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Blogging for Horror

One of the courses I’m enrolled in this semester is being taught by Master Blogger Michael Bérubé. (You can check out his blog, “American Airspace”, at http://www.michaelberube.com )  Every couple weeks, the course requires that we post a blog entry on a closed blog about the assigned reading for that week. At first, I stared at the blog text box wondering …

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Accidental Cannibalism

So now you know that I get my bones from research facilities, and they come nicely cleaned up, ready to be used in all the ways I can possibly imagine (although you can buy leftovers from cadaver dog training, these bones are inevitably greasy and foul smelling – which doesn‘t make for great art unless you want to go for …

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Film Review: Resurrecting The Streetwalker (2009)

Resurrecting The Streetwalker (2009)

Rate this FilmSYNOPSIS: An ambitious young filmmaker discovers an abandoned and incomplete horror movie from the 1980s and decides to finish it – big mistake. REVIEW: Written & Directed by: Ozgur Uyanik Starring: James Powell, Tom Shaw, Lorna Beckett, Hugh Armstrong QUICK FIX: Resurrecting The Streetwalker begins as such: Young James Parker is bound and determined (some would even say desperate) to …

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Resident Evil: AfterLife – new 1 sheets and clip

Paul W.S. Anderson’s 3D flick Resident Evil: Afterlife will be hitting theatres September 10thIn a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice (Milla Jovovich) continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an …

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Vanishing on 7th Street

Brad Anderson who is known for his fantastic work with psychological thrillers has a new movie being made title The Vanishing on 7th Street. You might recognize Brad’s other works which are Session 9 and The Machinist which are both fantastic films that are incredibly well done. The latest film is described as this “ A mysterious, seemingly global blackout …

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My Soul To Take

My Soul to Take There are new pictures available for the Wes Craven thriller My Soul to Take. This will be the first time that Wes Craven has written a feature film since 1994 when he did New Nightmare. This film has been through a few different titles so you might know it by “Bug” or “25/8”. The title 25/8 …

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Film Review: The Bat (1959)

Rate this FilmSYNOPSIS: “Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called The Oaks which, not long ago, had been the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as The Bat. Meanwhile, the owner of the house, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities, and has hidden the …

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Horror & Pop, Oh My

Once upon a time, horror and pop songs never really played nice together. One liked blood, gore, monsters, and darkness. The other liked to spread joy, catchy choruses and synchronized boy band dance moves. For the longest time, neither really wanted to play together. Until one day, a young man decided he would try to get them in the same …

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Are Remakes Killing Horror?

Another day, another news story about some beloved (or not so beloved) horror flick getting a modern makeover. It is a sad state of affairs that so much in the way of original horror gets ignored by major distributors, while ill-conceived remakes get full theatrical releases and a ton of press. As someone that loves many of the original versions …

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