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Tag Archives: Holidays

Carrie (1976)

November 16, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: At the center of the terror is Carrie, a tortured high-school misfit with no confidence, no friends…and no idea about the extent of her ‘secret powers’ of telekinesis. But […]

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Flatliners

November 8, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Some lines shouldn’t be crossed. Medical students begin to explore the realm of near death experiences, hoping for insights. Each has their heart stopped and is revived. They begin […]

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Film

Omen IV: The Awakening

October 31, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Terror Continues Gene and Karen York are the living embodiment of The American Dream, Rich, influential attorneys, they have everything a couple could want… except a child. When […]

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The Munsters’ Revenge

October 22, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The First Family of Fright is Back Again! Unknown to the Munsters, their lookalikes in the local Chamber of Horrors are not merely wax dummies, but robot doubles that […]

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Film, Television

The Addams Family

October 2, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Weird is Relative. Looking for something CREEPY…SPOOKY…KOOKY…and altogether OOKY? Come join The Addams Family for the most hilarious scarefest of this season or any other! When long-lost Uncle Fester […]

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Film, Literature, Television

Babe

July 1, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A Little Pig Goes a Long Way Academy Award winner and Best Picture nominee Babe is the inspirational story of a shy Yorkshire piglet who doesn’t quite know his […]

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Film, Literature

About a Boy

December 31, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Hugh Grant (Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’s Diary) is simply brilliant in this comedy hit the critics are hailing as “Hilarious!” (Premiere). Will Lightman (Grant) is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor […]

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Serendipity

December 30, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Destiny… With A Sense Of Humor. Irresistible stars John Cusack (America’s Sweethearts, High Fidelity) and Kate Beckinsale (Pearl Harbor, Brokedown Palace) are drawn together and take a chance on […]

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Film

The War of the Roses

December 28, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Once inia lifetime comesia motion picture that makes you feel like fallingiin love again. This isinot that movie. In this blackest of comedies, a perfect 18-year marriage suddenly becomes […]

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Film

The Ice Harvest

December 27, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton lead an all-star cast in this hilarious and unpredictable thriller that critics are calling “very funny stuff” (Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper). When […]

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Film, Literature

American Psycho

December 26, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie, obsessed with success, status and style, with a stunning fiancée (Reese Witherspoon). He is also a psychotic killer who rapes, […]

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Film, Literature

Edward Scissorhands

December 25, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor who’s greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn’t quite […]

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Film

Rare Exports

December 24, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Young Pietari lives with his stern reindeer-herding father Rauno in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, an enormous excavation at a nearby mountain disturbs the locals and captures […]

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