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Tag Archives: Period piece

The Midas Flesh, vol. 1

April 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: We’ve all heard of The Midas Touch, who better to turn that tale on its head with a heavy dose of Sci-Fi than Adventure Time’s Ryan North? Fatima and […]

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Les Quatre de Baker Street, Tome 4

April 23, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The adventures of the Baker Street Irregulars continue in the fourth volume of the award-winning comics series based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. This time nothing can prepare […]

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Literature

The Masque of the Red Death

April 20, 2017by The Thorn 3 Comments

Synopsis: Death and debauchery reign in the castle of Prince Prospero (Vincent Price), and when it reigns- it pours! Prospero has only one excuse for his diabolical deeds – the […]

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Film, Literature

Nymphomaniac, vol. 1: Extended Director’s Cut

April 19, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Nymphomaniac: Volume 1 is the story of Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who is discovered badly beaten in an alley by an older bachelor, Seligman (Stellan Skarsgard), who […]

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Film

Beyond the Black Rainbow

April 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Held captive in a specialized medical facility, a young woman with unique abilities seeks a chance to escape her obsessed captor. Set in the strange and oppressive emotional landscape […]

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Film

Les Quatre de Baker Street, Tome 3

April 16, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The adventures of the Baker Street Irregulars continue in the third volume of the award-winning comics series based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. It takes our young heroes […]

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Literature

Kanashimi no Beradona

April 15, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An innocent young woman, Jeanne (voiced by Aiko Nagayama) is violently raped by the local lord on her wedding night. To take revenge, she makes a pact with the […]

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Film, Literature

The Haunted Palace

April 13, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Based on an Edgar Allan Poe poem, this Roger Corman chiller starring Vincent Price is “filled with terror and macabre events [and] guaranteed to bring shudders” (Boxoffice)! A perversely […]

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Les Quatre de Baker Street, Tome 2

April 9, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The adventures of the Baker Street Irregulars continue in the second volume of the award-winning comics series based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. Hailed by critics and audiences, […]

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Literature

Imaginaerum

April 8, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A coma sends an old man into his childhood’s sinister fantasy world, where he must fight dementia and gain back his memories before it’s too late. *********************************************************************** Imaginaerum 6.95 […]

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The Raven (1963)

April 6, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: “The wheels of horror churn amid touches of humor” (The Film Daily) in this twisted tale of sorcery most fowl! Inspired by the gothic poem by Edgar Allan Poe […]

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Les Quatre de Baker Street, Tome 1

April 2, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, The Baker Street Four provides an inside look behind the infamous Baker Street Irregulars. Billy, Charlie, and Tom are inseparable, and for […]

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Literature

The Premature Burial

March 30, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Talk about a tortured artist! Oscar® winner Ray Milland is Guy, a medical student and painter whose obsessive fear of being buried alive compels him to build himself a […]

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