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Because I Hate Myself - Zombie Tidal Wave
Well, haven’t used this headline in a while…but it couldn’t be more appropriate. You see, a ‘friend’ of the site recommended Zombie Tidal...
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May 29, 2023
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 4: The Dream Master
In the retrospective documentary ‘Never Sleep Again’, which looks back at the entire Elm Street series, it was dubbed the MTV entry into...
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Nov 11, 2022
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: Dream Warriors
As a word of warning, this is gonna be one of those openings where I share too much. There’s always that one movie, isn’t there? You know...
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Nov 5, 2022
Movie Review - Halloween Ends
Legacy. While it’s an easy concept to grasp in real life, it’s a difficult concept to portray in popular culture and it’s nigh impossible...
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Oct 24, 2022
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Dreamlike. Wandering from scene to scene, sometimes with little to no connective tissue. In arthouse films, these can describe the works...
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Oct 21, 2022
Werewolf Wednesday - Werewolf By Night
At the time of this writing, word came across that the production on Marvel Studios’ Blade had been halted. The director had quit and...
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Oct 19, 2022
Movie Review - Hellraiser (2022)
As I read the credit, I had to ask myself “What movie needs a Gender and Sexuality Consultant?” Hellraiser. Hellraiser totally needed...
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Oct 17, 2022
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street
Sometimes, it only takes one movie to build an empire. While this following confession might get my Mutant Family membership revoked, I...
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Oct 14, 2022
Sex and Violence Movie Review Part 2 - X
Let me share the only time I spoke during the film: “Don’t go Fulci…Don’t go Fulci…aww shit. You went Fulci.” Now, you veterans of the...
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Oct 10, 2022
Free Pizza Video Game Review - House of the Dead Remake for the Nintendo Switch
It turns out, I’m pretty bad at saving scientists. …or maybe I’m just sparing them from the tortures ahead. Needless to say, when I heard...
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Oct 7, 2022
Sex & Violence Movie Review Part 1 - Porno
Chekov’s Gun. It’s a principle in drama, both on stage and on screen, that if you allude to something in the first act, you need to have...
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Oct 3, 2022
State of the Franchise - Friday the 13th
Now that we’ve come to the end of the Friday franchise, it’s time for another State of the Franchise address. Oh boy. As of this writing,...
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Sep 30, 2022
Movie Review - Red State
An unlikely film from that Kevin Smith. That’s the tagline for Red State and boy…they were definitely going for understatement there,...
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Sep 26, 2022
Movie Review - The Call of Cthulhu
Filming H.P. Lovecraft stories has always proven to be an interesting proposition. Hollywood has always shied a way from the material,...
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Sep 19, 2022
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th (2009)
I forgot just how much nudity was in this one. I mean, seriously, every single female on screen, save two, ends up unleashing those...
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Sep 16, 2022
Movie Review - Slaxx
Yes, you could just as easily call Slaxx ‘Little Clothing Shop of Horrors’…but that would really sell it short. The trailer for the film...
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Sep 13, 2022
Movie Monday - Rubber
It’s been a full 10 years since I sat down to watch Rubber for the first time. It was the final act in a long day which included New York...
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Aug 8, 2022
Supplemental Sunday - Ghoulardi & His Legacy in Cleveland Television
1963. This is nowhere near the beginning of the age of the TV Horror Host. That year was 1954 and depending on whose camp you’re in, you...
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Aug 7, 2022
Franchise Friday - Jason X
Fair warning…apparently, hockey is going to be banned in two years. Don’t blame me, I’m just the messenger. And where did my information...
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Aug 5, 2022
Marvel Monday - Morbius
I know I’m a little behind on this, but it’s finally Morbin’ time! After much ballyhoo on the internet and a failed re-release showing...
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Aug 1, 2022
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