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Film Review: The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

SYNOPSIS: No sooner does an all-American family takes possession of a baronial English manor when all manner of peculiar things occurring, including signs that point to the disappearance of a young girl during a solar eclipse decades before. Bette Davis headlines and Lynn-Holly Johnson co-stars in this suspenseful take on haunted houses. REVIEW: Written by: Brian Clemens, Harry Spalding and …

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Film Review: Thinner (1996)

  SYNOPSIS: Obese attorney Billy Halleck (Robert John Burke) accidentally runs over a gypsy woman with his car. When his police cronies and the judge help Halleck cover up the incident, the victim’s father, Tadzu Lempke (Michael Constantine), puts a carb-conscious curse on his daughter’s killer. Before long, hefty Halleck is dropping an incredible 40 pounds a week, and his …

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Book Review: Brain Cheese Buffet – Author Edward Lee

BRAIN CHEESE BUFFET “Their philosophy was societal and rather militant in its feministic design. Never mind that they were f*cked up in the head: abused, malnurished and locked in closets as children, maladapted via unbridled drug and alcoholuse and hence damaged certain critical brain receptors, and, in general, rife with a plethora of environmentally causated personality disorders and biogenic amine …

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Film Review: Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004)

SYNOPSIS: Armaggedon awaits when a brutal dictator finds that his only true ally is deceit in this Christian-themed drama set during the “seven years of peace” prophesized by the Bible. Three political prisoners (led by Stephen Baldwin) must avoid the executioner’s blade either by choosing the “mark” or by risking a deadly escape in order to give humanity a fighting …

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Film Review: Slime City Massacre (2010)

SYNOPSIS: In the wake of a “dirty bomb” attack, a New York City neighborhood known as “Slime City” has been evacuated, except for the homeless (“displaced refugees”). Four squatters searching for food in the ruins of the Zachary Devon Soup Kitchen discover a supply of mysterious wine. When they drink the wine, they are transformed into hideous slime creatures driven …

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Film Review: Slasher (2007)

SYNOPSIS: When sexy psychology student Erin (Christiane Imdahl) hits the breaking point with school, she rounds up a bunch of friends, and they head into the woods where they party the weekend away — until a chainsaw-wielding maniac begins hunting them down one by one. Now fighting for their lives, the pals must also confront sinister secrets from their past. …

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Film Review: Startup.com (2001)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Traces the birth and failure of new media company govWorks.com. REVIEW: If you were lucky to have experienced the days when the .com boom was on an uprise, you’ll surely appreciate this film. It might seem an odd choice for review on our site, though in many ways I’ve always considered this real-time documentary to be …

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“On Stranger Tides Revealed” – ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ Pod #1

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEK_8qYTM3A[/youtube] A new featurette has surfaced on the Youtube channel for the Disney film PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES. In the video it is revealed that Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush ) is no longer a pirate. The director of the film Rob Marshall informs us that the once nefarious pirate has flipped sides and now commands a ship for …

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DEAD LOVE NOMINATED FOR BRAM STOKER AWARDS

Oakland author Linda Watanabe McFerrin is overjoyed that her novel about a smokin’-hot would-be zombie, Dead Love, has just been named as a nominee for a Bram Stoker Award. Named for the author of Dracula, the prestigious annual awards — which McFerrin describes as being “like the Oscars for sci-fi/horror/fantasy literature” — are a project of the Horror Writers Association. …

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