It is the year of the King and it just keeps getting better! Directed by Mike Flanagan with a screenplay by Jeff Howard, Gerald’s Game is the latest adaptation of one of Stephen King’s novels. Gerald, played by Bruce Greenwood, takes his wife, Jessie (Carla Gugino), to a secluded cabin so …
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The long awaited premiere of American Horror Story: Cult finally hit the airwaves on Tuesday, September 5th. Although I’ve been a fan of the FX series for some time due to its twisted and unique standalone themes with subtle crossovers, my interest has gradually dwindled over time. While some people remained diehard fans, …
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I know the traditional concept of horror involves blood, guts, and a madman on the loose… but I believe horror is subjective. Although monsters, ghosts, and serial killers can be scary, to me, true horror is often based on real life situations that most of us hope would never happen. Suicide, …
Read More »[tps_header][/tps_header] It’s easy to be intimidated by anime. The subtitles, the cultural differences, and the frenetic animation style make most of the genre seem inaccessible or opaque to the mainstream US of A. This might seem truest with the dense, dark, gruelingly paced anime series Death Note. On paper, the …
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The highly anticipated Netflix original series, Santa Clarita Diet, premiered Friday, February 3, 2017, and it does not disappoint. Starring Drew Barrymore (Donnie Darko, Scream, Charlies Angels) and Timothy Olyphant (Live Free or Die Hard, The Crazies, Snowden), this comedic horror dives right into the story of a suburban husband …
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With the horror genre, laughing one’s ass off isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind. However, films such as Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead (1981) and Evil Dead II (1987), Stephen Chiodo’s Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) and John Gulager’s Feast (2005) have helped fuse laughs and …
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Originally aired in 2011 in the UK, Black Mirror won the 2012 International Emmy for Best TV Mini Series. This sci-fi series of anthology style episodes explores the dark side of society and its dependence on modern technology. Here are nine reasons why you should curl up on the couch and binge …
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I’ll admit I had low expectations when sitting down to watch Preservation, figuring it was going to be one of those modern day horror flicks that strives to be “important” and “deep.” But one night, I found myself with nothing better to do, confronting the fact that it was the …
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Most people have had crushes, but sometimes they can reach the point of obsession. This is the underlying theme to 2015’s horror flick, Dark Summer, though the story offers some technological, supernatural twists. What happens when the obsession has no limits? Currently on Netflix, the movie Dark Summer offers a standard …
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