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‘We Have Such Sights to Show You’: More Spooky Season Reviews
Here is the second of the social media reviews for the month of Halloween One review a day. I am collecting them here in Part Two. Enjoy. Or not. Whatever floats your boat. Just remember, Jason Vorhees waiting under the water for you. The Black Cat (1934) Seattle down. This is an Edgar Allan Poe…
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‘Cruising Slagtown’: Talking About the Buddy Cop Sci-Fi Hybrid, Alien Nation.
I wasn’t going to talk about this film here, even if it was on my list of flicks to cover. While I do love this film, being a mash-up of genres done right, it was planned for after Halloween. But a few things changed, research for my intended piece was taking longer than expected and…
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Chasing Thunder Part 2: Rolling in Stars.
Previously on Chasing Thunder: Bluh, Bluh, bad memory. Bluh, Bluh, book I once read. Bluh, Bluh, visual earworm. Bluh, Bluh, found a movie. Bluh, Bluh, good things. Honestly, just read part one. I’m too lazy to do extra work. And now: So, the second film I had an image of in my head, like being…
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Chasing Thunder Part 1.
Have you ever read or watched something that has stayed with you, but you can’t remember where from? Images, dialogue, a turn of phrase, or a scene from a movie or TV show but that snippet is all you remember? No name, no other story elements, no larger context at all. But these little snippets…
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Speak Evil to Me.
In my piece about the movie House, I detailed the way I chose movies to rent from the video store when I was a kid all the way through to my early twenties. Roam the isles until something popped out at me. Evilspeak was not one of those movies. Remembering back, after I’d actually watched…
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Home is where the Scares Are.
I don’t know how you chose movies to watch when you were growing up, but for me it consisted of walking up and down the isles at the video store (ah yes, remember those) until a box cover caught my eye. Sometimes the focus pulling artwork would steal my attention immediately, sometime I did a…
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Kiss Me Fat Boy!
In Defence of the original IT mini-series. It is no secret to those who know the odd creature that is me, that I am obsessed with film. Movies of all varieties and genres grace the screen via my DVD/Blu-Ray player or streaming services that I abuse. It is a way of life for me, film…
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Going Down to Median.
When I was a kid, I loved comics. Hell, I still do. For me is started reading comics strips; Garfield, Peanuts, and the like. I soon discovered Asterix and Tin Tin comics and then the amazing titles offered by Marvel and DC Comics down at the local newsagents. And my imagination exploded. Seriously, the walls…
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Luna Racing.
I can’t say I’m a life long John Carpenter fan, because that implies, I was born with knowledge and appreciation of Carpenter’s work. Which in 1978 when I was hatched I did not. And what a blooding weird thing to claim. So, I will say I’m a massive John Carpenter fan. Some say ‘uncurable fanboy’,…
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On a Quiet Mountain Road in Romania
When I was in high school, I was infatuated with a girl who road my bus to and from school. Her name was Kylie. She had strawberry blonde hair, a button nose, the cutest freckles and the smile you could light your way in the darkness. We had become friends on these 45-minute rides on…
Exploiting Wonderland 