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Tag Archives: Period piece

A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman

January 15, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Graham Chapman, probably best remembered as “the dead one from Monty Python”, writes and stars in the story, A Liar’s Autobiography. He was born, he went to Cambridge and […]

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Film, Literature, Television

A Christmas Story

December 25, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Peace. Harmony. Comfort and Joy…Maybe Next Year. The Christmas spirit isn’t served up with more heartfelt warmth or observant hilarity than in this beloved adaptation of Jean Shepherd’s holiday […]

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Film, Literature

Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town

December 24, 2013by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: Do you remember when… the Burgermeister Meisterburger banned toys, and Kris Kringle became Santa Claus? Share the magic of this Original Christmas Classic told and sung by Fred Astaire! […]

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Television

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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Film

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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Literature

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

Podzemlje

November 15, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A great circus full of tragicomic satire, Underground is a visionary masterpiece where hope, laughter and the joy of living overcome the difficulties of survival. In the midst of […]

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Film, Television

Creepy presents Bernie Wrightson

October 19, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Horror legend Bernie Wrightson’s Creepy and Eerie short stories, color illustrations, and frontispieces are finally collected in one deluxe hardcover! These classic tales from the 1970s and early 1980s […]

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Literature

Elvira’s Haunted Hills

October 14, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Evil. Terror. Lust. Some girls really know how to party! The hills are alive – with the screams of laughter! Elvira’s back in an all new adventure! With her […]

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Film, Television

The Ghoulish Book of Weird Records

October 12, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Come out, come out wherever you are, you closet ghouls. Al last the book you sickies have been waiting for. No stone has been left unturned in bringing it […]

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Literature

Dark Shadows (2012)

October 11, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: From the wonderfully warped imagination of Tim Burton comes the story of Barnabas Collins, a dashing aristocrat who is turned into a vampire by a jilted lover and entombed […]

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Film, Television

Corpse Bride

October 10, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride carries on in the dark, romantic tradition of his classic Edward Scissorhands and Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Set in a 19th century European […]

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Film

Fatale, Book 2

September 29, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Summary: The second arc of Image’s new hit collected just in time for new readers to jump on board with issue 11! In 1970s Los Angeles, Josephine can’t hide from […]

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