A self-described "film buff", Slash has had small parts in several films and television series. In 1988, he appeared with his GunsN'Roses bandmates in the "Dirty Harry" film "The Dead Pool", in which his character attends a musician's funeral and shoots a harpoon. He played radio DJ Hank in a 1994 episode of the horror anthology television series "Tales from the Crypt". Slash was a guest star in an episode of the live-action/animated talk show "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" on Cartoon Network, where Space Ghost, Zorak, and Moltar teach him how to do guitar licks, but he refuses to do any of that. In 1999, he appeared as the host of the Miss America Bag Lady pageant in the widely panned film "The Underground Comedy Movie". He has also appeared as himself in several projects, including Howard Stern's "Private Parts" in 1997, "The Drew Carey Show" in 1998, "MADtv" in 2005, and Sacha Baron Cohen's "Brüno" in 2009. Slash voiced a recurring caricature of himself in Robert Evans' animated television series "Kid Notorious", which aired in 2003 on Comedy Central. As in real life, Slash is Evans' close friend and next-door neighbor on the show. He played Billy Butterface in the R-rated television show "Metalocalypse" on The Adult Swim. On May 5, 2009, he appeared as the guest mentor for the rock 'n' roll week of "American Idol". In 2010, Slash formed Slasher Films, a horror film production company. Its first film, "Nothing Left to Fear", was screened in select cities on October 4, 2013, before being released on DVD and Blu-ray the following Tuesday. Slash appeared on the October 26, 2014 episode of Talking Dead. He is reported to be a massive fan of horror movies.