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31 Days of Horror Day 19: Quarantine

There isn’t much I like less than hearing people prattle on about Peyton Manning.  One of those people currently engaging in this is Bob Costas.  Needless to say, I hit mute on my TV and decided to say a few words about Quarantine. I know it’s a divisive movie (with it being a remake of […]

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31 Days of Horror Day 18: Oculus

I know there are quite a few people who don’t really care for this movie, but I absolutely loved it.  I love how it plays with the uncertainty of reality for the characters.  What is real?  What is an illusion?  Oculus walks this tightrope the majority of the time, and they do a really good […]

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31 Days of Horror Day 17: The Cabin in the Woods

Hey guys.  Let’s get real for a second.  This week has been really stressful.  Work has been crazy.  And, on top of these 31 Days of Horror posts and the return of The Walking Dead, I have also been keeping myself busy with my work at Packer Update.  All of that means I’ve been writing […]

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31 Days of Horror Day 16: The Conjuring

I almost gave up on this movie within the first 10 minutes.  You remember those 10 minutes, don’t you?  It was the Warrens recapping a case they had involving a possessed doll.  The people were able to tell it was possessed even though it totally looked like a normal doll.  Not even a little bit […]

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31 Days of Horror Day 15: Behind the Mask

This is one of my favorite modern horror movies.  I’m a sucker for movies that show a well-known story from a different perspective (Colin and Tucker & Dale vs. Evil are other favorites of mine in this vein), and this one absolutely nails it. If you’ve ever talked to me about slasher films, chances are […]

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31 Days of Horror Day 14: Return of the Living Dead

Let’s do another zombie movie, shall we?  I really should have done this after Night of the Living Dead, seeing as how it’s an indirect sequel.  Oh well. I didn’t love this movie immediately.  Coming from Romero’s films, it’s a different kind of zombie movie.  It has fun with the idea of zombies.  They run. […]

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Sleepy Hollow S2E4 review: “Go Where I Send Thee”

  I Will Follow You Follow me, if you will, down the winding road of the plot of episode four… We start out with Ichabod taking the piss out of Abbie during a driving lesson that becomes a TV car commercial road test. Love it. Then, while searching in the woods for a missing girl, […]

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Brent’s Halloween Memories

Once upon a time, I didn’t like spooky stuff.  I was a skittish little kid and I avoided everything that scared me. Unfortunately, everything scared me. It wasn’t just horror movies or novels, although I kept away from those. Fucking E.T. made me lose my shit when I was six. Why didn’t anyone else realized […]

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Ambrus Sanguine’s Final Show

It was an elaborate set, as far as small television stations go. For over thirty years this faux Old World dungeon laboratory nestled within Studio 6 had been host to the Midwest’s longest running weekly hosted B-movie matinee. Antiquated beakers, cages, and sparking contraptions sat revealed by the stark brightness of house lighting; some of […]

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The Walking Dead S5E1, “No Sanctuary”

Let’s cut to the chase: I was not looking forward to this season.  While last season had some pretty good moments (“The Grove” was one of the best episodes of the series), it remains a frustratingly inconsistent show. So no, I wasn’t looking forward to the return of The Walking Dead.  I had it in […]