Tag Archive: horror

Nov 13 2012

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Zombies. Survivors. Shopping mall. Guns. Explosions. Absolute, insultingly bad, garbage.

Sep 01 2012

Cthulhu Tales Omnibus: Madness

Just awful. Various tales about H. P. Lovecraft’s mythological inventions (“Yog-Sothothery” as he jokingly called it) fail to capture his idea of truly alien, mind-shattering realities. Instead they are slapped together cute or “clever” horror stories. Only Brian Augustyn comes close to Lovecraft’s ideal even if I don’t think his story was very good. Shane …

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Aug 03 2012

American Vampire vol. I-II – Scott Snyder

Yes, Steven King wrote some parts of this but I think that was really just to grab some headlines and sales. American Vampire is a series about just that and how the good ol’ U.S. of A’s vampire ain’t ya daddy’s monster. I really like the idea of tracing the “lives” of vampires to see …

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Jun 27 2012

The Theatre Bizarre: A Mixed Bag Horror Film Anthology

Anthologies are always a crap shoot, even low-budget indie film anthologies in which the directors have free reign to create the characters and worlds they want. This one is no different. There are a range of films, some lame, some decent, and one I would actually recommend to people, maybe two. There is a framing …

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Jun 07 2012

Galaxy of Terror: Because Nothing Say Roger Corman Like a 1-Ton Rape Maggot

Yeah, that first scene with the zombie guy and spaceship battle isn’t even in this movie. The feminist in me should be screaming about this movie and not with any kind of praise. Roger Corman <3′s rape scenes. Rape scenes in which it seems only women are raped, usually highly attractive women, by Western cultural …

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Mar 30 2012

The Wolfman (2010)

I actually looked forward to this movie (even if I missed it in the theater) because the F/X looked cool and I like Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins. Sadly, the movie was ass and I can’t believe those two would have agreed to do it. It is a typical werewolf story: man gets bitten …

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Mar 23 2011

Solomon Kane: Death’s Black Rider – Scott Allie

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Out of all the Robert E. Howard characters, Kane is my favorite. Not that the stories with him were better than Conan or whoever, but Kane intrigued me due to his incongruity: He’s a Puritan who kicks ass. (Ok, there are probably Native Americans who don’t see any distinction between violence and Puritans but you …

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Sep 25 2010

Herbert West: Reanimator – H.P. Lovecraft

Those who know my literary tastes may find it difficult to believe that I had never read this particular tale of the eccentric (to be polite) author. In fact, it is the only Lovecraft tale I have not read; a fact that continues to remain true. Cory lent me an audio recording of the story …

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Jul 14 2009

My Name is Bruce

Real life B movie actor Bruce Campbell is recruited to help a small town defeat a demon, you know, just like he does in the movies. Very meta; very hilarious (if your a Bruce Campbell fan).