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Frightfest ’12: Under the Bed, Tulpa, and Maniac (Remake)
UNDER THE BED (2012) “The Aggression Scale” director Steven C. Miller returns with “Under the Bed”, an homage to the much loved creature features and Amblin films of the 1980s, in particular “The Goonies”...
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Frightfest ’12: Eurocrime, Outpost 2: Black Sun, and Paura 3D
EUROCRIME! THE ITALIAN COP AND GANGSTER FILMS THAT RULED THE ’70S (2012) Directed by Mike Malloy, “Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films that Ruled the ’70s” is a documentary exploring the cop thrillers...
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Frightfest ’12: Nightbreed (The Cabal Cut), Hidden in the Woods, V/H/S, and [REC] 3: Genesis
NIGHTBREED: THE CABAL CUT (1990) “Nightbreed”, directed by cult author Clive Barker and adapted from his own novel “Cabal”, has been a subject of great interest for horror fans ever since 1990, when it...
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Frightfest ’12: The Seasoning House, Cockneys vs. Zombies, and Grabbers
THE SEASONING HOUSE (2012) London FrightFest 2012 opener “The Seasoning House” was a highly anticipated screening for British genre fans, marking the directorial debut of Paul Hyett, a respected and prolific special effects craftsman...
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New On Blu-Ray/DVD: The Walking Dead Season 2
The second season of AMC’s zombie juggernaut “The Walking Dead”, now out on Blu-ray and DVD, is really a tale of two halves. Part one is chiefly concerned with the group, led by Rick...
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The Tall Man (2012) Movie Review
Frenchman Pascal Laugier, the writer/director of 2008′s gruesome revenge thriller “Martyrs”, turns his attention to the American Pacific Northwest in his latest outing, “The Tall Man”, his first film since bursting onto the scene...
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A Night in the Woods (2011) Movie Review
More “Blair Witch Project” style shenanigans arrive in the form of “A Night in the Woods”, a British effort which could at least never be accused of not living up to its title, following...
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Truth or Dare (aka Truth or Die, 2012) Movie Review
Please, stop me if you’ve heard this one – a year after a college party game ends in humiliation for an unfortunate geek, the group of friends responsible are invited to another gathering, only...
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ParaNorman (2012) Movie Review
Packaged and marketed as a kid’s movie, “ParaNorman”, the new stop-motion animated offering from Laika—the folks behind “Coraline”—is everything you want out of this kind of movie. This is a horror movie aimed at...
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Encapsulated Cinema One-Shot: James Cullen Bressack’s Hate Crime
In the market to punish yourself with insanely graphic depictions of cruelty, humiliation, and violence? Director James Cullen Bressack has just the flick for you. The indie filmmaker’s latest effort, 2012′s “Hate Crime,” is...
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Any Other Side (2012) Movie Review
Also known by the decidedly more fitting name “Nightclub Suspense Tale”, “Any Other Side” is another Chinese omnibus of ghostly tales of the weird and supernatural, marking the debut of writer director Fang Yaxi...
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Encapsulated Cinema: REC 3 – Genesis, Seven Below and The Collapsed
REC 3: GENESIS (2012) If you were expecting the claustrophobic terror of the first two “REC” movies, then you’ll be sorely disappointed with Paco Plaza’s “REC 3: Genesis”, a decidedly campier (not to mention...
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Nix Sees Dead People: The Woman in Black, The Awakening, and Humans vs. Zombies
THE WOMAN IN BLACK (2012) Former “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe, looking convincingly older than his 22 years, stars in James Watkins’ old-fashioned horror tale “The Woman in Black”. The young lad plays Arthur...
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Encapsulated Cinema: Detention, No Mercy, and The Dark Knight Rises
Detention (2011) “Torque” Director Joseph Kahn’s genre-bending head game “Detention” is the millennial “Scream”, except a lot more scatter-brained and unfocused. The film chronicles the adventures of several high school students, all of whom...
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The Paranormal Incident (2011) Movie Review
Unsurprisingly, the cunningly titled “The Paranormal Incident” is yet another low budget found footage affair, in this case following a bunch of unfortunate lame-brains as they wander around the usual abandoned lunatic asylum. The...
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Monster Brawl (2011) Movie Review
Arriving soon on region 2 DVD through Momentum is “Monster Brawl”, a film revolving around the wacky, though oddly logical concept of pitting 8 classic monster types against each other in a wrestling championship...
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Dark Mirror (2007) Movie Review
Originally unleashed back in 2007, “Dark Mirror” is a low key psychodrama horror, which now makes a belated arrival on UK region 2 DVD via Arrow Films. The film was directed by Pablo Proenza,...
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The Tunnel (2011) Movie Review
“The Tunnel”, out shortly on region 2 UK DVD via Arrow Films, is an Australian horror of the found footage variety, following a journalist and her camera crew poking around in the old rail...
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Howling (2012) Movie Review
Despite its title and killer canine premise, “Howling” isn’t a werewolf horror, but a crime mystery based upon the award winning novel “Kogoeru Kiba” (“Fang Freezing”) by Japanese author Nonami Asa. The film is...
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V/H/S (2012) Movie Review
“V/H/S” is a weird movie because I enjoy it much more in retrospect than I did sitting in the theater. There are some elements that will delight horror fans, but there are moments of...
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