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Never before had I seen a film, of any genre, so completely like a poem…or, perhaps, completely a poem and not just “like” one. You Won’t Be Alone, the new internationally co-produced horror film, written and directed by Goran Stolevski… Continue reading
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Kung Fu Ghost (the latest film from director, writer, actor, and producer Jennifer Linch) has something for everyone, with its masterful mix of genres—comedy, drama, action, romance, and yes, the expected… Continue reading
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Back in 1999, director Eduardo Sánchez took the horror world by storm, giving us not the first found-footage film, but certainly one that changed everything–The Blair Witch Project. Ten years later, in 2011, Sanchez returned as… Continue reading
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I am always a little bothered in the end, when I learn that the title of a movie has nothing to do with the movie. The Pact is just such a film that had me… Continue reading
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Within the walls of the mind are hopefully buried the worst of our experiences, our guilt, and our fears. Hopefully, they will remain forever hidden… Continue reading
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Some of the best horror films are those in which the monsters are the people around us, our friends and family, and anyone but the obvious, overt physical monsters we expect. These monsters look just like our friends, relatives… Continue reading
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The amazing Jennifer Linch–the award-winning martial-arts maven and master of genre mixing–is at it again, with a much anticipated supernatural comedy/mystery/action combo…and yes, another butt-kicking entry in the genre she does better than anyone else… Continue reading
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Years ago, at a local Half Price bookstore, while looking through a vat of $2.00 DVDs (the ones they really want to get rid of), I happened upon a movie called Shadow Puppets. From the title alone, I thought it… Continue reading
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Something terrible is happening. A dead body lies in a hallway, a black triangle is painted on a door, and a woman screams. Running from the house, she is shot. Doused with gasoline, while still alive, begging for her life, the woman is set afire… Continue reading
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One of the most important elements any horror film can have is atmosphere–a dominant mood, emotional tone, or environment that surrounds and envelops us as viewers, making us feel that we are a part of it all as we watch. … Continue reading
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I have used the word “visceral” to describe many horror films fully deserving the term’s meanings: “1. felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body, 2. of, relating to, or located on or among the body … Continue reading
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I have never been abused. Thank God and whoever else for that! However, I have often wondered how my life might be different had I been so unfortunate. I have wondered how horrors inflicted upon me by a monster (of … Continue reading
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I’ve always liked that quote from Dante Alighieri’s epic poem, The Divine Comedy. I’ve always wanted to use it as the prelude to a movie review. However, previously, I hadn’t found just the right movie deserving of it’s message. Finally, VooDoo is that movie. Continue reading
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I always love a good found-footage horror film. However, finding a good one is not so easy these days. Since the first mainstream example in the genre–The Blair Witch Project in 1999–such a film with anything original and different to … Continue reading
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The Devil’s Rock begins at night, June 5th 1944, as the camera pans down from a moonlit sky, to the waters of the English Channel. Two men are paddling, in their kayak, to the shore of Forau Island, five miles … Continue reading
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Enter Nowhere (the supernatural thriller/mystery from director Jack Heller) is the story of three people who find themselves lost in the same unknown place, in a wooded area, near a ramshackle cabin in the woods. Every attempt to escape the … Continue reading
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In my years watching horror films, I’ve accumulated a book’s worth of advice for surviving one. Yes! Life in a horror movie is a close call at death every minute. Arteries are cut, necks are broken, bodies are eviscerated… Continue reading
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If ever you move into a small community in the countryside, and the locals are unfriendly, telling you that the woods nearby are haunted or filled with monsters, leave immediately! Yes! No matter how quaint and cozy the place looks, … Continue reading
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I am often asked who I think is the “scariest” of movie monsters. Yes! It’s a clichéd question, dragged through the blood of and gore of movie-loving minds the world over… Continue reading
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A phobia is bad enough, on its own, without other terrors to make it worse. Yes! Just a fear of going out of your house can be the worst of things to haunt you. However, imagine a situation where your home becomes… Continue reading
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“2,500 people are reported missing every day in America alone. Royal Canadian Mounted Police had figures of 60,582 children in 2007.” What would you do if you acquired, by whatever means, a video camera with footage of something terrible, something … Continue reading
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Who is that beautiful jilted lover, bleeding tears of pain, hunting prey that broke a promise? Whose pound of flesh is captured in her gaze? From whom and what heart flows revenge so viscous? Yes! It’s none other than THE … Continue reading