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War of the Dead (2011) Movie Review
As its title suggests, “War of the Dead” is a horror-action hybrid which sees soldiers facing off against zombies, this time with a World War II backdrop. Much like its undead ghouls, the Finish...
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Mutant Girls Squad (2010) Movie Review
Fans of Japanese splatter have reason to celebrate with the arrival on DVD of Sushi Typhoon’s “Mutant Girls Squad”, a film which combines the talents of three of the finest (and craziest) directors working...
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New On Blu-Ray/DVD: The Wicker Tree (2010)
In 1973 Robin Hardy made a little film called “The Wicker Man”, which became a bonafied piece cult horror. A few years ago “The Wicker Man” was remade (remember Nicolas Cage yelling about “The...
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Monsters Club (2011) Movie Review
Screened at the 2012 Terracotta Far East Film Festival. Japanese auteur Toshiaki Toyoda returns with “Monsters Club”, following up the likes of “Blue Spring” and “The Blood of Rebirth” with more avant-garde alienation and...
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Gyo (2012) Movie Review
Screened at the 2012 Terracotta Far East Film Festival. “Gyo” is an OVA anime adaptation of the horror manga by popular artist Junji Ito, the mad genius best known for the likes of “Tomie”...
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The Cabin in the Woods (2011) Movie Review
“The Cabin in the Woods” features pretty 20-somethings on their way to a remote cabin in the woods for a little relaxation, drinking, and possibly, sex. It also has a couple of middle-age guys...
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Detention (2011) Movie Review
This review was originally written on June 6, 2011 from a screening at SIFF. “Detention” opens in theaters this Friday. Is it time to start wistfully longing for the 1990s already? Since “Take Me...
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ATM (2012) Movie Review
Full disclosure: I openly mocked director David Brooks’ 2012 feature-length debut “ATM” when I first happened upon the trailer. A horror movie set inside a free-standing ATM? Starring Josh Peck? The film sounds ludicrous...
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Camel Spiders (2012) Movie Review
B-movie mastermind Jim Wynorski’s 2012 creature feature “Camel Spiders” doesn’t waste any time getting to the good stuff. After an extremely quick credit sequence, the film is underway, opening with a wonky shoot-out in...
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Intruders (2011) Movie Review
Hard to believe, but “Intruders” is only the third film from Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who made his bones in his native Spain with 2001′s “Intacto”, before parlaying that into Hollywood work on...
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Creature (2011) Movie Review
I’m surprised director Fred Andrews’ low-budget horror flick “Creature” managed to get theatrical distribution. Wide distribution, at that. This isn’t the sort of motion picture you’d ever want to pay premium price to see...
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TV Review: The Walking Dead Season 2 Finale – Beside the Dying Fire (SPOILERS)
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING REVIEW INCLUDES MASSIVE SPOILERS ABOUT THE SEASON 2 FINALE OF “THE WALKING DEAD”. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Holy shit. They destroyed the farm. Killed off Dale two episodes ago. Then killed...
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Kyofu (2010) Movie Review
“Kyofu” marks the end of the “J-Horror Theater” Japanese horror series, brainchild of famed producer Takashige Ichise, the man behind many of the country’s most influential genre films of the last couple of decades,...
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The Divide (2011) Movie Review #2
“The Divide” marks the return of French director Xavier Gens, following up his slightly better than expected videogame adaptation “Hitman” with a return to the dark brutality of his harrowing “Frontier(s)”, still one of...
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Urban Explorers (2011) Movie Review
“Urban Explorers” offers a horrific twist on the apparently popular new pastime of urban exploration (also referred to by the particularly hip as Urbex or UE), in which practitioners make their way through abandoned...
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New On DVD: The Burning Moon (1997)
Do you like disemboweling? Do you like people being forced to eat their friend’s eyeballs? I knew you did. And because you have such discerning, gore-soaked taste, you’ll probably want to hurry out and...
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Kill List (2011) Movie Review
Ben Wheatley’s “Kill List” has been a difficult film to pin down. It’s been getting tons of play on horror sites, but at the same time the basic, couple sentence summary makes it sound...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: The Fades Season One
If you don’t have BBC America as part of your cable subscription, you’re really missing out on some fine genre offerings from Across the Pond. Who knew the Brits could do genre fare so...
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Encapsulated Cinema: Monsters in the Woods, 2-Headed Shark Attack, and 8213 Gacy House
Monsters in the Woods (2012)In the market for a creature feature of an entirely different variety? Step into writer/director Jason Horton’s faux documentary “Monsters in the Woods”, a film that takes yet another stab...
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Director Yam Laranas’ The Road Set to Terrify US Audiences This Summer
Some extremely good news for US horror fans this morning: According to director Yam Laranas, his entertaining 2011 genre flick “The Road” has been acquired by Freestyle Releasing for distribution here in the US....
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