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Film Review: Chanbara Beauty (aka Onechanbara: The Movie) (2008)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: The movie adaptation of the hit Onechanbara video game series! In the year 20XX, scientifically created zombies roam the world in record numbers. Despite this, Aya is determined to track down her father’s killer, a person who was once close to her. With sword in hand and wearing nothing but her trademark bikini and cowboy hat, …

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Film Review: Kichiku Dai Enkai (Banquet of Beasts) (1997) – CAT III

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: A leftist political group in 1970’s Japan is left without a leadership after their leader Aikawa is imprisioned. Aikawa’s girlfriend Masami is left in charge of the group, whose activities include drinking, drug use, sex, and of course the murder of traitors to the group. REVIEW: Directed by: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri Starring: Shigeru Bokuda, Sumiko Mikami, Shunsuke Sawada, Toshiyuki Sugihara …

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Lance Hendrickson Autobiography – From Chaos to Literary

News recently broke over at BringBackFrankBlack that Henriksen and Joe Maddrey were working on the epic autobiography. Actually the duo have been working on this project for the past six months, with news just breaking now. Better late than never right? BringBackFrankBlack even got a chance to chat it up with Henriksen. Here’s what the iconic actor had to say: …

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Film Review: Stop the Bitch Campaign (2009) – CAT III

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Following “Stop the Bitch Campaign” (2001) and “Stop the Bitch Campaign: Hell Version”(2005), “Stop the Bitch Campaign” (2009) is the third version of the series which has garnered strong cult support. The third-generation of heroin is played by AV actress, Rio. Her rival named Kuni is played mysteriously by Kenichi Endo, who also played the same …

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Film Review: Thirst (aka Bakjwi) (2009)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Sang-hyun, a priest working for a hospital, selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project intended to eradicate a deadly virus. However, the virus eventually takes over the priest. He nearly dies, but makes a miraculous recovery by an accidental transfusion of vampire blood. He realizes his sole reason for living: the pleasures of the flesh. …

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Univ. of Baltimore Launching New College Course in Zombies this Fall!

New Course Explores Use of Zombies in Pop Culture Part of UB’s Minor in Pop Culture in School of Communication Design Grendel did it. So did Frankenstein, Dracula, Cujo, and the Golem. Eventually, all great literary and cinematic monsters leap from the page or screen into popular culture. And from there, it’s just a small step into the college classroom. …

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Altitude Comes flying in on DVD / Blueray!

There’s something Up in the Air…ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT GAINS ALTITUDE ON DVD AND BLU-RAY™ Taking Off on Blu-ray™ and DVD October 26th BEVERLY HILLS, CA – There’s nothing like the rush of flying through the air, soaring through the clouds…and coming face-to-face with pure evil! A supernatural thriller that reaches new heights in terror, Anchor Bay Entertainment presents Altitude on …

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Charity screening of THE THING at Stratford Picturehouse

A team of scientists in the Arctic are infiltrated by a shape-shifting alien which has the ability to replicate the appearance of the people it kills. This is arguably Carpenter’s most effective film, creating a real sense of claustrophobic paranoia through its isolated location, Ennio Morricone’s iconic score, and the distrust shown among the men as they try to work …

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A Brief History Of Hammer

One of the most successful and prolific British production companies, Hammer Films has become synonymous with horror – most notably the unforgettable series of Dracula and Frankenstein films which were instrumental in launching the careers of my dear old friends Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Elevating the horror film in much the same fashion as the illustrious Ealing Studios did …

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Film Review: The Golem (1920)

Rate this FilmSYNOPSIS: “In 16th-century Prague, a Jewish rabbi creates a giant creature from clay, called the Golem, and using sorcery, brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.” (courtesy IMDB) REVIEW: The Gothic tradition had always been stronger in Germany than anywhere else, ever since the Romantic Movement at the beginning of …

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Georges Méliès

Horror cinema is almost as old as cinema itself, for the very good reason that fantasy is implicit in the very nature of film. Action can be slowed down or speeded up, people can be made to appear or disappear, scale can be altered so that people can become giants or mannequins, double-exposure allows one actor to play two roles …

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Chiller Provides the “The Gates of Hell”!

With the Chiller Theatre Expo celebrating its 20th anniversary this October 29-31 at the Hilton Parsippany in New Jersey, another historic milestone will take place at the event, namely a 30th anniversary cast reunion of Lucio Fulci’s masterpiece CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (aka THE GATES OF HELL). An unprecedented seven participants from this 1980 Italian shocker will be part …

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