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Film Review: Haunting Villisca (2010)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: A fictional feature length movie inspired by the true story of Iowa’s historic, unsolved Villisca axe murders and the actual paranormal investigations there. When Professor David Salt’s guilty secrets draw him to the fabled town of Villisca, past and present collide as he is driven to help the trapped spirits, and to seek his own redemption …

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Book Review: Grognard – Author Patrick J. F. Quéré

There is no getting around it; Grognard is a difficult novel to read in the extreme. It is a challenge not to dismiss it, put it down and perhaps even throw away. There are racial slurs, homophobic rants, obscene sexual cravings, disgusts and depravities, harsh and cruel social labeling and name-calling and general nihilistic inhumanity on a wholesale scale. But there are also moments of love and compassion (no matter how queer or alien to the “civilized” eye) and the search for worth amongst the self-loathing and blame. And there is pity to be felt. It is a well written novel of understated, psychological horror that gathers its power in an accumulating storm of words and ideas that beat you down like dark driving weather, and when the physical horror – the violence - finally arrives it is sudden and shocking, voyeuristic and ultimately (you realize) inevitable.

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Horror Talk: 12.08.10

Greetings, boys and ghouls! Welcome back to Horror Talk, hosted once again by your friendly neighborhood gorehound and indie filmmaker extraordinaire, Travis Legge. This article marks my sixth week in the Grindhouse that is Horror Talk. Thanks to you, dear reader for joining me once again as we sum up the highlights of this week in horror. In Movie news, …

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Film Review: Constantine (2005)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Based on the DC/Vertigo Comics series Hellblazer, Constantine follows the story of John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), a man with the ability to see demons, angels and half breeds of both. He spends his time vanquishing demons that cross the line of acceptable from Earth back to Hell, usually by way of exorcism. That is, until he …

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Book Review: Marvel Zombies 3 – Issue 1

MARVEL ZOMBIE’S 3 #1 (Comics) Writer: Fred Van Lente Art: Kev Walker From: Marvel Comics Publication Date: 2008 Format: Full Color Price: $2.99  SYNOPSIS: On the heels of three consecutive hot series (“Marvel Zombies”, “Marvel Zombies 2”, and “Marvel Zombies vs Army Of Darkness”) the ravenous hordes of Marvel Zombies returns again. This time they are invading the Marvel Universe! …

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New Trailer for Indie Film Cut

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsXnA6NNOJQ [/youtube] SYNOPSIS: “Directed by Joe Hollow and Wolfgang Meyer (15 Till Midnight), Cut follows three friends who stumble upon a twisted family while stranded overnight in the mountains. They must fight for survival as they spiral through a bloodbath of twists, turns and unexpected horrors on a collision coarse to the truth.” Source: http://www.horroryearbook.com/

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THE TUNNEL Gets New Poster with 1,000 Names

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u47cTpo70EE[/youtube] A new poster is up for the Distracted Media film THE TUNNEL. The poster was created by DLSHS and commissioned by Distracted Media as a way of thanking their investors. The image is comprised of a series of lines that contain the names of the first 1,000 people who purchased “frames” in the film. The film THE TUNNEL was …

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Action Thriller ‘Sanctum’ Releases Poster

Universal Pictures has released a new poster for the upcoming action-thriller, Sanctum, which is being directed by Alister Grierson and James Cameron playing the role as Executive Producer. The film is about an underwater cave diving team that experiences a life-threatening crisis during an expedition to the unexplored and least accessible cave system in the world. Yep, sounds like Cameron …

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Brad Anderson’s ‘Vanishing On 7th Street’ Trailer Hits The Web

Magnet Releasing has launched their official trailer for Brad Anderson’s Vanishing On 7th Street that stars Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, John Leguizamo, Jacob Latimore and Taylor Groothuis. The plot sounds a lot like a combination between when the blackout occurred in NYC several years ago and the movie I Am Legend with Will Smith. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QeN0HfcfuQ[/youtube] Synopsis: When a massive power …

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