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BIG BAD WOLVES (2013) movie review
Big Bad Wolves (2013) d. Aharon Keshales / Navot Papushado (Israel) After their stellar slasher debut, Kalevet (aka Rabies), hit DVD in 2012 following its extensive and wildly successful festival run,...
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CAT PEOPLE (1982) Blu-ray Review
Cat People (1982) d. Paul Schrader (USA) After years in orphanages, Irena (Nastassja Kinski) reunites with long-lost sibling Paul (Malcolm McDowell), who soon reveals a more-than-brotherly attraction...
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DIE, MONSTER, DIE! (1965) Blu-ray Review
Die Monster Die! (1965) d. Daniel Haller (UK/USA) Having wrapped up their extremely successful run of Roger Corman-directed Edgar Allan Poe adaptations – fondly referred to as the “AIPoes” – American...
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THE NEANDERTHAL MAN (1953) Blu-ray Review
Neanderthal Man, The (1953) d. E.A. Dupont (USA) You wouldn’t think that a nearly forgotten, cheapie black-and-white paleontological twist on the Jekyll/Hyde mythos would ever find itself in line for...
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THE BEAST OF HOLLOW MOUNTAIN (1956) Blu-ray Review
Beast of Hollow Mountain, The (1956) d. Nassour, Edward / Rodriguez, Ismael (Mexico/USA) I’ve been a fan of dinosaurs and giant stop-motion beasties for as long as I can remember. Growing up in an age...
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WITCHBOARD (1986) Blu-ray Review
Witchboard (1986) d. Kevin S. Tenney (USA) Growing up in the 80s as I did, I have many formative memories of early MTV-era, where big hair and bodacious babes ruled the airwaves. And, like many a...
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SINGAPORE SLING (1990) movie review
Singapore Sling (1990) d. Nikos Nikolaidis (Greece) One rain-soaked night in a timeless, nameless land, a man arrives at the doorstep of a secluded house in the woods with a bullet in his shoulder. Two...
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EDEN LAKE (2008) movie review
Eden Lake (2008) d. James Watkins (UK) Seeking a weekend of isolation and romance, an appealing young couple from the south of England (Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender) find themselves locked in a war...
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Fool's Views: 1/1 – 1/26
Look here, Doc, you gonna write these Views or aren't you???Howdy folks, The Doc’s office has been open, but 2014’s viddying schedule has been sporadic at best. The Year of HIDDEN HORROR has been...
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HIDDEN HORROR news and reviews!!
Howdy, folks, I've been keeping a fairly low profile with regards to not using this blog space to promote HIDDEN HORROR...but then I remembered, "Oh, yeah, I actually WANT to tell people about the book...
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RONDO HATTON AWARDS nominations closing this weekend!
Howdy, monster kids. It's that time of year again - time for The 12th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. Make your horror voice heard - the "for your consideration" deadline for nominations...
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NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (1988) Blu-ray Review
Night of the Demons (1988) d. Kevin S. Tenney (USA) I missed a lot of the “classic” 1980s B-movies in their prime, only catching up with them much, much later on home video and at a more advanced stage...
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HIDDEN HORROR news and reviews, Part 2!
DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW screenwriter J. D. Feigelson approves of Terror Dave Fuentes' essayHowdy, folks, Sorry it's been a little quiet over here at the Doc's office - promise we'll have some more...
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GRAND PIANO (2013) movie review
Grand Piano (2013) d. Eugenio Mira (Spain) Returning to the stage for the first time in five years, former wunderkind concert pianist Tom Selznick (Elijah Wood) is wrestling with an understandable case...
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BURNT OFFERINGS (1976) movie review
Burnt Offerings (1976) d. Dan Curtis (USA) With their young son (Ben's Lee Harcourt Montgomery) in tow, Karen Black and Oliver Reed (irretrievably miscast as a “normal” couple) rent a country mansion...
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ALONE IN THE DARK (1982) movie review
Alone in the Dark (1982) d. Jack Sholder (USA) Slasher fans, why settle for just one crazed killer when you can have three or four? During a citywide blackout, inmates of an asylum for the criminally...
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THE ATOMIC MAN (aka TIMESLIP) (1955) movie review
Atomic Man, The (aka Timeslip) (1955) d. Ken Hughes (UK) A reasonably effective sci-fi programmer, although the conceit of a man’s mind having slipped into the future – such that he is answering...
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BAD MOON (1996) movie review
Bad Moon (1996) d. Eric Red (USA) I’ll admit to having passed up this fuzzy wuzzy flick a few dozen times on the video shelf (remember those?) due to its lackluster moniker and poster art, and probably...
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Fool's Views (1/27 – 2/16)
Use 'em or lose 'em, Doc. Your choice.Howdy, folks, I gotta say, this has been the weirdest winter ever, both in terms of extreme temperatures and logy viewing parties on my part. I mean, when the...
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DARKMAN (1990) Blu-ray review
Darkman (1990) d. Sam Raimi (USA) Scientist Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson, in his first leading role) is working diligently to uncover the secrets of a new synthetic skin, frustrated at his inability to...
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