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October Horrors 2018 Day 10 – The House by the Cemetery (1981)

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The House by the Cemetary, 1981. Directed by Lucio Fulci. Starring Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, and Giovanni Frezza. SYNOPSIS: Dr Norman Boyle moves his family to Boston to take up the research into the mysterious Freudenstein house being conducted by a colleague who seemingly went mad and murdered his mistress before hanging himself. […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Thunder Road

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Thunder Road, 2018. Directed by Jim Cummings. Starring Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, and Nican Robinson. SYNOPSIS: A police officer comes to grips with a death of his mom when giving a heartfelt eulogy at her funeral. If there’s any justice in the world, Jim Cummings will enjoy a prosperous career boost off the back of […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man

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The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man, 2018. Directed by Tommy Avallone. Starring Tommy Avallone and Bill Murray. SYNOPSIS: This documentary explores various urban legends around Hollywood’s most elusive star. If you’ve ever bothered to Google Bill Murray, you’ll probably be aware that he has a penchant for showing up in unexpected […]

Movie Review – MFKZ (2018)

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MFKZ, 2018. Directed by Shōjirō Nishimi and Guillaume “Run” Renard. Starring Kenn Michael, Vince Staples, Dascha Polanco, Michael Chiklis, RZA and Danny Trejo. SYNOPSIS: When strange superpowers begin to erupt out of him, Angelino discovers that he’s not as normal as he thought he was and that the mean streets of his hometown might not […]

Comic Book Review – Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying #2

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Calum Petrie reviews Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying #2… When I reviewed issue #1 of Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying, I stated that it ended on a proper cliffhanger. The next issue wasted no time getting straight into the thick of it and letting readers explore more of the the steampunk/clockwork atheistic of the reading […]

October Horrors 2018 Day 9 – The Last House on the Left (1972)

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The Last House on the Left, 1972. Directed by Wes Craven. Starring Sandra Peabody, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln, Lucy Grantham, Richard Towers, Cynthia Carr, Martin Kove, Marc Sheffler, and Jeramie Rain. SYNOPSIS: A pair of friends finds themselves at the mercy of a gang of escaped convicts led by the vicious thug Krug. Giving us […]

Movie Review – Halloween (2018)

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Halloween, 2018. Directed by David Gordon Green. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Nick Castle, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Virginia Gardner, Miles Robbins, Dylan Arnold, and Drew Scheid. SYNOPSIS: Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. […]

Movie Review – Us and Them (2017)

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Us and Them, 2017. Directed by Joe Martin. Starring Jack Roth, Tim Bentnick, Sophie Colquhoun, Andrew Tiernan, and Louis Dempsey. SYNOPSIS: A young political insurgent plans to wreak revenge on a rich family. In a mess of rage, ideology and youthful zeal, it becomes pretty clear that he doesn’t really know what he’s doing. Us […]

Movie Review – Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

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Bad Times at the El Royale, 2018. Directed by Drew Goddard. Starring Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson, Jeff Bridges, Lewis Pullman, Cynthia Erivo, Chris Hemsworth, and Cailee Spaeny. SYNOPSIS: At Lake Tahoe’s El Royale hotel, the paths of seven strangers converge at this derelict destination in the hope of escaping their past. Over the course of […]