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Tag Archives: Suspense

Et mourir de plaisir

September 20, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Young Carmilla is jealous of her friend’s engagement, and her obsession leads her to the tomb of a female vampire. The tale of her obsession with her family’s history […]

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5 bambole per la luna d’agosto

September 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Bava’s ultra-mod 1970 murder mystery remains one of the most critically divisive and little-seen films of his career. Bava imbues the derivative script with a sly streak of black […]

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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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Dream Lover

August 31, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: James Spader and Madchen Amick star in this “smart, diabolical thriller” (The New York Times) about a recently married man who suspects that his wife’s past is not what […]

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Terrore nello spazio

August 28, 2017by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: Get sucked into a “chilling” (Film Daily) black hole of cosmic creepiness when an evil alien race zeroes in on a crew of unsuspecting astronauts, turning them into zonked-out […]

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Film

The Monster Club

August 26, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the tradition of THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD and TALES FROM THE CRYPT comes THE MONSTER CLUB, starring genre superstars Vincent Price and John Carradine. When elder vampire […]

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I tre volti della paura

August 21, 2017by The Thorn 6 Comments

Synopsis: Boris Karloff is your host for Bava’s 1963 classic triptych of terror in which The Maestro again set new standards in the deviant sexuality, graphic violence and spellbinding horror. […]

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Film

From a Whisper to a Scream

August 19, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Prepare to be shocked out of your skin with four grisly tales of terror in one small town! Legendary king of horror Vincent Price “gives his fullest, most sepulchral […]

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La ragazza che sapeva troppo

August 14, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Bava’s fourth film as credited director was his first contemporary narrative, a slyly Hitchcockian thriller that scholars cite as the first true giallo. Leticia Roman stars as an American […]

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Film

Evil Empire, vol. 2

August 13, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: With the true face of the Evil Empire revealed, the entire world has been turned on its head. Those who never thought they’d find themselves on the opposing side […]

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Literature

Diary of a Madman

August 12, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Vincent Price turns in a classic performance as a sculptor, possessed by an evil spirit, who hires a model (Nancy Kovack) to pose for him – then learns thereafter […]

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Film

4D Man

August 8, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Robert Lansing has the title role in this effective thriller as a man to whom locked doors have no meaning – the 4D Man! Scientific whiz Tony Nelson (James […]

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Film

Evil Empire, vol. 1

August 6, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Politics is war without bloodshed. War is politics with bloodshed. We’re often introduced to totalitarian establishments with pundits already fully in power and it’s up to our hero to […]

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