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Frightfest 2013 Film Review: The Conspiracy

November 29, 2013
2 mins to read

“You’ll be talking about this one long after you’ve seen it!” Yet another found-footage movie, albeit with an original slant. Two filmmakers are shooting a documentary about Terrance G, a renowned conspiracy theorist convinced that most historical events were staged by a secret society for profit. After Terrance mysteriously disappears, it’s up to the documentarians …

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FrightFest 2013 Film Review: Cheap Thrills

November 28, 2013
2 mins to read

“Awesome, funny, and bloody with great performances throughout!” Things couldn’t get much worse for Craig. Facing eviction, newly-fired, a newborn and wife relying on him to turn things around, he does what any man would: finds the nearest bar. While in the bar, however, he runs into an old school friend, Vince, and a wealthy …

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Frightfest 2013 Film Review: Odd Thomas

November 28, 2013
2 mins to read

“This is a wonderful and fun film that deserves a sequel with the same cast!” For fans of the Dean Koontz novels about a short-order cook that can see and assist ghosts in passing over, this adaptation from Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) will please immensely. Anton Yelchin stars as Odd, the resident weirdo of Pico …

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Cabin Fever

November 28, 2013
7 mins to read

I recently did something that I’ve always dreamt about doing; I rented a little cabin in a forest and hunkered down for a month of uninterrupted writing. As a city girl, I’ve always been attracted to the idea of wilderness and isolation. My favourite stories involve characters on the periphery of the civilised world, in …