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Tag Archives: Horror

A Christmas Carol (1938)

December 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Four Ghosts. One Miracle. Oh Glorious, Glorious Day! “May it haunt [my readers’] houses pleasantly,” Charles Dickens wrote in the preface to his A Christmas Carol. This 1938 version […]

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The House of Exorcism

December 4, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Tourist Lisa Reiner (Elke Sommer) encounters the Devil himself (Telly Savalas) while vacationing in Toledo, Spain. Recognizing in her the soul of a damned spirit that escaped him, the […]

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Lisa e il diavolo

December 4, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: While visiting Toledo, Spain, American tourist Lisa Reiner (Elke Sommer) experiences a feeling of déjà vu when she sees an ancient mural of the Devil carrying away the dead. […]

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La casa con la scala nel buio

November 28, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Bruno (Andrea Occhipinti of NEW YORK RIPPER) is hired to compose a new horror movie and rents an isolated villa to concentrate on his work. But when several beautiful […]

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Cheers: Season 4

November 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It’s the cozy little Boston bar where everybody knows your name…welcome to Cheers – the Emmy® Award-winning, smash-hit television series that kept the laughs uncorked for 11 years. For […]

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Macabro

November 21, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In this horrific tale of murder, madness and perverse passion, a New Orleans wife and mother carries on a torrid affair behind her family’s back. But when a violent […]

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Film

Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga

November 20, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An American student’s family curse, an ancient Austrian castle of torture and a demonic incantation that resurrects the infamous 16th Century sadist known as ‘Baron Blood’. Director Mario Bava […]

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Film

House of the Long Shadows

November 14, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Horror legends Vincent Price (The Oblong Box), Christopher Lee (The Crimson Cult), Peter Cushing (Madhouse) and John Carradine (The Sentinel) star as the screen’s greatest gruesome foursome! When a […]

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Film, Literature

Ecologia del delitto

November 13, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: What begins as a simple giallo about greed and murder at a secluded bayside estate soon explodes into an odyssey of carnage that would single-handedly trigger the entire ‘body […]

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

October 31, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Five teenage friends living on one street all dream of a sinister man with a disfigured face, a frightening voice and a gardener’s glove with knives for fingers. But […]

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Film

New Nightmare

October 31, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Writer-director Wes Craven (‘Scream’, ‘Scream 2’) returns to the darkest shadows of Elm Street with “the cleverest, wittiest, most twisted scarefest in ages!” (Peter Travers, ‘Rolling Stone’). Winner of […]

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Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare

October 30, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Five years have passed since Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) was sent howling back to hell. But now, a new kid on Elm Street is being haunted every night by […]

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Film

Halloween with the New Addams Family

October 29, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: As Halloween night draws near, the Addams clan buzzes with unearthly activity in preparation for their annual bash. The entire off-beat cast of the original “Addams Family” -the international […]

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