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Janel Spiegel

My name is Janel and I have been writing since second grade when I was first published. I previously wrote for RealityShack.com and many other magazines and newspapers. Writing is in my heart, soul, and blood! I do interviews, film reviews, event reviews, and more for HORRORNEWS.NET and TheValleyLedger.com I graduated with National Honors Society. I was the Associate Editor of the college newspaper. I earned a Publishing award and plan to keep writing. I graduated college. "May your nightmares inspire you." @butterflyjms

Film Review: Baby Ruby (2022)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Written and Directed by Bess Wohl Starring Noémie Merlant and Kit Harington BABY RUBY tells the story of Jo, a successful lifestyle entrepreneur who is happily pregnant, awaiting the arrival of her first child. But soon after Jo welcomes baby Ruby home, something starts to feel off– even though she’s assured it’s all perfectly normal. Is something wrong with her? Is something wrong …

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Film Review: Swallowed (2022)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Follows two best friends on their final night together, with a nightmare of drugs, bugs, and horrific intimacy. REVIEW: Swallowed was written and directed by Carter Smith. Benjamin portrayed by Cooper Koch (They/Them) and Dom (Jose Colon) are partying, and living their best life. Benjamin is taking off to start a new life, and Dom seems …

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Film Review: Skinamarink (2022)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished. REVIEW: Kyle Edward Ball wrote and directed Skinamarink. It’s one hour and forty minutes of disturbing, nightmarish horror. This is Kyle’s directorial debut. Skinamarink reminds me of a seventies …

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Film Review: The Doom Generation (1995) v2

SYNOPSIS: Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex-and-violence filled journey through an America of psychos and quickie marts. REVIEW: The official release date for The Doom Generation was October 25, 1995. Gregg already had some rad, wild films out including: Totally F***ed Up (1993), The …

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Interview: Aaron B. Koontz (Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge)

SCARE PACKAGE II: RAD CHAD’S REVENGE Now Available on Shudder SCARE PACKAGE II is a meta horror-comedy anthology film, from creators Aaron B. Koontz & Cameron Burns, that immediately follows the events of the cult hit original. The film is built around a core story that breaks off into four smaller segments with each moment geared to subvert a different set of horror tropes, and brought …

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The Best Horror of 2022

It’s that time again to make the 2022 list. I was able to interview a lot of new directors’ writers’ actors’ producers’ artist’s musicians’ singers, and more. I was able to watch some amazing films. It was a good year for Horror. It was a stressful chaotic year for some of us, and we strived to work and take care …

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Film Review: The Apology (2022)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In THE APOLOGY, twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, recovering alcoholic Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn) is preparing to host her family’s Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen (Janeane Garofalo). Late Christmas Eve, Darlene’s estranged ex-brother-in-law, Jack (Linus Roache) arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct. …

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Interview: Joe Begos (Christmas Bloody Christmas)

Starring: Riley Dandy, Sam Delich, Jonah Ray Rodrigues, Dora Madison, Jeremy Gardner, with Jeff Daniel Phillips, and Abraham Benrubi Written & Directed By: Joe Begos It’s Christmas Eve and fiery record store owner Tori Tooms just wants to get drunk and party, until the robotic Santa Claus at a nearby toy store goes haywire and makes her night more than a little …

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Film Review: Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)

Rate This Movie In CHRISTMAS BLOODY CHRISTMAS, it’s Christmas Eve and fiery record store owner Tori Tooms just wants to get drunk and party, until the robotic Santa Claus at a nearby toy store goes haywire and makes her night more than a little complicated. Santa Claus begins a rampant killing spree through the neon drenched snowscape against a backdrop of drugs, …

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