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Tag Archives: Suspense

Double Indemnity (1973)

March 11, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A TV remake of Billy Wilder’s film classic (1944) about a scheming wife who inveigles an insurance agent into helping her bump off her husband and of the dogged […]

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Film, Literature, Television

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

March 10, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Revenge Is The Best Medicine. Meet Doctor Phibes: a one-time concert musician who’s now an all-time crazed murderer. In this clever, crypt-kicking classic, horrormeister Vincent Price plays a diabolical […]

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Film

Double Indemnity (1944)

March 9, 2012by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray star in this gripping film noir from Academy Award-winning director Billy Wilder. A calculating wife encourages her wealthy husband to sign a double indemnity […]

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Film, Literature

Twice-Told Tales

March 7, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A Terrifying Trilogy of Passion, Poison and Possession! It’s spine-tingling terror – in triplicate! “Virtuoso of horror” (Los Angeles Times) Vincent Price dials up the depravity in this spellbinding […]

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Film, Literature

Tales of Terror

March 5, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This triple treat of terror is a three-episode “blood-dripping package that includes murder, necrophilia, dementia, live burials, open tombs, exhumation, resurrection, zombies and feline vengeance,” resulting in nothing less […]

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Film, Literature

My Bloody Valentine (2009)

February 20, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The town of Harmony would like to forget its horrific past. Ten years ago, after a tragic mining accident, Harry Warden awoke from his coma on Valentine’s Day – […]

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Film

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

February 19, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Twenty years ago, a tragic accident in a mine on St. Valentine’s Day took the lives of five miners. The disaster occurred while supervisors left their posts to attend […]

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Film

Date Night

February 10, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Steve Carell and Tina Fey are “a match made in comedy heaven” (Ben Lyons, E!) in this uproarious adventure about an ordinary couple in the right place…on the wrong […]

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Film

Irredeemable, vol. 2

February 7, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Irredeemable, vol. 2, by Mark Waid and Peter Krause 8.0 I’m probably one of the few who would think that this second collected set of ‘Irredeemable’ is superior to the […]

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Literature

Frozen

January 25, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It remains perhaps the most intense and terrifying film of the year: As Sunday evening falls, three snowboarding friends decide to take one last run down the slope. Halfway […]

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Film

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

January 24, 2012by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Directed with clinical precision by Robert Wise, this record of the earth’s first biological crisis is perhaps the most painstakingly authentic science fiction thriller ever made. When a satellite […]

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Film, Literature

Voulez-vous danser avec moi?

January 5, 2012by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When her husband is found standing over the body of a murdered dance instructor, Brigitte Bardot goes undercover to find the real killer and is drawn into a shady […]

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Film

Tintin et le Temple du Soleil

December 30, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A team of explorers discover the tomb of Rascar-Capac and they all fall victim to a mysterious illness that puts them into a deep sleep. In trying to solve […]

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