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Tag Archives: Drama

Grace

October 23, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Eight months pregnant and fed up with traditional medicine, Madeline Matheson (Jordan Ladd) opts for the companionship of a trusted midwife. Though reluctant, her husband remains supportive of her […]

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Creepy presents Bernie Wrightson

October 19, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Horror legend Bernie Wrightson’s Creepy and Eerie short stories, color illustrations, and frontispieces are finally collected in one deluxe hardcover! These classic tales from the 1970s and early 1980s […]

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Literature

The Ghoulish Book of Weird Records

October 12, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Come out, come out wherever you are, you closet ghouls. Al last the book you sickies have been waiting for. No stone has been left unturned in bringing it […]

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Literature

Dark Shadows (2012)

October 11, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From the wonderfully warped imagination of Tim Burton comes the story of Barnabas Collins, a dashing aristocrat who is turned into a vampire by a jilted lover and entombed […]

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The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl

October 5, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: What happens when a 15-year-old comic book geek meets the girl of his nightmares? The brainy outcast known as Fanboy has never had it good, but lately his sophomore […]

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The Funhouse

October 4, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Pay to get in. Pray to get out. It seemed to be a carnival funhouse just like any other: mysterious, eerie, scary, but all in good fun. Yet it […]

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Belle de jour

September 28, 2013by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: The porcelain perfection of Catherine Deneuve hides a cracked interior in the actress’s most iconic role: Séverine, a chilly Paris housewife by night, a bordello prostitute by day. This […]

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Film, Literature

Sleeping Beauty (2011)

September 26, 2013by The Thorn 7 Comments

Synopsis: Some fantasies are dangerous Acclaimed director Jane Campion (The Piano) presents Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty, a fascinating depiction of a young woman’s reckless decent into a shocking world of […]

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Combien tu m’aimes?

September 24, 2013by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: In this gleeful, bawdy sex comedy, Francois [Bernard Campan], a downtrodden office worker tells the gorgeous prostitute Daniela [the gorgeous Monica Bellucci] that he’s won the lottery and invites […]

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The Fall

September 22, 2013by The Thorn 6 Comments

Synopsis: Filmed over a period of 4 years in 18 different countries. Tarsem’s The Fall is an unforgettable movie experience. In 1920 Los Angeles, Alexandria (Catinca Untaru), a 5 year […]

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Incognito

September 21, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: From the creators of Criminal and Sleeper comes the most insane and evil super-villain comic you’ve ever read! What if you were an ex-super villain hiding out in Witness […]

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Human Trafficking

September 20, 2013by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: Everyday, young girls are bought and sold. Hundreds of thousands of young women have vanished from their everyday lives – forced by violence into a hellish existence of brutality […]

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42nd Street Forever: The Blu-ray Edition

September 19, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Synapse Films’ best-selling 42nd Street Forever DVD series has been a favorite of grindhouse and exploitation fans around the world. Presented here for the first time on Blu-ray, this […]

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