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Thrift Store Finds: The Ritual

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on May 30, 2022May 30, 2022
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Equal parts outrageous and tedious, progressive and sexist, “The Ritual” is 80s horror fiction in its purest form.

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Book Review: Howls from the Dark Ages

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on May 17, 2022May 17, 2022
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Every flavor of archaic tale can be found within the pages of this book from white knights and weird witches to aging monks and youthful kings.

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Book Review: ANTIFA Splatterpunk

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on January 25, 2022January 25, 2022
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ANTIFA SPLATTERPUNK packs a literary punch strong enough to send the toughest skinhead sailing to the pavement teeth-first.

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Bullets, Bombs, and Babes: Hard Ticket to Hawaii

  • Evelyn Jackson
  • posted on February 16, 2021February 16, 2021
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What do mutant snakes, diamond smugglers, and bikini-clad undercover agents have in common? Find out in Hard Ticket to Hawaii.

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Thrift Store Finds: Mazes and Monsters

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on December 10, 2020December 9, 2020
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After reading several fantastic books in a row, I rolled the polyhedral die and the result was a punch in the face from Miss Rona. Rona Jaffe, that is.

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Movie Review: Anonymous Killers

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on September 29, 2020September 28, 2020
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Anonymous Killers is a fascinating morality tale dressed in betrayal, violence, and blood.

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Thrift Store Finds: The House Next Door

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on September 1, 2020August 31, 2020
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It’s Thrift Store Finds time! We’re throwing back the curtains and turning on the party lights because today we’re celebrating one of the best haunted house novels ever written. But […]

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Nomi Malone makes jazz hands in 1995's Showgirls
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Showgirls: Baser Instincts

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on August 18, 2020August 18, 2020
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In 1993, Paul Verhoeven and Joe Eszterhas were not friends.  While their 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct, had been a modest success, the director and writer clashed before filming had […]

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Ironic Pandemic Watching: Twelve Monkeys

  • Evelyn Jackson
  • posted on July 9, 2020August 4, 2020
  • 3 Comments

Look, I see you, ok? You’re making bread and posting about your awesome sourdough starter on social media; you’re buying face masks with cool designs; and you’re ironically watching Contagion […]

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VideoHounded

  • Saul Berenbaum
  • posted on June 30, 2020June 29, 2020
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When I was eleven or twelve years old, I found a copy of VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever 1997 at a yard sale. Updated every year, the VideoHound guide is a […]

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