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Film Review: 63 Minutes Later (Tokyo Gore Police – spinoff) (2009)

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(aka – 63-fun-go) SYNOPSIS: A mad scientist known as Key Man has created a rampaging virus that mutates unsuspecting humans into nightmarish abominations of nature, and in order to dispose of these repulsive monstrosities, the Tokyo police have created a special squad of fearless freak fighters. Chief among these brave officers is Ruka, a sword-swinging dealer of death who has …

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Interview: Ralph Baker as Deadly Earnest

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Way back in the sixties, way before Elvira, a favourite amongst Australian students was Deadly Earnest, the television schlock horror host on the 0-10 Network. Late on Friday nights, the atrocious old science fiction and horror films became compulsory viewing, solely because of the gothic Master of Ceremonies. Actors portraying Deadly Earnest were: Ralph Baker (ATV-0 Melbourne); Ian Bannerman (TEN-10 …

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Film Review: Coming Soon (2008)

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SYNOPSIS: A young projectionist, Chen, decides to illegally record a newly released horror movie. After falling asleep during the screening, he wakes to find that his co-conspirator has disappeared and left his camera behind. Suddenly, the horror movie that they were watching in the cinema starts to happen to them in real life. REVIEW: Director: Sophon Sakdapisit Cast: Chantawit Tanasaewe, …

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ASIAN SCREAM QUEENS: Jin-hie (Phone)

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ABOUT: My name is Jin-hie, although some like to call me disturbed. I like to say I was passionate. I was a schoolgirl from South Korea who was madly in love with a man named Chang-hoon. We shared many special moments together, and he was especially fond of my piano playing. His favorite song was Moonlight Sonata! Even though Chang-hoon …

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The Asian Western

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Last week celebrated the American DVD/Blu-ray release of Ji-woon Kim’s The Good, the Bad, the Weird. The film is more or less a remake of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western of a similar name involving three mercenaries in hot pursuit of buried treasure and get caught in the midst of a civil war. Here, it’s 1930s Manchuria and the Imperial Japanese …

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Film Review: Phone (2002)

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SYNOPSIS: Soon after Ji-won gets a new cell phone, her friend’s young daughter, Yeong-ju, puts it to her ear and immediately begins screaming in terror. When other strange things start happening in connection with the phone, Ji-Won does some investigating and discovers that of the people before her who had the same number, almost all of them died suddenly under …

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ASIAN SCREAM QUEENS: Asami Yamazaki (Audition)

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ABOUT: “Kiri kiri kiri kiri kiri”, the sound of a beautiful Japanese songbird to some, to others, a painful pathway to truth. You may know me from Audition, but please allow me to introduce myself, I am Asami Yamazaki. Quiet, obedient, and well spoken, I have been told that I am everything that a man desires in a woman. All …

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The Vampire Diaries – Season 2 promo ads and trailer

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[dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xem06t_the-vampire-diaries-season-2-traile_shortfilms[/dailymotion] Synopsis: Returning for its second season, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is the story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same beautiful girl, and battling to control the fate of an entire town. During season one, Stefan (Paul Wesley, “Fallen”) and Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder, “Lost”), returned to their hometown of Mystic Falls, Virginia, for very different reasons – Stefan …

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Supernatural TV series Season 6 teaser

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[dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xem06q_supernatural-seaspn-6-teaser-tv-tra_shortfilms[/dailymotion]  Who’s gonna tune it? Well after 5 fantastic seasons, …..everyone! Season 6 synopsis: Returning for its sixth season, this haunting series follows Sam and Dean Winchester, two brothers bound by tragedy and blood to their dangerous, other-worldly mission. This past season, Dean and Sam faced their toughest foe yet: the Devil himself. As the Apocalypse raged on around them, …

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The Craving: indie grindhouse feature arriving soon – exclusive pics

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THE CRAVING by Val Killmore will be released to the public in January 2011! The Craving” is an indie homo horror/grindhouse ‘a la Dario Argento feature film; shot entirely in San Francisco of November 2009. “The Craving” is “American Psycho” meets “Blood Feast”. The Story: Chef Ronnie is a charming celebrity chef who thrives and shines in her everyday life …

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TV Show ‘LOST’ finds it’s way to a finale

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The End. The ever so typical phrase was the simple yet effective title to the series finale of ABC’s “Lost.” Creators Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse didn’t need a fancy title or a name of song. They knew the episode would speak for itself. And boy did it ever. A little over 13 million fans tuned into the show that …

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Book Review: Horror Movie Freak – Author Don Summer

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Well it was about due time for a new horror genre book to cross my table as its been a bit of a dry spell. Of course that means that books on the market then fail to acknowledge some of the newer films into their releases. Hence comes along “Horror Movie Freak” chock full of wisdom, reviews and best of …

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HORROR FANDOM: Paying the past its due

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One aspect of horror fandom that always brings a warm glow to my geeky heart is the fact that we are always able to appreciate the glories of the past as well as the latest releases. In some corners of movie fandom there is a horrible tendency to dismiss anything that could be classified as old school, while in horror …

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