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Category Archives: Film

Boyz n the Hood

November 9, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: BOYZ N THE HOOD is the critically acclaimed story of three friends growing up in a South Central Los Angeles neighbourhood. It is a place where harmony co-exists with […]

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The Mad Magician

November 7, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Columbia Pictures’ last entry in the 1950s 3D craze, The Mad Magician (1954) stars Vincent Price in a trademark role as a round-the-bend illusionist bent on revenge. Delightfully tongue-in-cheek, […]

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Roy Colt & Winchester Jack

November 6, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In perhaps the most atypical film of his career, director Mario Bava combines elements of THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY and BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID […]

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Guess Who

November 2, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When Theresa (Zoe Saldana) brings fiance Simon Green (Ashton Kutcher) home for her parents’ 25th wedding anniversary, she neglects to mention one tiny detail… he’s white. Determined to break […]

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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

November 2, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Crusading newspaper publisher Matt Drayton’s (Spencer Tracy) liberal principles are put to the test when his daughter, Joey (Katharine Houghton), announces her engagement to John Prentice (Sidney Poitier), an […]

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

October 31, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Five teenage friends living on one street all dream of a sinister man with a disfigured face, a frightening voice and a gardener’s glove with knives for fingers. But […]

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New Nightmare

October 31, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Writer-director Wes Craven (‘Scream’, ‘Scream 2’) returns to the darkest shadows of Elm Street with “the cleverest, wittiest, most twisted scarefest in ages!” (Peter Travers, ‘Rolling Stone’). Winner of […]

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Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare

October 30, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Five years have passed since Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) was sent howling back to hell. But now, a new kid on Elm Street is being haunted every night by […]

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Halloween with the New Addams Family

October 29, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: As Halloween night draws near, the Addams clan buzzes with unearthly activity in preparation for their annual bash. The entire off-beat cast of the original “Addams Family” -the international […]

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Candyman

October 28, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A children’s ghost story comes to terrifying life in this gut-wrenching thriller about a graduate student whose research into modern folklore summons the spirit of the dead. Look into […]

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

October 27, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Freddy Krueger returns to deliver a whole new breed of terror in his most fiendishly perverse frightfest yet! Unable to overpower the Dream Master who vanquished him in ‘A […]

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

October 26, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Proving there’s no rest for the wicked, the unspeakably evil Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) is again resurrected from the grave to wreak havoc upon those who dare to dream. But […]

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

October 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Born the bastard son of a hundred maniacs, demented killer Freddy Krueger is back for fresh victims in this hallucinatory shocker co-written by original creator Wes Craven (Scream, Scream […]

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