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Monthly Archives: October 2012

Hellraiser

October 31, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: “In 1987,” says Fangoria, “prolific genre author, painter and first-time filmmaker Clive Barker unleashed upon unwary audiences a flick that shook them to their core and forever redefined the […]

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Halloween III: Season of the Witch

October 31, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Producer John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) presents the third chilling installment in the Halloween collection. When a terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked and brought to the hospital, babbling and […]

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The Crow

October 30, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Before Sin City and The Dark Knight rose, there was The Crow – the “dark, lurid revenge fantasy” (The New York Times) from director Alex Proyas (Dark City) that entranced […]

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Recoil: A Strange Hour in Budapest

October 30, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: ‘A Strange Hour In Budapest’ offers a captivating and exhilarating document of ‘A Strange Hour’ which was presented during 2010 & 2011 in 52 cities across the world as […]

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La chiesa

October 29, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: You Haven’t Got a Prayer. In medieval Europe, crusading knights massacre a village full of suspected devil worshippers and build a large gothic church above the cursed remains. It […]

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Film

Detroit Metal City, vol. 1

October 29, 2012by The Thorn 2 Comments

Detroit Metal City, vol. 1, by Kiminori Wakasugi 3.5 Rape is not funny. It just isn’t. However, for reasons that I can’t bloody fathom, Kiminori Wakasugi seems to think that […]

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Literature, Music

Freddy vs. Jason

October 28, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Ultimate Battle of Evil vs. Evil Freddy Krueger is in hell – literally! And like an inmate with a life sentence, Freddy’s been plotting a fantastic revenge…all he […]

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Film

Dèmoni 2

October 27, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: One year after Demons tore its way through the world’s gore-loving hearts, Italian horror maestros Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava returned to again unleash a flood of demonic carnage […]

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Yavarum Nalam

October 26, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Madhavan plays an active middle class Indian who moves into a new apartment – 13B on the 13th floor with his family. Right from the very first day they […]

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Chew, vol. 4

October 26, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Chew, vol. 4, by John Layman and Rob Guillory 7.25 Well, Chew is finally starting to wear out its welcome. Based on the first two paperbacks, I would not have […]

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Literature

Dèmoni

October 25, 2012by The Thorn 3 Comments

Synopsis: They will make cemeteries their cathedrals and the cities will be your tombs! In 1985, Italian horror masters Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava unleashed this landmark splatter shocker about a group […]

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Comic Relief: The Greatest…

October 25, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Humor in the face of adversity. The phenomenon that is Comic Relief is a uniquely American dynamic, created by Bob Zmuda and Chris Albrecht as a way of using […]

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Television

Poltergeist

October 24, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: It Knows What Scares You. “They’re here,” playful at first…but not for long. A storm erupts, a tree attacks and little Carol Anne Freeling is whisked away into a […]

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