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Wolf Creek 2 review

Review by Christopher Maynard Wolf Creek 2 2013 Directed by Greg McLean Starring John Jarratt, Ryan Corr and Shannon Ashlyn One of the great things about Wolf Creek 2 is you should know pretty quickly if this is your kind of movie or not. This is a movie with no aspirations to be anything more […]

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven (Or, How I Made Peace with the Paranormal and Stigmatized Zealots and Cynics in the Process) by Corey Taylor

Many people are familiar with Corey Taylor as the masked lead singer in Slipknot, or of the Generation Y’s metal answer to the Cure, Stone Sour.  But he is also a writer with a unique sense of humor and the meaty stories that fill the appetite of any hungry reader. Believe me, they are all […]

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Penny Dreadful S1E8, “Grand Guignol”

And now it’s time to say goodbye to Penny Dreadful.  I came into this season with high hopes, and I’m happy to say that it has surpassed those raised expectations.  It wasn’t perfect, but it was pretty close.  It looked fantastic, and the cast was tremendous. In the past, I had mentioned that I wanted […]

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Chained

Review by Christopher Maynard Chained 2012 Directed By Jennifer Chambers Lynch Starring Vincent D’Onofrio, Julia Ormond, Eamon Farron Ever since Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 masterpiece Full Metal Jacket, Vincent D’Onofrio has been an actor you should pay attention to. With movies as varied as Happy Accidents, JFK, Men in Black, The Break Up and the upcoming […]

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The Bleeding House

  Review by Christopher Maynard The Bleeding House 2011 Directed by Philip Gelatt Starring Alexandra Chandro, Nina Lisandrello, Patrick Breen & Charlie Hewson Leo Tolstoy famously wrote “All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.” A stranger comes to town, for some reason it […]

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Renfield’s Re-Collections part VI, Renfield Lives!

Well it has been too long my lovingly ghoulunatics. I’ve had a slight case of problems here and setbacks there but now I’m back and shopping for a bunch of crap that no one needs but everyone has to have. So sit up in your caskets and pay attention as I speak of the history […]

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Review of Randy L. Shaffer’s The Stray Cats

Ever wonder how the “crazy cat” lady got her start? Randy Shaffer has a theory and explores it deeper in his horror short story The Stray Cats. I won’t lie, Shaffer shared this story with me several weeks…er, okay, fine…months ago and I sat on it while I read his other work, The Horror  (which was superb […]

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Excision

Review by Christopher Maynard. Excision 2012 Directed By Richard Bates Jr Starring AnnaLynne McCord, Richard Bart, Ariel Winter, Traci Lords, Malcolm McDowell and John Waters An awkward but intelligent teenage girl (McCord) obsessed with blood, surgery and losing her virginity struggles to save her sister.  I guess that sums up Richard Bates Jr.’s 2012 horror/comedy/mindfuck […]

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Penny Dreadful, S1E7, “Possession”

The episode opens with Vanessa lying on a couch, uttering the line, “To be beautiful is to be almost dead, isn’t it?”  Before long, she’s talking to Malcolm in her creepy Mina voice and hurling things around the room with her mind.  It’s clear that this episode will be The Eva Green Show. And that’s […]

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Review of DANIEL by Peter Dukes and Dream Seekers Productions

Dream Seekers Productions is back with another short horror film to add to their collection. With this slightly longer than three minute feature, (that’s right, I said “three minute feature”) producer/director Peter Dukes has challenged himself to tell a full story and entertain the audience. This is not as easy as it sounds when you […]