Category: Features

Brutality At Its Finest: Crossing the Line with Violence in Horror

November 11, 2016
9 mins to read

We all know the scene. The madman on a killing spree, dispatching victims with every weapon they can get their bloody hands on; knives, scalpels, machetes, power-drills, chainsaws, you name it, they’ve got it, and the blood spatters the camera lens and we cringe and hold our hands in front of our faces and as …

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The Cutting Room: Fantasma

November 10, 2016
1 min to read

When a beautiful ballerina, Adriana Mena, lands the lead role in the upcoming Nutcracker performance, she’s forced to face her demons as jealousy and tension begin to provoke the supernatural. Why we’re looking forward to this: There’s nothing quite like a good giallo and so Fantasma, written and directed by Brett Mullen and Matt Cloude, …

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American Horror Story: Roanoke, Chapter 8: Blood and OxyContin

November 8, 2016
5 mins to read

The bloodbath has begun. With just ten episodes total and only three to go, there’s a lot of shit to wrap up. A lot of people who had better show up as ghosts. A lot of people whose skulls are still in need of cleaving (the disclaimer that “everyone died, we found this stuff” has …

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Look Out For … Ruin by Rich Hawkins and What The #@&% Is That?

November 8, 2016
4 mins to read

Look Out For … Ruin by Rich Hawkins “A typically grim yet engaging apocalypse from the brilliant Rich Hawkins.” These are the dark days, a time of ruin. It began when the black rocks fell to earth, bringing with them a contagion which infected man and beast alike, spreading death and destruction across the land. …