Rise of the House of Dread: An Appreciation of Penny Dreadful

  • January 6, 2016

  • 7 mins to read

Rise of the House of Dread An Appreciation of the Showtime Original Series Penny Dreadful Penny Dreadful is the Saturday Creature Feature television series you didn’t even know you were craving. Combining the tales of Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman and Dorian Grey, Showtime and Sky hid out in their laboratory and cobbled together this shiny …

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Film Review: The House On Pine Street (2015)

  • January 6, 2016

  • 5 mins to read

“The House On Pine Street is a purposeful, slow burning film that has all the potential ingredients to be a taut, psychological/supernatural thriller…” Brothers Aaron and Austin Keeling’s sophomore feature is a psychological drama dressed up in supernatural clothes. It centres on the post-emotional breakdown mother to be – Jennifer (Emily Goss – An Emotional Affair). She’s reluctantly left …

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Look Out For… Can & Can’tankerous by Harlan Ellison and African Monsters

  • January 5, 2016

  • 5 mins to read

Look Out For… Can & Can’tankerous by Harlan Ellison “Ellison’s stories provide a skewed and indignant view on our own world and its foibles.” Harlan Ellison has been compared to an annoying gnat, a no-see ’em buzzing in your peripheral vision till you try to swat him, and he’s gone. Ellison’s a double agent who …

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Book Review: Die Dog or Eat the Hatchet by Adam Howe

  • January 5, 2016

  • 6 mins to read

“Dark, funny, and a little out of the ordinary, you really can’t go wrong with Adam Howe’s collection.” A burned out boxer turned bouncer; an aspiring porn starlet with a heart of gold; a mythical creature that’s the mascot of a dangerous biker gang; a relentless killer squaring off against two dangerous brothers; a man …

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