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Tag Archives: Suspense

Body Double

April 17, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Another Brian De Palma gloss on Alfred Hitchcock, Body Double (1984) is a dark thriller set against the sleazy backdrop of bad filmmaking—from horror to porn. The focus is […]

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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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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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Film, Literature

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

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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Film, Literature

The Sender

April 4, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In this psychological horror film, Zeljko Ivanek (TV’s Damages, Argo) stars as John Doe #83, a patient admitted to a psychiatric hospital after a suicide attempt. When Dr. Gail […]

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Baba Yaga

April 3, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Psychedelic Shocker Based on the Erotic Comics of Guido Crepax… Legendary sex symbol Carroll Baker stars as a mysterious sorceress with an undying hunger for sensual ecstasy and […]

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Film, Literature

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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Film, Literature

Bound

March 27, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In their world, you can’t buy freedom. But you can steal it. A mobster, his mistress and a tough female ex-con are caught in a dangerous plot with over […]

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The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

March 25, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Everything Is Under Control Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep, along with Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Liev Schreiber, mesmerize a whole new generation of audiences in […]

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Film, Literature

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

March 23, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Betrayal Cuts Both Ways! Happily-ever-after goes under the knife in this “eerie [and] excellent” (The Hollywood Reporter) saga of murder, madness and forbidden desire. Starring Hollywood horror great Vincent […]

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The Visitor

March 21, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In this unforgettable assault on reality, legendary Hollywood director/actor John Huston (The Maltese Falcon; Treasure of the Sierra Madre) stars as an intergalactic warrior who joins a cosmic Christ […]

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