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Film Review: Alien Vs. Zombies (2017)

SYNOPSIS: Joe Alien fulfills a dream of coming to Earth to find that it’s overrun by zombies. Finding an ally in young Parker, he attempts to save the world! REVIEW: It takes courage to be an actor. I’m not talking about the kind of courage it takes to leap onto an IED to save your squadron or to go running …

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Film Review: At Granny’s House (2015)

SYNOPSIS: Marion Rogers (Granny), an elderly lady in the small town of Haley, reluctantly accepts the mysterious Rebecca Torrance as her live-in caregiver, but eventually the two form a strong friendship. Rebecca soon sells Granny on the idea of turning the house into a guest house for travelers looking for free accommodations., which, in turn, leads to revealing Rebecca’s dark …

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What Nightmares Are Made Of – The Real-Life Inspiration Behind Freddy Krueger

Historical events directly impact what filmmakers create and monsters notoriously tend to reflect the perils of the times. Blending fact with fiction, film draws inspiration from folklore, various cultures and universal humanistic themes, to world events in order to create stories that allow audiences to escape reality for fun as well as fear. Common influences in horror films tend to …

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Scumdance Film Festival 2017 Official Line-up features Red Christmas

Scumdance Film Festival August 5th, 2017 Here is the full festival line up/ schedule: 12 Noon – Festival kick off and greetings. 12:30 Red Christmas – Feature Film in which Christmas day becomes a hellish homecoming in this unusual Australian horror/comedy gorefest featuring the legendary Dee Wallace (The Howling, The Hills Have Eyes, and E.T.) and Gerard O’Dwyer 2:00 PM …

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Elvira Pop! Giveaway from Entertainment Earth

Horrornews.net & Entertainment Earth have teamed up once again and this time we’re giving away an Elvira Pop! Vinyl Figure Please email joyhorror@msn.com and put “Elvira Giveaway” in the subject line and your full name and complete address in the body of the email.   We will pick a winner within a few days.  United States & Canada ONLY. Elvira …

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QUIET RIOT Premiere Video For “Can’t Get Enough”

QUIET RIOT Premiere Video For “Can’t Get Enough”   New Album “Road Rage” Out August 4th via Frontiers Music Srl Quiet Riot continues their historic journey in 2017 with their new album, “Road Rage”. Led by drummer Frankie Banali, who is joined by veteran bassist Chuck Wright (who has been in and out of the band since 1982), guitarist Alex …

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Film Review: Scream Park (2012)

SYNOPSIS: A failed amusement park owner devises a plan to commit gruesome murders in the park as a publicity stunt to sell tickets. REVIEW: The plot, much like this movie, is paper thin.  A bunch of kids work at an amusement park that’s closing down and decide to have an after hour’s party on premises.  Two men show up wandering …

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Film Review: Zombie Hunters (2008)

SYNOPSIS: In this future, nature is restricted and virtual games now provide both the landscapes and the hunting grounds. A group of hunters will make it outside for a traditional hunt

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Film Review: Nazi Dawn (aka Black Ops, Dead Water) (2008)

SYNOPSIS: When a WWII-era transport ship, reactivated and deployed in the Persian Gulf for black-op interrogations, falls radio silent, an elite Marine task force, along with an NCIS investigator and two scientists, are sent to apprehend the terrorists… Only to find a more devious enemy REVIEW: Written by: Ethan Wiley & Roel Reine Directed by: Roel Reine Starring: Lance Henriksen, …

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List of Greek Mythological Creatures

Amphisbaena Argus Panoptes Athos Calydonian Boar Centaur Cerberus Ceryneian Hind Charon Charybdis (Kharybdis) Chimera Chiron (a centaur) Chrysaor Clytias (Klytias) Cretan Bull Cyclopes (Kyklopês) Echidna Empusa Enceladus (Enkelados) Erymanthian Boar Fates- see the Moirae Furies Geryon Euryale Delphi Demigod Immortals Medusa Stheno Graeae Griffins Gigantes Harpies Hippocampus Hydra Ladon Laelaps (see also Teumessian fox) Lamia Manticore Mares of Diomedes Minotaur …

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Film Review: V/H/S: Viral (2014)

SYNOPSIS: Follows fame-obsessed teens who unwittingly become stars of the next internet sensation. REVIEW: The VHS franchise returns with VHS Viral for its third installment. Three short stories and a wrap around theme unite the found footage anthology. VHS Viral is far more solid than the first in the series but less urgent and visually cohesive. It is not as …

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List of Horror Movies – Fifties (1950 – 1959)

1950 Dungeon of Horror Got, Mentsh un Tayvl (God, Man and Devil) The Next Voice You Hear… 1951 Bride of the Gorilla Císaruv pekar a pekaruv císar (The Emperor and the Golem) 1952 The Black Castle 1953 Donovan’s Brain House of Wax 1954 La Bruja Gojira The Mad Magician

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Can Poker Skills Keep You Alive in a Horror Film?

We have all watched a horror film and have urged the main character not go into that dark basement alone. The key to survival in a horror film is based on anticipating and assessing the risks at hand and being mentally prepared. If you think this also sounds like a good way to play poker, you’re right. Our friends in …

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Film Review: Crimson Peak (2015)

SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds…and remembers. REVIEW: Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) is a young woman with aspirations of becoming a great …

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