Archive for December, 2007
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December 30, 2007
- Direct-to-DVD remake-o-rama! The atrocious looking DAY OF THE DEAD and criminally remade SISTERS both hit video stores near you first quarter of 2008.
- GRINDHOUSE gets a massive six-disc DVD release in Japan this March. It looks like the first four discs will be ports of what we’ve already seen in the two-disc releases of DEATH PROOF and PLANET TERROR. The fifth disc will include the
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December 30, 2007
“The Awakening” is bad in so many ways it is impossible to describe. It is without an ounce of knowledge about archaeology. If any archaeologists see this movie, they will be laughing so hard they might pee their pants.
Charlton Heston, a British archaeologist, is searching for the long-lost tomb of the Egyptian Queen Kara. Guess what? He finds it. It’s hidden behind a giant stone door…
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December 30, 2007
The Vampire Bat from 1933 Directed by Frank Strayer and Written By Edward T. Lowe “But the Bats Man! The Bats!” The German Village of Kleinschloss is in Terror over a Rash of Recent Murders. Each Victim is found with their Blood Drained and two Fang-like Punctures on their Necks.The Town Leaders and Head of Police meet to discuss what could be causing this nightmare. Most of the villagers are…
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December 30, 2007
Knowing how wacky and loony Robert Rodriguez can get, I’m not surprised that he wrote and directed this lovely piece of zombie film. In fact, I’ll go further and say that this is probably one the best zombie homage that I have ever seen, with the exceptions of the classics. The tale is quit simple and “the usual,” accidental bio-chemicals, or in this case gas, is…
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December 30, 2007
This movie is nothing like the first and everyone knows that a good thing, they did what they need to do after the failure of Boogeyman in 2005! The story is about a young Woman named Laura Porter with a life-long phobia of a supernatural boogeyman, in this case a demon that lives in her closet and springs out at night to attack her.
Trying to face up to her terror and get…
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December 30, 2007
I was shocked when I checked the reviews (sorry, but I don’t like reviewing a movie that someone else did, I like to give new reviews) and didn’t see either of the CANDYMAN sequels on here. So, me having too much free time, decided to do them myself…
Plot…the man who can not die, CANDYMAN, comes back, trying to convince one of his descendants to carry on his legacy…I’ll stop…
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December 30, 2007
What do you do when you need to make a sequel to a hit movie? You attempt it, try something slightly different, oh, and make sure you get a leading actress who looks almost like the first one. That tends to help…:)
Plot…CANDYMAN comes to New Orleans, starting his shit again like a Cubs fan talking smack to the White Sox…man, well with this movie (and the third one), we can be…
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December 30, 2007
This is one of my favorite h.films. Even though it has that sence of cheapness. I still liked it. I reccomend to people who like, Slasher, undead and occult. It has all these wrapped into one.
The movie also has the most distrubing death scenes in horror history. I wll not give it away but it is well executed(No Pun intended) There is another gruesome …
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December 29, 2007
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December 29, 2007
Deeper horror book review James Moore
Deeper
James Moore
Necessary Evil Press
Hardcover and HC limited edition $45.00-$250.00
January 2008
Reviewed by Nickolas Cook
The Cthulhu Mythos have come a long way since Lovecraft’s day. We genre fans have seen them pass through the testosterone fueled pages of Robert E. Howard, passed off to a man who crept up on them, ever quiet and horrific, Ramsey Campbell, and then to Brian Lumley, a writer who’s added so much depth to them that he’s almost recreated Lovecraft’s world of shadowy hidden inter dimensional monster gods.
And now along comes the talented and prolific James Moore to catch us up on what ever happened to that dreaded and fishy town of Innsmouth.
Captain Joe Bierdan has the misfortune to contract out his boat to a team of scientists who want to investigate the strange happenings off the coast of Golden Cove, Massachusetts. Along with his shipmate, Charlie, a rugged womanizer, and a variety of characters intent on finding the truth of Golden Cove’s horrifying past, they set sail for a month of frolicking in its fog bound waters. What they find beneath the cove’s icy waves will be pretty easy to guess for any fan of Lovecraft’s classic stories. But as is usual with Moore, the story moves along at a good clip and is full of interesting twists.
Writing in first person is always a risky venture for a horror author. You know the protagonist is never in any real danger or else there’d be no one to tell the story. So, on a fundamental level, the suspense in Deeper has been deferred, somewhat, for a darn good story. Joe lives, okay? But it’s the hell he survives that makes this worth the read.
With a firm grasp of the craft, Moore gathers Lovecraft’s legacy into his capable hands and makes it his own by adding a few new touches to the Innsmouth cycle - including a genius turn at giving the man-fish creatures the ability to communicate through images and sensations. There is tension aplenty within the plot between Joe and his immature shipmate, a zealous scientist, and a pair of television parapsychologist out to prove the cove haunted by more than Lovecraft’s fishy men. The diving research is solid; the descriptive passages will freeze you to the bone; and the end will grab you by the throat. Moore manages to even inject of a bit of action movie aesthetic into Deeper, something that no other Lovecraft story has been able to do since Lumley’s first Titus Crow adventures.
As with all of Moore’s works, the story is all about the characters and how they react to their situation. Even in a shared world such as this, he goes a long way in making up for Lovecraft’s total lack of regard for living, breathing characters.
All in all, this is a welcome addition to the Cthulhu Mythos … hopefully not James Moore’s only venture into them.
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