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Tag Archives: Horror

Tales of Terror

March 5, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This triple treat of terror is a three-episode “blood-dripping package that includes murder, necrophilia, dementia, live burials, open tombs, exhumation, resurrection, zombies and feline vengeance,” resulting in nothing less […]

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My Bloody Valentine (2009)

February 20, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The town of Harmony would like to forget its horrific past. Ten years ago, after a tragic mining accident, Harry Warden awoke from his coma on Valentine’s Day – […]

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My Bloody Valentine (1981)

February 19, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Twenty years ago, a tragic accident in a mine on St. Valentine’s Day took the lives of five miners. The disaster occurred while supervisors left their posts to attend […]

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Frozen

January 25, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It remains perhaps the most intense and terrifying film of the year: As Sunday evening falls, three snowboarding friends decide to take one last run down the slope. Halfway […]

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Spoogue, vol. 1

January 22, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Spoogue, vol. 1, by Olivier Milhiet 7.75 I’ve had this comic book for what seems to me to be a looong time. Heck, I don’t even remember when and how […]

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Scrooge (1951)

December 27, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Alastair Sim’s tour-de-force performance as the ultimate miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, has almost single-handedly made this beloved version of Charles Dickens’ story into one of the best-loved Christmas films of […]

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A Christmas Carol (2009)

December 25, 2011by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: From Walt Disney Pictures comes the magical retelling of Charles Dickens’ beloved tale — Disney’s Christmas Carol, the high-flying, heartwarming adventure for the whole family, starring Jim Carrey. When […]

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The Nightmare Before Christmas

December 24, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Can Christmas be saved? Bored with the same old scare-and-scream routine, Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, longs to spread the joy of Christmas. But his merry […]

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Film

American Vampire, vol. 2

December 7, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

American Vampire, vol. 2, by Scott Snyder, Farael Albuquerque and Mateus Santolouco 7.5 For this book, Snyder goes his own way throughout and gives us two separate stories (a 3-volume […]

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American Vampire, vol. 1

November 18, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

American Vampire, vol. 1, by Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque and Stephen King 8.0 It took me a couple of chapters to warm up to this book. I found the first chapter […]

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Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween

October 31, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween 8.25 Included on the Blu-ray and the 3-DVD edition of ‘Halloween (2007)’, this exhaustive behind the scenes documentary covers it all. From pre-production to […]

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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

October 31, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This smart and suspenseful thriller scares up a bone-chilling good time with original scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis (You Again) and a hot cast of hip young stars! Now […]

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Terror In The Aisles

October 30, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A chilling excursion through the great horror movies, this compilation is not one to watch alone. Scenes from ‘Jaws,’ ‘Psycho,’ ‘Alien,’ ‘Poltergeist,’ ‘King Kong,’ ‘Bride of Frankenstein’ and more […]

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