Category: Reviews

Film Review: Horns (2013)

November 25, 2014
5 mins to read

“Leaves you with a sour taste in your mouth as the credits roll!” Based on the successful 2010 Joe Hill (the son of horror maestro Stephen King) novel of the same name, Horns tells the tale of Ig (Daniel Radcliffe), a young man who, upon waking from a drunken stupor, finds himself accused of …

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Film Review: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 40th Anniversary Restoration Edition Blu-Ray

November 17, 2014
5 mins to read

“Without a doubt the best edition of this classic film yet to be released!” This is a true story… After reports break on the news about grave robbing and vandalism at a Texan cemetery, Sally (Marilyn Burns) and her disabled brother Franklin (Paul Partain) travel with three friends to check on their grandfather’s grave and …

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Film Review: Afflicted (2014)

November 12, 2014
5 mins to read

“Afflicted is a good little horror film. It’s smart and a lot of fun.“ When Jason Lee (played by Afflicted’s writer-director Jason Lee) discovers he has a life-threatening brain aneurysm, he decides it’s time to live his dream of making a year-long trip around the world. Accompanying him to chronicle the journey is his bosom …

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Book Review: The Spectral Book of Horror Stories (Edited by Mark Morris)

November 12, 2014
14 mins to read

“Near exemplary selection of stories.” Opening story ‘On the Tour’, by Godfather of the UK horror scene Ramsey Campbell, is the perfect way to start the collection and lays down a significant marker in terms of quality. A down on his luck man, who had been a Beatles-era musician, becomes obsessed with the hope that …