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Tag Archives: Period piece

The Mad Magician

November 7, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Columbia Pictures’ last entry in the 1950s 3D craze, The Mad Magician (1954) stars Vincent Price in a trademark role as a round-the-bend illusionist bent on revenge. Delightfully tongue-in-cheek, […]

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Roy Colt & Winchester Jack

November 6, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In perhaps the most atypical film of his career, director Mario Bava combines elements of THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY and BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID […]

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The Fade Out, Act One

November 5, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: THE FADE OUT is an epic noir set in the world of noir itself, the backlots and bars of Hollywood at the end of its Golden Era. A movie […]

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Literature

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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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

October 20, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Get help! That’s a good idea when carefree friends traveling the back roads of Texas run into trouble. So they ask for assistance at an eerie, ramshackle farmhouse. That’s […]

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Day of the Dead 2: Contagium

October 15, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Pennsylvania, 1968: At the Ravenside Military Installation, something has gone horribly wrong. A replicating virus has been discovered that causes the dead to rise and feed upon the flesh […]

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Film, Television

Wonder Woman

September 30, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes […]

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Film, Literature

The Hunger

September 29, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Miriam Blaylock collects Renaissance art, ancient Egyptian pendants, lovers, souls. Alive and fashionably chic in Manhattan, Miriam is an ageless vampire. “Vampire” is not a word you’ll hear in […]

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Film, Literature

Gli invasori

September 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Blonde giants, thirsty for blood and eager for conquest! In the long-unseen classic from legendary director/cinematographer Mario Bava, Viking hordes invade Britain in an orgy of violence, vengeance and […]

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Film

L’ostie d’chat, tome 3

September 17, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Our two buddies with the wobbly friendship continue to struggle through everyday life. Jean-Seb still considers Natacha the love of his life, but another encounter proves revelatory to him. […]

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Literature

Paris, France

September 14, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Unable to release her deepest sexual fantasies through a dull marriage, Lucy finally meets a young and sexy man able to unlock the erotic place hidden inside herself. The […]

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Film, Literature

Operazione paura

September 11, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Giacomo Rossi-Stuart and Erica Blanc star in Bava’s final gothic masterpiece, the hallucinatory tale of a remote village tormented by the specter of a dead little girl. Despite it’s […]

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Film

L’ostie d’chat, tome 2

September 10, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Our two friends’ misdaventures never end: Jean-Seb drowns his romantic sorrows in alcohol, falls for Natasha, a truly disgusting chick, and sleeps with Claire even though she’s off-limits. As […]

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