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Monthly Archives: May 2017

Don Juan ou Si Don Juan était une femme…

May 31, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: For what was to become her last feature, Brigitte Bardot teamed up once again with the man who made her famous, Roger Vadim (… And God Created Woman). Bardot […]

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Capricorn One

May 30, 2017by The Thorn 5 Comments

Synopsis: Mankind’s greatest achievement… or mankind’s biggest hoax? It was suppose to be the crowning moment in the history of space travel. But when the first manned flight to Mars […]

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Swimming Pool

May 29, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Sarah Morton (Charlotte Rampling), a best-selling English mystery writer, travels to her publisher’s holiday home in Provence intending to work and rest. But the sudden arrival of Julie (Ludivine […]

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Nailbiter, vol. 4

May 28, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The critically-acclaimed hit thriller continues with more shocking horror! Is there a new serial killer from Buckaroo?! Can they unlock the town’s deep secrets? Will Finch and Crane have […]

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Literature

House of Wax (2005)

May 28, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Thrills and chills ooze all over you in House of Wax, from Dark Castle Entertainment and legendary horror producers Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis (Gothika, House on Haunted Hill). […]

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House of Wax (1953)

May 27, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the wicked performance that crowned him the movie’s master of the macabre, Vincent Price plays a renowned wax sculptor plunged into madness when an arsonist destroys his life’s […]

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Mystery of the Wax Museum

May 26, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Mystery of the Wax Museum stars Lionel Atwill as the wax-wielding madman and Fay Wray as a potential victim. Directed by Michael Curtiz and shot in a chillingly effective […]

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Film

An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe

May 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Brace yourself for a fearsome fright fest… times four! Maestro of Mayhem Vincent Price narrates this quivering quartet of Edgar Allan Poe’s most spine-tingling classics, including: “The Tell Tale […]

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Literature, Television

Così fan tutte (1992)

May 24, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Diana (Claudia Koll) is happily married to Paolo but due to her extrovert character she regularly winds up in short-lived adventures, which she doesn’t keep hidden from Paolo. On […]

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Back to the Future: Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines, vol. 1

May 23, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Back to the Future creator/screenwriter Bob Gale returns with all-new tales from the twisting and turning timeline that made Back to the Future a, well… TIMELESS pop-culture phenomenon! Take […]

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Teorema

May 22, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Terence Stamp stars in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s award-winning and controversial film as a strange visitor who suddenly drops into the lives of an extremely bourgeois family. He plays both […]

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Graphic Classics: Bram Stoker

May 21, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Graphic Classics: Bram Stoker is completely revised, with an all-new comics adaptation of Dracula by Rich Rainey and Joe Ollmann. Returning from the first edition are “The Judge’s House” […]

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Saturday Morning Massacre

May 20, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A crew of young paranormal investigators and their dog struggle for cash until they land a job getting to the bottom of a series of gruesome deaths in an […]

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