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Film Review: Empty Trash (short) (2010)

SYNOPSIS: Mark (Loren Farrand) is a paroled ex-con and janitor who’s trying to haul himself from the gutter. Mark’s boss, Don (Wade Dienert) is a grade-A asshole who blackmails him into pulling off what is known in the heist movie genre as “one last job.” Mark recruits Rudy (Eric Morcos) and Greg (Josh Mazurkiewicz), two dim bulbs who couldn’t rob …

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Film Review: The Dead Matter (2010)

SYNOPSIS: Tells the story of a vampire relic with occult powers that falls into the hands of a grief-stricken young woman who will do anything to contact her dead brother. REVIEW: Written by: Tony Demci & Edward Douglas Directed by: Edward Douglas Starring: Andrew Divoff, Tom Savini, Sean Serino, Tom Nagel, C.B. Spencer Don’t stop here – Watch the Trailer …

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SCREAM 4: TRUE BLOOD AND VERONICA MARS STARS TO APPEAR

Scream 4’s huge ensemble cast continues to grow with the news that True Blood’s Anna Paquin and Veronica Mars herself, Kristen Bell, are to make a cameo in the film. The story in USA TODAY states that the ladies will be appearing alongside the familiar faces of Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette. This is pretty cool news for …

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One Week In Windchocombe – new indie scare!

New indie pics just supplied on independent feature “One Week In Windchocombe” The film star Chris Maddison, Emily Schooley, Sean Kaufmann, Kelly Ames, Xena Whiting, Alen Delain, Richard Andy Malone, Katharine Jovey, Anna Ross, and Malakai Arnel. The five actors play a group of characters who attempt to stay in a haunted house for a week… but the house has …

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Book Review: Ouroboros – Author Michael Kelly & Carol Weekes

Ouroboros by Michael Kelly and Carol Weekes In a small coastal town, an ancient force stirs, drawn by the cumulative power of life and death, grief and sorrow, and ultimately, endless love. OUROBOROS – life out of death. Tom Christiansen’s wife of 35-years, Dolly, is dead. His world suddenly shattered, Tom takes refuge in his house to grieve and reflect. …

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Film Review: Prisoners Of The Lost Universe (1983)

SYNOPSIS: “Through a series of coincidences, Carrie, Dan and Doctor Hartmann all fall through a teleporter device Hartmann has invented. Transported to a what appears to be a prehistoric world in a parallel universe and unable to find the Doctor, Dan and Carrie must figure out a way to get back home. Before they can do that, however, they must …

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Film Review: Predator (1987)

SYNOPSIS: “Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the forest, taking trophies from the bodies of it’s victims as it goes along. Occasionally seeing …

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Film Review: Poltergeist (1982)

SYNOPSIS: “While living an an average family house in a pleasant neighborhood, the youngest daughter of the Freeling family, Carol Anne, seems to be connecting with the supernatural through a dead channel on the television. It is not for long when the mysterious beings enter the house’s walls. At first seeming like harmless ghosts, they play tricks and amuse the …

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Film Review: Planet Of The Apes (1968)

SYNOPSIS: “Taylor and two other astronauts come out of deep hibernation to find that their ship has crashed. Escaping with little more than clothes they find that they have landed on a planet where men are pre-lingual and uncivilized while apes have learned speech and technology. Taylor is captured and taken to the city of the apes after damaging his …

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The Philosopher’s Stone

The Scholastic Corporation bought the USA rights to Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone in 1997 for US$105,000 – an unusually high sum for a children’s book. They insisted no American child would want to read a book with the word ‘Philosopher’ in the title and, after some discussion, the American edition was published in October 1998 under the title …

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Philippe Mora

Depending on my critical faculties or level of intoxication, director Philippe Mora is either the unjustly neglected surrealist auteur of Australian cinema, or the nation’s very own Ed Wood Junior. Consider the wild array of evidence presented on a recently-released DVD simply titled Philippe Mora Triple (the distributors decided not to use the word Threat at the end). Where else …

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Film Review: The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues (1955)

SYNOPSIS: “An unusual radioactive rock on the sea bottom mutates the ocean life into a horrible monster. When charred, radioactive bodies begin to drift ashore a scientist and government agent investigate the phenomenon, and it’s connection to a local marine biology professor.” (courtesy IMDB) REVIEW: As the fifties grew to a close so did the era of the giant radioactive …

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Predators: The Hunt Begins on Blu-ray and DVD October 19

EXPERIENCE THE NEW BREED OF ACTION ROBERT RODRIGUEZ PRESENTS The Hunt Begins on Blu-ray and DVD October 19 Including Exclusive Motion Comics That Reveal The Predator’s Back-story LOS ANGELES (August 24, 2010) – “This planet is a game preserve, and we’re the game.” The ultimate hunters are back when Robert Rodriguez’ PREDATORS arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on October 19th …

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Horror Gossip: 08.25.10

LET THE REAPING BEGIN Greetings all you wonderful pieces of meat… Yes, I called you all pieces of meat, because we are all edible and I’ve always wanted to go all Hannibal Lector on someone’s ass, just for the fun of it. Maybe I’m alone on all the cannibal carnage, but heck, I say try anything once. Anyways, I was recently mentioned in www.horrorinthehammer.com …

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Last Sunset – Author O.A.T.H plans interactive novel

So You Wanna Be a Serial Killer? Astoria, Oregon – August 22, 2010 – The writer who goes only by the name O.A.T.H. is giving readers of his new horror novel the chance. “The story, Last Sunset will be unlike books that readers have experienced before. Even the way it will be read will be different,” O.A.T.H. says. Last Sunset …

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Apex releases first digital only title

APEXOLOGY:Horror 1. The study of literature-based artifacts left by the authors and editors of Apex Publications, particularly dark or horrific stories. 2. An anthology of horror containing disturbing, dark imagery and twisted fiction. Contained within are twenty-one stories to showcase the unique talents that Apex has published and employed in the past five years. Apexology: Horror contains work from two …

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