 23rd 2019". youtube.com. December 18, 2019.
6. Raven Garcia (April 21, 2010). "Cinemassacre – The Films of James Rolfe". RavenGarcia.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013.
7. MTV (September 12, 2006). "Viral Videos Infect the Mainstream". MTV. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
8. Walsh, Michael (April 8, 2014). "YouTube star James Rolfe goes long with 'Angry Video Game Nerd' movie". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016.
9. Rolfe, James (2008). Cinemassacre 200 (Film & Video) (Internet Production). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Cinemassacre Productions. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
10. Cinemassacre (November 15, 2017). AVGN Behind-The-Scenes (2016) "Nerdy Challenges". YouTube. Event occurs at 1:04. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
11. "Cinemassacre 200". The CineMassacre Productions. 2010. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
12. "Archived Cinemassacre Page: News Articles Between 1/22/05 to 9/12/07". Cinemassacre. Archived from the original on September 15, 2007.
13. "Cinemaphobia (2001)". horrorisawesome.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018.
14. McMahon, Shawn (November 30, 2011). "Are They Worth It? The DVDs of the Internet No. 5 – Cinemassacre's Cinematic Catastrophes". Total Action Adventure. Archived from the original on April 8, 2012.
15. "Cinemassacre FAQ". Cinemassacre.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2010.
16. "Mrs Nerd answers". Cinemassacre.com. January 20, 2012. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012.
17. TrentSketch (February 23, 2007). "Review: Film Short "The Deader the Better" by James Rolfe". TrentSketch Reviews. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018.
18. "The Philadelphia 48 Hour Film Project". 48hourfilm.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2008.
19. McGinnis, Jeff (September 1, 2011). "McGinnis:James Rolfe – In praise of a nerd". Toledo Free Press. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
20. "Q&A Interview with James Rolfe". Yahoo! Voices. July 2, 2011. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014.
21. "An Interview with James Rolfe". 1up.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2007.
22. "James Rolfe Trivia & Quotes". tv.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
23. James Rolfe (2007). What Was I Thinking?: The Making of the Angry Video Game Nerd (DVD). ScrewAttack.
24. "Project of the Day: Angry Video Game Nerds!". IndieWire. January 30, 2012. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017.
25. "Cinemassare News Archive: 11/21/2007-2/18/2008". Cinemassacre.com. Archived from the original on March 19, 2008.
26. "AVGN: Episode 90 – "Action 52"". April 30, 2010. Archived from the original on May 3, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
27. Carmichael, Stephanie (November 16, 2012). "Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie set for possible 2013 release". GameZone. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014.
28. "AVGN Movie FAQ 1.0". Cinemassacre.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
29. James, Rolfe (October 10, 2014). "E.T. (Atari 2600) - Angry Video Game Nerd - (AVGN)". YouTube. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
30. Rolfe, James (December 31, 2010). "My appearance in banned SuperBowl commercial". Archived from the original on January 4, 2011.
31. Report on the incident by The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News. Video was uploaded to the YouTube channel of the add's production company, Media Wave Productions.
32. Wasserman, Todd (January 6, 2011). "PepsiCo Snafu Illustrates Dangers of Crowd Sourcing". Mashable. Archived from the original on September 25, 2012.
33. Return of the Ghostbusters (2007) at IMDb
34. "His Name Was Jason – My outtakes". Cinemassacre.com. February 19, 2009. Archived from the original on March 6, 2010.
35. James Rolfe on Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy documentary (YouTube). Lost Cinemassacre Videos. July 5, 2017.
36. AVGN: A Nightmare On Elm Street (Higher Quality) Episode 13 (YouTube). Cinemassacre Plays. October 29, 2013. Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
37. "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy DVD Review". 411mania.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012.
38. "Angry Video Game Nerd Joins the Cast of the 'Plan 9' Remake". The Sci-Fi Block. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010.
39. Squires, John (January 26, 2016). "Plan 9 from Outer Space Remake Landing in February". Dread Central. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016.
40. Rolfe, James (January 14, 2013). "Sonic the Hedgehog fan film". Cinemassacre.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015.
41. "[Interview] Adam Wingard And Simon Barrett Adjust Their Tracking For 'V/H/S/2'". June 5, 2013.
42. Miska, Brad (March 22, 2019). "Exclusive Clip: John Carpenter Joins '80s Horror Documentary 'In Search of Darkness'!". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
43. Cinemassacre (November 24, 2015). "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: THE MOVIE (2015) TRAILER". Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017 – via YouTube.
44. Cinemassacre (December 22, 2016). "AVGN Presents "ASTRO BASTARDS" TRAILER". Archived from the original on January 29, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017 – via YouTube.
45. Cinemassacre (April 1, 2017). "MIMAL THE ELF - urban legend 90s TV documentary clip". Archived from the original on September 23, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2017 – via YouTube.
46. Cinemassacre (May 25, 2017). "What I'm Working On" – via YouTube.
47. Rolfe, James (December 29, 2017). "2018 – Personal projects". Cinemassacre.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2018.
48. What I've been working on lately (Aug 2018 update) (YouTube). Cinemassacre. August 8, 2018. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
49. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
50. "Coming Soon: The Head Returns - YouTube". www.youtube.com.
51. "Board James – Cinemassacre Productions". Cinemassacre. Archived from the original on June 10, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
52. Cinevore (May 30, 2012). "Cinivore Over Analyzers website". Cinevor Show. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
53. "OverAnalyzers". Critics Watch. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
54. Matei, Mike (September 22, 2016). "Monster Madness X Promo". Cinemassacre.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2016.
55. Sims, Davis (May 18, 2016). "The Ongoing Outcry Against the Ghostbusters Remake". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on July 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
56. Carbone, Gina (May 18, 2016). "The War Over 'Ghostbusters' Gets Ugly as New Trailer Drops". Moviefone. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
57. Matei, Mike (December 20, 2004). "Mechanical Losses (2004)". Cinemassacre.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2010.
58. Mechanical Losses (2004) (YouTube). Lost Cinemassacre Videos. June 17, 2017.
59. Rolfe, James (May 12, 2013). "Little Nerd". Cinemassacre.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014.
60. "Happy Thanksgiving – from Mrs Nerd". Cinemassacre.com. November 27, 2013. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015.
61. "AVGN Auction for Charity". Cinemassacre.com. April 13, 2016. Archived from the original on May 14, 2018.
62. Top 10 Popular Films I Don't Love (YouTube). Cinemassacre. September 22, 2017.

External links

• Quotations related to The Angry Video Game Nerd at Wikiquote
• Media related to James Rolfe (actor) at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• James Rolfe at IMDb