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Film Review: The Mummy (1932)

SYNOPSIS: “In 1921 a team of British archaeologists led by Sir Joseph Whemple uncovers the 3700-year-old mummy of Imhotep. When one young archaeologist opens the scroll of Thoth, he goes delirious and the Mummy comes to life. Ten years later Sir Joseph returns with his son Frank. Unknown to them, the Mummy now exists as the mysterious Egyptian, Ardath Bay, …

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Film Review: The Muse (2012)

SYNOPSIS: A one-hit-wonder musician battles writers block and a strange inspirational force at a secluded lake house. REVIEW: This film had an interesting concept and played with the idea of a ‘traditional’ ghost story rather well. The ‘ghost’ sub-genre dates back many, many years and for that reason it is hard to come up with something that audiences haven’t seen …

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Film Review: Cherry (2010)

Cherry. (2010)

SYNOPSIS: When Brian Cherry, a sweet, sensitive young Los Angelino, falls for the beautiful, electric, and damaged Jules, she turns his ideas about women and sex upside-down. Slowly, he is drawn into a twisted love-triangle that includes Jules and his best friend, Sam. When Jules eventually leaves him for Sam, Cherry decides on a shocking course of action that will …

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Film Review: Road Games (1981)

SYNOPSIS: A truck driver finds himself involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a brutal serial killer who enjoys butchering young female hitchhikers. REVIEW: Road Games is an entertaining little suspense/thriller that has a nice Hitchcock-like feel to it (which is no surprise considering that director Richard Franklin was a huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock). It has …

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‘WitchFinder’ Short Soon to Conjure up a Festival Release

Daredevil Films is proud to announce its first live-action horror short film, WITCHFINDER, has completed principal photography. The film is set to go out to film festivals worldwide throughout 2013. In WITCHFINDER, a small community lives in fear of the Satanic evil that festers within the dark forests that surround their small village. One night, a love-struck villager ventures into …

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Book Review: Alien: The Illustrated Story – Author Archie Goodwin | Walter Simonson

Alien has to be one of the most merchandised genre movies. From books to toys to video games, the sci-fi classic has been spun off into countless forms. Its profitability is no surprise; I’m not alone in considering it among the greatest films of all time. Shortly after the movie’s release in 1979, the story was adapted into comic form …

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Book Review: Boy’s Life – Author Robert R. McCammon

BOY’S LIFE (1991) By: Robert R. McCammon Pocket Books Boy’s Life follows the adventures told through the eyes Cory Mackenson in the small town of Zephyr, Alabama in the 1960’s. His portrayal of adolescence focuses not so much on the loss of innocence but the loss of magical imagination and the inevitable of growing old. Robert McCammon’s Boy’s Life is …

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‘Deus Ex: Human Revolution’ Square Enix Video Game To Be Directed by Scott Derrickson

Scott Derrickson (Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose) will direct the screen adaptation of the iconic Square Enix video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Derrickson will also write the screenplay for the film with C. Robert Cargill (Sinister)! CBS Films announced today that Scott Derrickson (Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose) will direct the screen adaptation of the iconic Square …

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Film Review: The Bay (2012)

SYNOPSIS: Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs. REVIEW: Admittedly, when I first heard about a found footage style horror film being directed by the guy who gave us Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam, and Toys I was a tad skeptical. Certainly Barry Levinson is a great director—he as an Oscar for crying out …

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Book Review: Apocalypse Doll Reboot – Author Xavier Cecil

Apocalypse Doll Reboot Author: Xavier Cecil Buy from: Amazon.com (Kindle edition) for $3.99 or paperback for $10.50 A Pop Star, A Geisha, A Martian? And a nation of zombies. It turns out the Zombie Apocalypse was caused by the Robot Apocalypse, and a high-tech mountain stronghold of besieged survivors fights a losing war against a planet-spanning, robotic intelligence with a …

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