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Posted in Film Analysis

(Culture) War is Hell: “The Hunt”

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on July 27, 2020August 4, 2020
  • 1 Comment

This article includes major spoilers for The Hunt. There is something important going on at the center of The Hunt. You probably noticed it, even though it’s not really highlighted […]

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Posted in Book Reviews

Thrift Store Finds: The Tulpa

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on May 7, 2020May 5, 2020
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Strap on your thinking caps, class, because, well, you’ll see.

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Posted in Book Reviews

Thrift Store Finds: Incubi

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on April 21, 2020April 21, 2020
  • 1 Comment

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane! It’s an . . . unholy sex demon that’s obsessed with oral sex?

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Posted in Book Reviews

Thrift Store Finds: Chainsaw Terror, or Come the Night

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on March 25, 2020April 5, 2020
  • 2 Comments

When Chainsaw Terror comes up in conversation among horror novel fans, it’s usually the story of the book’s publication that takes center stage.

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A rosey red apple bleeds from a stab wound in this close up of Darryl Zudeck's cover illustration
Posted in Book Reviews

Thrift Store Finds: The Substitute Teacher

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on March 11, 2020April 5, 2020
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There is a very thin line between educator and insan-in-ator.

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Satanic chalice with a demon's face
Posted in Book Reviews

Thrift Store Finds: Worship the Night

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on February 27, 2020April 16, 2020
  • 1 Comment

Remember the time your mom found you masturbating? One minute you were just sitting in your closet, wedged between your old stuffed animals, minding your own business, so to speak, and the next you were covering your crotch in horror while your mom served out a laundry list of warnings on just what happened to bad children like you.

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livescream review
Posted in Featured, Horror

Livescream: Would you die for a video game?

  • Anthony Darnell
  • posted on February 25, 2020July 3, 2020
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In the age of streaming and the never-ending flow of content that’s direct-to-VOD, it may seem like original horror stories are becoming a rare breed. How many movies can they […]

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The Night God Screamed
Posted in Horror

The Night God Screamed

  • Bob
  • posted on February 24, 2020April 5, 2020
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The Night God Screamed is an underloved, neglected little horror/exploito trash culture grab bag from 1971. It’s the type of threadbare production that perfectly encapsulates scuzzbucket Americana without really trying. […]

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Posted in Science Fiction

The Vibrant Lunacy of Nicolas Cage in “Color Out of Space”

  • Anthony Darnell
  • posted on February 13, 2020July 3, 2020
  • 1 Comment

Does the idea of Nicolas Cage doing a low-key Trump impression while channeling his special brand of zany, over-the-top acting bravado make you giddy with excitement? Do you have a […]

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Title treatment for the horror novel What's Wrong With Valerie
Posted in Book Reviews

Thrift Store Finds: What’s Wrong With Valerie?

  • Adrienne Clark
  • posted on February 12, 2020April 5, 2020
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We all go through that phase where we have to grapple with the concept of reality. . . . Right?

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