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Film Review: Backtrack (2015)

SYNOPSIS: A troubled psychologist (Adrien Brody) returns to his hometown to uncover the truth behind his strange visions. REVIEW: Repressed memories are a thing, apparently. Some people swear by them the way other people swear by thorough colonics. The mind’s way of cleansing itself, I’m assuming. It sounds reasonable, if you don’t think too deeply about it. And like its …

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TV Review: Fear the Walking Dead (TV Series) (Season 1) (2015)

Rate this FilmSYNOPSIS: What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in The Walking Dead (2010)? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question. REVIEW: Coming in off the success of a highly regarded program, “The Walking …

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Book Review: Twisted Reunion – Author Mark Tullius

“Twisted Reunion” is a collective of short stories published by Vincere Press and written by Mark Tullius (also featuring some fine illustrations introducing various stories). The stories here were collected from the periods of 2003 to 2008 previously published under numerous magazines and anthologies. I counted around 29 sections of stories totaling in at 284 pages, which is quite alot …

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Film Review: Hellhole (1985)

SYNOPSIS: An unlucky woman’s mother is murdered by a scarf-wielding killer named Silk, leaving the woman injured, traumatised and suffering from amnesia. She’s committed to a mental institution, where Silk follows her, looking for the papers he was trying to get from her mother. And Silk’s only the beginning of her problems, since the asylum is run by a mad …

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Film Review: Hades (short film) (2015)

SYNOPSIS: A woman is caught in an endless dream where she has to cross the five rivers of Hades – each representing different stages of her relationship. REVIEW: Got another short film for you! Today we have a selection from Austria called HADES, written and directed by Kevin Kopacka. The screenplay is based on a short story titled  “Statusbezogen” (loose …

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Film Review: The Crush (1993)

SYNOPSIS: A journalist becomes the unwanted center of attention for a 14-year-old girl, who proceeds to sabotage his life after he refuses her sexual advances. REVIEW: I have a high tolerance for bad movies. It is hard to watch a movie and not find anything good in it. It is even tougher for a movie to be so overwhelmingly offensive …

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“Child’s Play” Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Out October 18 from Scream Factory

SCREAM FACTORY PRESENTS CHILD’S PLAY IN A 2-DISC COLLECTOR’S EDITION BLU-RAY™ SET ARRIVING OCTOBER 18, 2016 LIMITED EDITION VERSION INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE “GOOD GUYS” CHUCKY FIGURE FROM NECA Los Angeles, CA – Chucky is back! “A jolting roller-coaster of a ride” (Los Angeles Times), Child’s Play hit theatres in 1988, and forever changed the way the world saw dolls. On …

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Interview: John Franklin

First off, please tell us about how the novels came to fruition? Tim Sulka, my writing partner and I first wrote a screenplay version of Prime Cuts. Tim moved from L.A. to NYC and partnered with producers who loved the idea. They thought turning it into a serialized graphic novel would be a great way to introduce the story, build …

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