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Counterculture Dark Urban Fantasy Challenges Societal Mores

Counterculture Horror Novel Secrets of the Weird Takes a Hardcore Look at the Taboos and Mores of Modern Society A cadre of drag queens, neo-Nazis, prostitutes and flesh-eating cannibals take readers on a deeply disturbing tour through the mean streets of the surreal fictional town of Sweetville in the new punk-inspired, world-building dark urban fantasy novel from author Chad Stroup, …

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Film Review: Hide & Seek (2007)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Eric Quizon plays Oliver Alicanio, a university professor who is tried and then acquitted in a high profile crime. He and wife Leah (Jean Garcia) with children, Uno (Julijo Pisk) and Nica (Jennica Garcia) go to the province to take a breather after a very stressful event in their lives. Nica actually resents her stepfather whom …

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Film Review: Day 6 (2011) – Review 2

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Dr. Piso studies the alien abductions. From the abductees under hypnosis, he has understood that some alien races have been installing, for millennia, their active memories in the people’s brains, to exploit a special energy: the Soul. REVIEW: Varo Venturi’s Day 6 is another genre outing that has made its rounds under different titles: Alien Exorcism …

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Film Review: Punisher War Zone (2008)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson), a one-man force of vengeance known as “the Punisher,” battles mob boss Billy Russoti (Dominic West). Left disfigured by the encounter, Russoti reemerges as Jigsaw, a psychotic villain with a small army at his command. Too bad for the baddie that the Punisher is preparing to annihilate Jigsaw and his reign of …

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