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Category Archives: Literature

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

March 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Everything Is Under Control Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep, along with Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Liev Schreiber, mesmerize a whole new generation of audiences in […]

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The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

March 23, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Betrayal Cuts Both Ways! Happily-ever-after goes under the knife in this “eerie [and] excellent” (The Hollywood Reporter) saga of murder, madness and forbidden desire. Starring Hollywood horror great Vincent […]

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Road Rage

March 19, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Acclaimed novelist/Eisner-winning graphic novelist Joe Hill collaborated with his father, Stephen King, in Throttle, for the first time on a tale that paid tribute to Richard Matheson’s classic tale, […]

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Literature

House of Usher (1960)

March 16, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: He Buried Her Alive…To Save Her Soul! Legendary Scare-master Vincent Price serves up a diabolical nightmare dripping with “brooding evil and sinister suspense” (Film Daily)! Based on Edgar Allen […]

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Film, Literature

Predator vs. Judge Dredd

March 14, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Dark Horse re-presents the action-filled Predator vs. Judge Dredd miniseries in one package! In a tale of the far-flung future, a rogue Predator comes to Mega-City One looking for […]

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Black Magick, vol. 1

March 12, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Rowan Black is a detective with the Portsmouth PD… and a witch, two aspects of her life she has struggled to keep separate. Now someone is targeting Rowan, someone […]

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Literature

The House of Usher (2006)

March 9, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Some doors should never be opened. A late night phone call, the kind that can change your life… When Jill Michaelson learns that her former friend, Maddy Usher is […]

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Film, Literature

Turks fruit

March 8, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Erik Vonk (Rutger Hauer) is a carefree artist and ladies man until he meets Olga (Monique van de Ven), a beautiful young woman with an equal passion for sexual […]

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Film, Literature

I Have a Bad Feeling About This

March 5, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Henry Lambert would rather play video games than spend time in the great outdoors-but that doesn’t make him a wuss. Skinny nerd? Fine. But wuss is a little harsh. […]

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Literature

La chute de la maison Usher

March 2, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Edgar Allan Poe’s Immortal Horror Classic as Interpreted by the Masters of Avant-Garde Cinema As his beautiful young wife Madeline dies slowly of some dreaded ailment, fevered artist Roderick […]

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RoboCop vs. The Terminator

February 28, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: For the first time ever, Dark Horse is proud to collect Frank Miller and Walt Simonson’s classic RoboCop vs. the Terminator comic books in graphic novel format! Comics’ greatest […]

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Literature

Mélody

February 26, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: In 1980, Sylvie Rancourt and her boyfriend moved to Montreal from rural Northern Quebec. With limited formal education or training, they had a hard time finding employment, so Sylvie began […]

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Literature

Stonehearst Asylum

February 23, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When young doctor Edward Newgate (Jim Sturgess) arrives at Stonehearst Asylum in search of an apprenticeship, he is warmly welcomed by superintendent Dr. Lamb (Ben Kingsley) and a mesmerizing […]

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