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Paranormal Activity 4 – Frank’s Take (film review).
Well, at least there is the consistency of churning out another repetitive ‘Paranormal Activity’ installment around the Halloween festivities that is still in…
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October 2012
ReviewHorror
Shock Value by Jason Zinoman (book review).
They sure don’t make them like they used to. ‘Shock Value’ by New York Times film critic Jason Zinoman covers how a few…
ReviewScifi
Assault On Precinct 13/Dark Star by Alan Howarth (album review)
This album features music from John Carpenter’s 1976 cult classic ‘Assault On Precinct 13’ and his debut film ‘Dark Star’ from 1974. Given…
ReviewHorror
Sinister (film review) – Frank’s Take.
Director/co-writer Scott Derrickson (‘The Exorcism Of Emily Rose’) creates a slow burn of macabre-oriented mayhem in the creepy caper ‘Sinister’. Derrickson and fellow…
ReviewCulture
From Inside (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Brett Smith (album review).
An apocalypse tale is never going to be the source of the most upbeat music and you don’t get any less upbeat than…
ReviewHorror
Zombies – A Compendium Of The Dead edited by Otto Penzler (book review)
Zombies! Surrounding us! With the success of ‘The Walking Dead’ comic and TV series, the grateful undead have shuffled back into fashion and…
ReviewScifi
Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology edited by James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel (book review).
Look at the title ‘Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology’ and puzzle over what it means. To me, a singularity is a black hole.…
ReviewHorror
Resident Evil: Damnation (2012) (film review).
Directed by Makoto Kamiya, ‘Resident Evil: Damnation’ is an animated feature film. It’s a continuation of the long-running videogame based series which started…
September 2012
ReviewHorror
Nightmare Movies by Kim Newman (non-fiction review).
Kim Newman’s ‘Nightmare Movies’ is a greatly expanded update of a book previously published in the 1980s. In his introduction, he notes his…
ReviewScifi
The Infernal Devices 1: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (book review).
‘Clockwork Angel’ is the first book in ‘The Infernal Devices’, a new series by Cassandra Clare, set in a steampunk world. Basically, this…
ReviewHorror
The Thompsons (2012) (movie review).
Watching a movie directed by the Butcher Brothers means you are just asking for trouble and there is plenty of that in ‘The…
ReviewHorror
Zombie A-Hole (2012) (film review).
‘Zombie A-Hole’ is an ultra-low budget grindhouse B-movie by young American director Dustin Mills. It’s his first live-action film, following on from 2010’s…