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TV Review: The Walking Dead – 3.05 – Say The Word (SPOILERS)
So far season three of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” has been the most consistent, intense one of the bunch. We’ve had more action, zombies, tension, and blood than the first two seasons combined. In...
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Don’t Click (2012) Movie Review
Some 14 years after Sadako crawled from the television set, the influence of Hideo Nakata’s classic “Ringu” is still very much in evidence in the Asian horror genre. New Korean shocker “Don’t Click” is...
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I Miss U (2012) Movie Review
Despite its title, “I Miss U” is actually a Thai horror film, albeit one with a decidedly romantic and wistful bent, director Monthon Arayangkoon, combining the love story of his 2010 “Big Boy” with...
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TV Review: The Walking Dead – 3.04 – The Killer Within (SPOILERS)
THIS REVIEW OF LAST NIGHT’S “THE WALKING DEAD”, EPISODE 3.4, “THE KILLER WITHIN”, CONTAINS SPOILERS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Oh, T-Dog, we hardly knew ye. Well that’s not true. We knew you were on...
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The Bay (2012) Movie Review
Going into Barry Levinson’s new horror film, “The Bay”, you get the feeling that it could either be something really special, or fall flat on its face. The concept is certainly strong enough. A...
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The Cases (2012) Movie Review
Documentaries about the sinister and spooky have long been popular in Hong Kong and Chinese cinema, from back in the 1980s through to the present day, most recently seen in the sadly rather lacklustre...
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Nightmare (2012) Movie Review
The last few years have been an interesting time for the horror genre in Chinese cinema, with film makers venturing more and more into the realms of the sinister, while being held back by...
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Film Shots: Storage 24, We Are the Night, and My Ex
STORAGE 24 (2012) Prolific British writer, director, actor and more Noel Clarke returns in his 4th film of 2012, science fiction horror thriller “Storage 24”, directed by Johannes Roberts, helmer of a variety of...
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New on Blu-ray: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)/Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
With October 31st looming large on the calendar, it’s a very appropriate time indeed to revisit “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” and follow up “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers”, a...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Chernobyl Diaries (2012)
“Chernobyl Diaries”, boasting producer and co-screenplay credits by Oren Peli, the Godfather of the modern “reality TV horror” movie genre, if you will, has nothing new to offer you, but it does take place...
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Sinister (2012) Movie Review
Though it isn’t going to blow any minds, and won’t win over a landslide of new horror fans, Scott Derrickson’s (“The Exorcism of Emily Rose”) latest outing, “Sinister”, is a solid spookfest. You’ll find...
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The Pact (2012) Movie Review
“The Pact”, from debut writer director Nicholas McCarthy, has proved one of the horror sleeper hits of the year so far, earning an international big screen release and playing to positive notice at Sundance...
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Resident Evil: Damnation (2012) Movie Review
The Resident Evil brand makes money, as well as nightmare inducing creatures. The franchise has become a multimedia juggernaut with six major games in the series, five films, a few comics and now a...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Dark Shadows (2012)
Missed “Dark Shadows” in theaters when it opened earlier this year? Don’t feel bad, chances are you probably weren’t the only one. Despite boasting surefire hitmakers Tim Burton and Johnny Depp behind and in...
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Kotoko (2011) Movie Review
Japanese auteur and cult favourite Shinya Tsukamoto returns with “Kotoko”, combining the apocalyptic style of his classic “Tetsuo” films with the monstrous and terrifyingly intimate tale of a young single mother losing her mind...
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New on Blu-ray: The Devil’s Advocate (1997) / Queen of the Damned (2002)
Just in time for Halloween (okay, almost, but close enough, so let’s say “Just in time for Halloween-ish”…) comes two horror titles hitting Blu-ray for the first time courtesy of the folks at Warner...
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407 Dark Flight (2012) Movie Review
Thai horror takes to the skies and enters the third dimension with “Dark Flight” (aka “407 Dark Flight 3D”), an airborne shocker claiming to be the country’s first domestically produced 3D film – though...
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Frightfest 12: Berberian Sound Studio, American Mary, and After
BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO (2012) “Berberian Sound Studio” was easily one of the most talked about films of the festival, both before and after its packed screening. The film was directed by British helmer Peter...
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New On DVD: Screaming In High Heels (2011)
One of the most iconic images in the horror genre is a beautiful woman, sometimes covered in blood, often topless, screaming in terror. These actresses became widely known as “scream queens”, and hold a...
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Frightfest ’12: The Thompsons, Sleep Tight, and Dead Sushi
THE THOMPSONS (2012) Directorial duo The Butcher Brothers (aka Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores) follow up their 2006 family themed vampire flick “The Hamiltons” with “The Thompsons”, offering up more of the same as...
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