November Movie Review Based on a best-selling Estonian novel, “November” is a mixture of magic, black humor and romantic love. The story is set in a pagan Estonian village where werewolves, the plague, and spirits roam. The villagers’ main problem is how to survive the cold, dark winter. And, to that aim, nothing is taboo. […]
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Sequence Break Movie Review A reclusive video arcade repair technician (Chase Williamson) experiences bizarre biomechanical mutations and Cronenbergian hallucinations when a mysterious new arcade machine appears in his shop. Reality itself threatens to fracture as he works to solve its mystery and the new chaos that has entered his life. This film is Graham Skipper’s
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Game of Death Movie Review Kill or be killed is the golden rule of the Game of Death (affiliate link). Unfortunately, seven millennials have ignored that rule. Now each one’s head will explode unless they kill someone. In the simplest terms, this film is “Jumanji” (affiliate link) meets “Battle Royale” (affiliate link). Others have said
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Super Dark Times Movie Review Gavin’s Review of Super Dark Times Viewers of a certain age and upbringing will latch on to Super Dark Times (affiliate link) almost immediately. This was life in the pre-Internet era, circa 1992, with scrambled pornography on television being the most exciting thing a teenage boy could hope for. Perhaps
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Review: Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic: Fifty-Four Neglected Authors, Actors, Artists and Others Gavin’s Review of Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic “Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic: Fifty-Four Neglected Authors, Actors, Artists and Others”, (affiliate link)is the perfect primer for those who are interested in horror (whether it be movies,
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The Turn to Gruesomeness In his new book, Jon Towlson‘s claim is that in the era of DVD and Blu-ray, we can re-examine the classic horror films of the 1930s (specifically the “golden age” of 1931-1936) and find that if it weren’t for the censors, we would see some of the most “gruesome” horror films
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Francesco Borseti’s It Came from the 80s!: Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers Francesco Borseti’s is the best horror reference book of 2016. There is no question about it. If the folks behind the Rondo Awards read this, don’t even bother to have a vote because we already have a winner. What Borseti has done is
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Gavin Schmitt Interviews Director Troy Escamilla More often than not, I am talking to actors and directors after their movies have been made and they are on a promotional tour. On February 29, 2016, something a little bit different happened: I spoke with Fright Meter Awards creator Troy Escamilla about a movie in pre-production, as
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Movie Review: Muck – Directed by Steve Wolsh Gavin’s Review: Muck One thing needs to be addressed up front, because it is the one thing most viewers will notice… Muck (affiliate link) seems obsessed with showing women topless. Throughout the opening credits, there are several shots of topless women. And not just topless, but with
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The concept of pity is one that has long captured my imagination and my deepest thoughts. The philosophical writings of both Arthur Schopenhauer and his disciple Friedrich Nietzsche have much to say on the subject, and composer Richard Wagner gave it a special place in his opera “Parsifal” wherein he pointed out that through Christ,
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