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Review: Dark Shadows

July 20, 2012
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Depp and Burton are something of a collaborative nightmare, with a twisted partnership spanning two decades. It began with the cult masterpiece Edward Scissorhands in 1990, a film which plucked Depp from the chiselled jaws of what looked set to be a career centred entirely on his boyish good looks and set him on his …

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Review: Playback

July 19, 2012
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The latest release from the After Dark series of horror movies, and hinging on a clever premise, Playback is a riff on so many horror films that have come before that you could play a drinking game just spotting the influences. Everything from The Ring, Halloween, Videodrome and numerous found footage films are hinted at …

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Quoth movie versions of The Raven evermore?

July 18, 2012
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The end of July sees the release on DVD of the latest movie to bear the title The Raven. It stars John Cusack, is directed by James McTeague (V for Vendetta) and isn’t bad. I know that sounds as if I’m damning it with faint praise and in a way I am. More on this …

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Flash Fear: Mouthful by Jasper Bark

July 17, 2012
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Horror host, award-winner, former ‘bottom’ model. Jasper Bark is many things, but above all else he is a fiction writer which is why it’s a huge pleasure to welcome him back to the website for our latest flash fiction instalment, Mouthful – illustrated by the wonderful Richard Serrao. Read more…