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Tag Archives: Suspense

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

June 7, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An Old Flame Returns In 1957, Hamilton High School’s prom queen got flambeed. Now she’s back and she’s burning mad! It’s been 30 years since bad girl Mary Lou […]

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8 femmes

June 6, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Academy Award nominee Catherine Deneuve (The Musketeer) Isabelle Huppert (The Swindle) and Fanny Ardant (Elizabeth) star in this outrageous mystery about a wealthy industrialist who has been found murdered […]

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Prom Night (1980)

June 5, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A Prom Queen’s Dreams Turn To Screams Six years ago when young Robin Hammond crashed through a broken window, her playmates vowed to keep thae accident a secret. They […]

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Roadgames

June 3, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Stacy Keach is Pat Quid, a lone trucker who plays games to keep his sanity on long hauls through the desolate Outback. Jamie Lee Curtis is a free-spirited hitchhiker […]

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Hot Fuzz

April 24, 2014by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Get ready for a gut-busting, outrageous comedy from the guys that created Shaun Of The Dead. Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is a big-city cop who can’t be stopped – […]

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Don’t Drink the Water (1994)

April 10, 2014by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: They couldn’t wait to get in. Now it’s hilarious trying to get out! Ever-popular favorites Michael J. Fox (Mars Attacks!, The American President) and Woody Allen (Small Time Crooks, […]

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Film, Television

Criminal, vol. 2

April 8, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Twenty years ago, Tracy Lawless traded the crime-ridden streets of the city for a life in the military, and it’s a decision he’s rarely regretted. But now he’s walking […]

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Literature

Criminal, vol. 1

March 29, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: From Harvey Award-Winning Best Writer Ed Brubaker, and Scream Award-Winning Best Artist Sean Phillips comes the first collection of Criminal, one of the best reviewed comics of 2006. Coward […]

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Literature

The Name of the Rose

March 27, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: They Believed In God But Traded With The Devil. It’s the work of the Devil. That’s what some say when a bizarre series of deaths strikes a 14th-century monastery. […]

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Film, Literature

Sleeper: Season Two

March 18, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: It’s the final SLEEPER collection from the team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Criminal). While spymaster John Lynch slept in a coma, his protégé Holden Carver was trapped […]

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Tomorrow Never Dies

March 15, 2014by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Pierce Brosnan returns as the fearless, cunning and devastatingly cool Secret Agent 007 in this thrilling adventure! When a ruthless media tycoon (Jonathan Pryce) tries to destabilize the world […]

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Film

Fatale, Book 3

March 13, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The third arc of the hit series hits stands the same day as the next one begins! From the dark days of the depression, to the middle ages and […]

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Literature

The Morning Star

February 28, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The mystery that began with a single enigmatic postcard reaches its dramatic conclusion in The Morning Star. Three million readers the world over await this last chapter of the […]

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