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Rec 3: Genesis Movie Review

Rec 3 is a 2012 Spanish Horror film directed by Paco Plaza. If you’re like me and growing incredibly tired of the found footage concept then you’ll be happy to hear that the film starts off that way, but switches to a more conventional narrative about 10 minutes in. This is obviously the third in […]

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John Dies At The End Movie Review

John Dies At The End is a movie that has cult hit written all over it. Directed by Don Coscarelli (of Phantasm and Bubba-Ho-Tep;fame), this movie is based on the book of the same name by David Wong (Senior Editor at Cracked.com). The film stars Chase Williamson and Rob Mayes as Dave and John, two best friends […]

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Horror as an emotion

Recently, the great Renfield Rasputin wrote a piece in which he mentioned Horror as an emotion. I had never considered this before and found it to be a beautiful concept. I will touch on this some more today while sharing some examples from my life for context.   I previously mentioned that Evil Dead was […]

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The Beautiful Marriage of Science Fiction and Horror part 2.

I ended the first part by mentioning how a masterful blend science fiction and horror themes can make for an intriguing and beautiful story. Today I am going to talk about a story where these conventions have been put together perfectly. Dead Space- FORMAT: Video Game Dead Space tells us the story of Isaac Clarke […]

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The Beautiful Marriage of Science Fiction and Horror part 1.

As you may well be aware, Horror is my first love in fiction. I did start this website afterall. What I don’t talk about often enough though is my second love, Science Fiction. Before there was Horror in my life there was Sci-Fi. I grew up an avid fan of the Star Wars films (before […]

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Indy Short of The Week Fallout Nuka Break: Red Star

Greetings All, I return with another Indy Short of the Week. This week I bring to you Red Star, a stand alone to the Fallout Nuka Break series. This short film is about the journey of our mysterious Ranger as he decides whether or not to leave his quiet and solitary life behind in order […]

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Indy Short Of The Week

Greetings and Salutations friends, It’s been a while since I’ve contributed an article to this section of the website so I am rectifying that right now. Every Sunday I am going to be posting what I feel is the best Indy short I’ve seen during the week. This week I am starting off with Seizure […]

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The Brief Marriage Of Vivian Stack – Cody Phillips

                                                   The Brief Marriage of Vivian Stack                                                 […]

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The Closet – Roya Hill

    The Closet   “There!” Nina said, examining her work. “It’s all done.” Emily admired her newly straightened hair in the mirror. Her hair was a lighter brown than Nina’s was and naturally curly. Nina had spent the last two and a half hours straightening it. It was a warm Saturday night and their […]

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Blood Experiments – Myth Spinner

    Layne sat quietly by the window.  The drapes were drawn, which was quite unusual.  She peered out with guarded eagerness, although she knew she shouldn’t.  It was forbidden but she was young and the young don’t always do what is expected of them. Outside the dreary clouds hung low, this all but drowned […]