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“Yeah… Let’s Go Get Killed!”

[Contains faux-defensive wounds and SPOILERS!!!] For the past week, I’ve been working my way through Wes Craven’s Scream quadrilogy… and while all four satirical slasher flicks received rather mixed reviews from the professional critics, I still believe that the first … Continue reading

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Spook Show Baby II: The Spoofing

I was pretty squeamish when I was younger, so it took me a while to appreciate the appeal of horror flicks… and I’ve always preferred comedies above all else, which explains why I watched a silly, sub-par, Airplane!-esque spoof of … Continue reading

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Mi Casa

By and large, I prefer horror flicks that are spooky, rather than just icky… so I had to look away from the screen a couple of times while watching Witchcraft (1988), even though I know in my conscious mind that … Continue reading

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One of these things is not like the others…

…One of these things just doesn’t belong! Yesterday I was browsing the racks in a local second-hand shop, when I spotted the “classic films” collection pictured here, which includes the following unlikely bed-fellows: The Final Scream (aka Final Stab) (2001), … Continue reading

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Stupernatural 2: The Stuperning

[Contains SPOILERS!] I lent a friend of mine the first season of Supernatural boxset, and he liked it so much he ended up ordering the second season for himself! Having watched this second instalment of episodes, I’d have to say … Continue reading

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Wish me there, Wizard!

OMG!!! The AV Club posted a list of the comparative prices for personal photographs with various genre celebrities at this past weekend’s Wizard World convention… and while a snap with William Shatner would set you back $95 (fair enough), and … Continue reading

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Hell Hole

Hard to believe, but there was once a time when Thora Birch was a bigger star than Scarlett Johansson. That time, sadly, is long gone now, but her portrayal of ‘Enid’ in Ghost World will live on forever in my … Continue reading

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Miscovered

If you trawl through bargain bins and second hand shops for films, one of the lessons you learn pretty quickly is not to believe the front cover boasts regarding the prominence of the supposed “stars”. Silent Assassins is a classic … Continue reading

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The “Curse” Continues!

OMG! Yesterday I mention Amanda Bynes in the same paragraph as Pazuzu, and somehow that caused her to retire from acting entirely! It’s all my fault! Now we’ll be robbed of seeing her misguided attempt at an “edgy” makeover, ala … Continue reading

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Spook Show Baby

Ah… The Exorcist. Is there any point ragging on a much-loved classic, that has won awards I’ll never even get a sniff of? Probably not, but what else are blogs for if not to arrogantly opine about pop-culture? I can … Continue reading

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