Movie Review: 47 METERS DOWN

So many movies come out in the summertime. And even when you’re as big a cinephile as I am, if you’re also a busy cinephile, you can’t make it to all of them. There are the big ones that I MUST see, some on their opening weekends–rarely, some on their opening nights–then the ones I’d… Continue reading Movie Review: 47 METERS DOWN

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Real-Life Scanners?

You may have heard about this. People working for the US government, staying in Cuba, have been under attack from some kind of sonic weapon. Yeah it sounds outlandish, but it’s true. These folks have heard a bizarre high-pitched sound, akin to crickets chirping, or sometimes no sound at all, while lying in their hotel… Continue reading Real-Life Scanners?

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Why Horror Is Good For Us

I know I’m preaching to the choir, here, and that the “squares” probably won’t ever see this. But the next time you find yourself confronted by a square and you need to defend your love of the Horror genre to them, and perhaps defend yourself, too, as being, despite your weirdness, probably more emotionally healthy… Continue reading Why Horror Is Good For Us

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Freddy in Middle Earth

The line between the genres fantasy and Horror is a porous one, one so insubstantial at times that it is impossible to determine where one ends and the other begins. The same is true with Science Fiction. Is ALIEN a Horror flick or a Sci-Fi flick? It is both, of course. Is STAR WARS a… Continue reading Freddy in Middle Earth

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Horror Madballs!

I’ve written before about my passion for MADBALLS, that curiously 80s phenomenon, that awesome amalgamation of action figures and, um, balls. You know what they are. They’re balls, but with faces, personalities. Creepy gross adorable faces and personalities. They’re just like Funko figures, except spherical. I’ve got the full collection of the original run and… Continue reading Horror Madballs!

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