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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 […]

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Penny Dreadful S1E6, “What Death Can Join Together”

I apologize on the tardiness of this.  I was out of town for the past week-and-a-half and had no way to watch this until yesterday.  I’ll have my episode 7 recap up tomorrow. Between the flashback episode and being gone for a week, I had almost forgotten about Ethan and Dorian’s night on the town. […]

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State of Union of Horror-Writers.net

One thing that horror has taught me is that…evil never dies. I’m sure by now all of you have heard about the things going on around the crypt about Horror-Writers and what will become of us, and what are we going to do now, and blah, blah, blah. For those who haven’t heard, Horror-Writers has […]

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Sudden Chiller Signed Collection Scavenger Hunt

RULES: Follow the directions below as you must search the internet for answers. You must have a Facebook and Twitter account. You may skip questions, however some may lead you to you next clue. Write down all your answers. When you are finished, you will email them to Renfield at renfieldrasputin@yahoo.com The first contestant to have […]

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Review of Eric Cota’s Sudden Chiller Audio Exposure Vol 1 & 2

Everything old has come back to the new. It is inevitable that if it is timeless, then it will return, and sometimes with a vengeance. Freakshows once thought of as a dead performance art now have feature shows on cable television. Rockabilly was thought to have died with Buddy Holly has morphed into various sub-styles of […]