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Bell Book and Candle

December 18, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Meet Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak), Greenwich Village’s most seductive sorceress. Powerful, glamrous, and a wee bit bored, Gillian knows that witches can’t fall in love. But they can have […]

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Sint

December 17, 2013by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: An original and delightfully gruesome slasher film, Saint re-imagines the jolly old saint as a bloodthirsty bishop fulfilling a grisly prophecy every 32 years under the Christmas full moon. […]

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NOS4A2

December 16, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: NOS4A2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill, the New York Times bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns. Victoria McQueen has a […]

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Locke and Key, vol. 4

December 14, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Summary: Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke & Key unwinds into its fourth volume in Keys to the Kingdom! With more keys making themselves known, and the depths of the […]

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Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Season Four

December 12, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Feel The Power… OF ATTORNEY! It’s the final season for Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, and the winged lawyer heads to the courtroom once again to “Take the case!” […]

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Locke and Key, vol. 3

December 10, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The third storyline in the Eisner-winning series by Joe Hill (Horns) and Gabriel Rodriguez. The dead plot against the living, the darkness closes in on Keyhouse, and a woman is […]

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You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up

December 5, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: After thirteen years of marriage, Annabelle Gurwitch and Jeff Kahn have found, “We’re just not that into us.” Instead of giving up, they’ve held their relationship together by ignoring […]

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Locke and Key, vol. 2

December 2, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: New York Times bestselling writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez, the Eisner-nominated creators behind the acclaimed Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft, return with the second hardcover L&K […]

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Literature

Insidious

November 30, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It’s not the house that’s haunted. From the makers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious is the terrifying story of a family who, shortly after moving, discovers that dark spirits have […]

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Young Adult

November 25, 2013by The Thorn 6 Comments

Synopsis: Teen lit writer and one-time prom queen Mavis Gary (Academy Award-winner Charlize Theron) returns home determined to recapture her fading glory by winning back her married high school sweetheart. […]

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Creepshow

November 22, 2013by The Thorn 6 Comments

Synopsis: The Most Fun You’ll Ever Have Being Scared! Two macabre masters – writer Stephen King and director George A. Romero – conjure up five shocking yarns, each a virtuoso […]

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The Mist: Director’s Cut

November 20, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From legendary frightmaster Stephen King and Academy Award nominated director Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) comes one of the most tense and terrifying films since The […]

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Children of the Corn

November 18, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Original That Started It All Something unspeakable is alive in the cornfields of rural Gatlin, Nebraska, where a boy preacher has led the village’s children in a slaughter […]

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