Slasher Scotty

"'Welcome everyone to another episode of Slasher Scotty, I am your host Scotty McCoy and boy do I have a surprise for you!'"                                                                                          ― Slasher Scotty

Biography
Slasher Scotty is the host of the YouTube channel, Slasher Scotty, as well as the owner of his production company's YouTube channel named after the company itself, Gravestone Films. On Slasher Scotty, his most popular content are the interviews that he conducts with various celebrity guests. He also has other popular content that he produces, including The Body Count, the Rankings, the Top 10, and his horror news chanenl, the SSN, short for "Slasher Scotty News". Scotty plans on covering all the major franchises in horror cinema on The Body Count, starting with the Halloween franchise. Other franchises he'll be covering include Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Child's Play, Leprechaun, Saw, Final Destination, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]], Hellraiser, Candyman, Silent Night, Deadly Night, Sleepaway Camp, and Children of the Corn, to name just a few. He'll also be covering widely viewed, as well as low budget indie films that are not part of any franchises, including Samhain, Trick 'r Treat, Ice Cream Man, Reunion From Hell, 72, and Cujo, to name just a few. Lastly, he'll also like to cover television shows in the future, including American Horror Story, Scream: The TV Series, Scream Queens, and Stranger Things, to name just a few. Scotty has also interviewed some big names in the horror industry, and the entertainment industry as a whole, including the likes of Dee Wallace, Terry Kiser, Arlen Escarpeta, Kelly Hu, Michael Manning, JTG, Elijah Burke, Christopher Sean, Shavar Ross, Melanie Kinnaman, and Lisa Wilcox, to name just a few.

Scotty's full time job is as a Sr. Web Developer for the US Coast Guard. He also owns the film company, Gravestone Films, where he also acts, produces, and writes for the films that his company produces. He has also starred in some films that weren't produced by his company, such as Always Check and Frosty's Revenge: Seasons Bleeding 3. In August 2018, Scotty met his future partner, Kyle, online an app that he and Kyle both joke as a "trashy dating app" and began dating three hours after they met online in a long distance relationship. They would meet up once every three months for the next eight months until Scotty got his job and moved closer to Kyle. Together, they've been together for three years come August 2021.

Scotty's a published author, with five books published: The Ultimate Friday the 13th Trivia Book, The Ultimate Halloween Trivia Book, The Ultimate Halloween Trivia Book 2nd Edition, Christ Defeats Cancer, and Christ Defeats Cancer 2:  The Battle Continues. The latter two are true biographical novels he wrote on his dad's battle with stage four brain cancer. Scotty is from Ashland, Pennsylvania. He currently resides in Woodlawn, Maryland. He travels most weekends to visit his parents back in Pennsylvania, where he helps his mother take care of his dad, who is still suffering the effects from the stroke he had after brain surgery in September 2016. Scotty loves his two cats, Riley and Oreo, and his dog, Reggie, and loves visiting them when he is back in Pennsylvania.

Childhood
Scotty Anthony McCoy was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He was brought home from Bloomsburg to his childhood home where he lived until he was 17, Ashland, Pennsylvania. He moved to Nanticoke, Pennsylvania where he attended Luzerne County Community College, getting his Associate's of Applied Science Degree in Web/Software Development. He then moved back home to live with his parents in Ashland until he got a job in November 2016 where he moved to Royersford, Pennsylvania when he landed a job as a Software Database Engineer. Upon being let go due to budgetary reasons, he moved back with his parents and went back to school. He transferred to Champlain College where he got his Bachelor's of Science Degree in Web Design and Development. He eventually landed a job as a professor at the college teaching advanced PHP Programming courses and then left the job when he got offered a position with the US Coast Guard as their Web Developer, moving to Maryland in the process. He eventually was promoted to Sr. Web Developer and, as of March 17, 2021, is currently still employed with them. April 2021 will mark his two year anniversary with them. Scotty also has a technical certification from the Schuylkill Technology Centers in Computer Science and Engineering.

As a young boy (age 6), Scotty rented Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood on VHS, with the help of his parents since it was not able to be rented at a video store by a child due to its rating. He fell in love with the film and began watching all of the Friday the 13th films, followed by the Halloween films and the rest of the horror franchises. It wasn't hard to realize Scotty became an avoid horror fan and followed it the rest of his life as a passion, eventually starting a company where he makes horror movies himself. Scotty's favorite subgenre of horror was, is, and always will be slasher films.

During his early teens, Scotty was obsessed with tallying up the deaths in horror movies, primarily slasher films. That's where he thought doing a channel on various horror-related topics, with one of the video series for the channel being titled "The Body Count", a childhood name he gave for his lists that he created as a child.

Filmography

 * Samhain as Jordan Hathaway
 * Always Check as Shady Businessman
 * Friday the 13th: Dead Before Dusk as Jackson
 * Frosty's Revenge: Seasons Bleeding 3 as Barry
 * 72 as Tate
 * Samhain: A Festival to Die For as Jordan Hathaway

YouTube Shows

 * The Body Count
 * Rankings
 * Top 10
 * SSN
 * Interviews

Trivia

 * Scotty has Tourette's Syndrome, ADHD, OCD, and Bipolar Disorder.
 * Scotty is openly gay and has been in a committed relationship with his boyfriend Kyle for three years, as of August 2021.
 * Kyle helps Scotty every week set up and film his shows and serves as his Associate Producer. He also gives advice and ideas on new content and series to do for the channel.
 * Scotty is a born-again Christian.
 * Scotty started his interviews as part of book titled "The Ultimate Slasher Movie Encyclopedia", but he instead nixed the idea and started uploading the full interviews online.
 * His interviews are also available on various podcasting platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, OpenBox, CastBox, Vurbl, Breaker, and Whooshkaa, to name just a few.
 * Scotty is a prominent member of the indie horror community.
 * Scotty has become good friends with horror film actors, actresses, and crew members that he grew up watching and idolizing, including Debi Sue Voorhees, Adam Marcus, and Nancy McLoughlin.
 * Scotty appeared on multiple radio shows, Websites, and magazines to promote his films and books, including Return to Camp Blood, Python's Paradise, Resurrection of Zombie 7, Smells of Blood, Popcorn Horror Magazine, Horror Fuel, Klimczak's Killer Collection, and Interviews with Everyday People. He also appeared on Newswatch 16, PA Live!, and co-hosted an episode of Not Cool in High School.