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TONIGHT SHE COMES (2016) movie review
Tonight She Comes (2016) d. Stuertz, Matt (USA) (2nd viewing) 84 min. Rural mailman James (Nathan Eswine), just finishing up his rounds, drops his buddy Pete (Adam Hartley) off on the side of the road...
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THE ZODIAC KILLER (1971) Blu-ray review
The Zodiac Killer (1971) d. Hanson, Tom (USA) (1st viewing) 87 min Creating a movie about a serial killer while said serial killer is still at large and still very much active is a strange and...
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MADHOUSE (1981) Blu-ray review
Madhouse (1981) d. Assonitis, Ovido (Italy) (1st viewing) 92 min Julia (Trish Everly) has spent her entire adult life trying to forget the torment she suffered at the hands of her twisted twin Mary...
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BEYOND THE SEVENTH DOOR (1987) DVD review
Beyond the Seventh Door (1987) d. Benedikt, Bozidar (Canada) (1st viewing) 83 min Upon learning that her boss is a certain moneyed Lord Breston (Gary Freedman), recently released thief Boris (Lazar...
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ESCAPES (1986) DVD review
Escapes (1986) d. Steensland, David (USA) (1st viewing) 87 min You gotta meta-love it when a character in the movie you’re watching mirrors your own experience by describing the movie he’s about to...
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DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004) Blu-ray review
Dawn of the Dead (2004) d. Snyder, Zack (USA) (3rd viewing) 110 min “The world is in danger when a mysterious virus turns people into mindless, flesh-eating zombies. In a mall in the heartland, a...
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DARK HARVEST (1992) DVD review
Dark Harvest (1992) d. Nicholson, James I. (USA) (1st viewing) 89 min This may be the top-billed offering for Intervision’s double feature DVD, but while it leads the way in terms of low-budget nudity...
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THE EYES OF MY MOTHER (2016) movie review
The Eyes of My Mother (2016) d. Pesce, Nicolas (USA) (2nd viewing) 76 min In their secluded farmhouse, a mother (Diana Agostini), formerly a surgeon in Portugal, teaches her young daughter, Francisca...
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JASON X (2001) movie review
Jason X (2001) d. Isaac, James (USA) (3rd viewing) 93 min While the concept (“Jason in Space”) smacks of utter desperation, this ended up being the most fun to be had at a Friday the 13th movie in...
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2017 SCARE-A-THON FINAL RESULTS!!!
It is accomplished!!!For those not in the know, The October Horror Movie Challenge, at least as I have come to know and honor it, was born on the IMDb Horror message boards over a decade ago. The...
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DEAD SHACK (2017) movie review
Dead Shack (2017) d. Ricq, Peter (Canada) (1st viewing) An amusing diversion that mashes up a few well-worn tropes (cabin in the woods, psycho killer, cannibals, zombies) and assembles an amiable and...
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SUSPIRIA (1977) movie review
Suspiria (1977) d. Argento, Dario (Italy) (4th viewing) Considered by many to be Il Maestro’s masterwork, this fiercely original tale of an exclusive (and haunted) German ballet school exhibits more...
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CINEPOCALYSE Film Festival 2017 wrap-up!!!
It was never my intention to dive back into the movie watching fray with such gusto following the madness that was the October Horror Movie Challenge and Scare-A-Thon 2017. Not because I watched so...
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VERONICA (2017) movie review - Cinepocalypse 2017
Veronica (2017) d. Plaza, Paco (Spain) (1st viewing) Our titular teen protagonist (Sandra Escacena) does not have what many would consider an easy life. Her father recently died in a tragic accident,...
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Fool's Views (11/1 – 11/30)
Hello, my friends! Running out of 2017! Keeping it short this time around, both in terms of write-ups and intros, but happy to report that I got a ton of flicks in – the same number as I did for the...
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Fool's Views (12/1 – 12/31)
Howdy folks! I’ll get all reflective and introspective in a bit when I do the year-end recap, so for now we’ll just address the month at hand. Very little horror, even of the seasonal type, which is...
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Dr. AC's 2017 Horror Wrap-Up Extravaganza!
Howdy troops, I openly confess that this year was not my strongest in terms of focusing on the genre of choice, and if it hadn’t been for the two film festivals I attended, it would have been a rather...
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Civilian 2017 Wrap-Up and Year-End Stats!
Greetings, my friends!This marks the 11th year that I have taken the time to not only reflect upon "the year in movies" gone by, but attempted to give it context and shape by assessing the quality of...
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THE SHAPE OF WATER (2017) movie review
The Shape of Water (2017) d. del Toro, Guillermo (USA) This “adult fairy tale” sees Sally Hawkins’ mute maintenance worker falling in love with an unworldly beast after it is captured in the Amazon and...
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THE RESURRECTED (1991) Blu-ray review
The Resurrected (1991) d. Dan O'Bannon (USA) Private investigator John March (John Terry) is hired by the mysterious and beautiful Claire (Jane Sibbert) to uncover what her wealthy scientist husband...
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