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The Haunting in Connecticut

November 25, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Based on a chilling true story, The Haunting In Connecticut charts one family’s terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to […]

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Largo Winch, vol. 1

November 22, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Largo Winczlav, born in Yugoslavia, is an orphan. Thousands of miles away, one of the richest men in the world will change Largo’s destiny. This man, Nerio Winch, wants […]

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Literature

The Amityville Horror (2005)

November 18, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: What happened over the next 28 days have never been explained. From Michael Bay, the producer of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, comes the true story of Amityville. In November […]

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Film, Literature

Les Rois du gag

November 13, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Gaetan (Michel Serrault) is a television comic whose jokes have kept his program alive, but in more recent times, his senior gag writers have not had their hand on […]

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Film

House on Haunted Hill (1999)

November 11, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Evil Loves To Party One night in the house, one million bucks, no questions asked. But there is a catch for anyone who accepts the offer. Murder is a […]

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Film

The Exorcist: The Version You’ve Never Seen

November 6, 2014by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: The Scariest Movie Of All Time. Brace yourself as one of the all-time spellbinders possesses you all over again. Director William Friedkin and producer/screenwriter William Peter Blatty have revisited […]

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A Shot in the Dark

November 5, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When a beautiful parlor maid (Elke Sommer) is accused of murdering her lover, the nutty Inspector (Sellers) leaps…er, falls…into the fray to save her in this irrepressibly funny Pink […]

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Film

Exorcist: The Beginning

November 4, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The prequel to The Exorcist. The scariest movie of all time. Having abandoned his faith in God, Father Merrin (Stellan Skarsgard) joins a British archaeological excavation in Kenya, where […]

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Film

The Pink Panther (1963)

November 3, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Arriving at a posh resort with her precious “panther” a large gem with them image of a leaping feline inside sexy Princess Dala meets the debonair Sir Charles. She […]

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Film

The Shining (1980)

October 31, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From a script he co-adapted from the Stephen King novel, director Stanley Kubrick melds vivid performances, menacing settings, dreamlike tracking shots and shock after shock into a milestone of […]

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Film, Literature

Locke and Key, vol. 6

October 31, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The shadows have never been darker and the end has never been closer. Turn the key and open the last door; it’s time to say goodbye. The final arc […]

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Literature

Rose Red

October 28, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Every House Has A Story To Tell… This One Will Kill You. The chilling tale of Dr. Joyce Reardon (Nancy Travis), an obsessed psychology professor who commissions a team […]

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Television

The Shining (1997)

October 27, 2014by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: 110 empty hotel rooms-filled with horror! Jack Torrance (Steven Weber) and his family (Rebecca De Mornay and Courtland Mead) move into the sprawling, vacant Overlook Hotel to get away […]

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