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Horror Anthology ‘Holiday Hell’

October 23, 2019 Kurt Gardner 0 Comments anthology, Christmas, Hanukkah, holiday, horror, killer, movie, Santa Claus

This mixed bag of holiday-themed short stories isn’t quite like getting coal in your stocking, but it never quite rises above predictability.

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Film Film Review 

‘Devil’s Junction’ Doesn’t Know Where It’s Going

October 12, 2019October 18, 2019 Kurt Gardner 0 Comments cheesy, detroit, horror, low budget, puppets, unintentional, ventriloquist

Cross the “Puppet Master” series with the “Saw” series and you get this silly, low-budget mess.

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Film Film News 

Ventriloquist Horror ‘Devil’s Junction’ Comes to VOD and DVD in November

October 2, 2019 Kurt Gardner 0 Comments Bill Mosely, Halloween, horror, independent, limited release, Midnight Releasing, movie, ventriloquist

Jeff Broadstreet directs genre icon Bill Moseley in this new thriller.

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Film Film News 

Surreal Thriller ‘Seeds’ Coming to VOD and DVD Next Week

September 18, 2019 Kurt Gardner 0 Comments Dark Star Pictures, DVD, film, horror, Seeds, surreal, thriller, VOD

The new thriller from first-time director Owen Long will be released on VOD and DVD Sept. 24.

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Cult Corner Retro Review 

Retro Review: The Insane ‘Amityville II’

August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 Kurt Gardner 0 Comments Amityville Horror, Comet TV, cult, Damiano Damiani, Diane Franklin, horror, Italian, Jack Magner, possession, Rutanya Alda, Tommy Lee Wallace

The twisted cult classic sequel to ‘The Amityville Horror’ is now playing on Comet TV.

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Theater Theater Review 

Berlin Channels Poe at the Overtime

July 20, 2019July 20, 2019 Kurt Gardner 0 Comments biography, death, Derek Berlin, Edgar Allan Poe, Gregg Barrios Theater, horror, mystery, Overtime Theater, San Antonio, science fiction, solo performance, tragedy

Berlin returns to the Overtime with a new show about the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe.

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Cult Corner Film 

Universal Horror Classics: Comfort Food for the Senses (Part Two)

March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 Kurt Gardner 0 Comments abbott & costello, gypsy, horror, Lon Chaney Jr., Maria Ouspenskaya, mittel-european, monster rally, musical, universal

PART TWO: THE SECOND GOLDEN AGE Starting in 1936, there was a slump in horror’s popularity, no doubt because it

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Cult Corner Film 

Universal Horror Classics: Comfort Food for the Senses (Part One)

March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 Kurt Gardner 0 Comments Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Carl Laemmle, Dracul, Expressionism, Frankenstein, horror, James Whale, Lon Chaney Jr., Nazi Germany, subtext, Universal Horror

Part one of a series about the magnificent Universal horror classics of yore.

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Film Film Review 

‘The Cabin’ – Silly Over Substance

December 1, 2018December 1, 2018 Kurt Gardner 0 Comments film, horror, Sweden, The Cabin, unintentional humor, VOD

This attempt to inject new life into the “terror in the woods” genre comes off as muddled and risible.

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Cult Corner 

Grand Guignol, Spook Shows and Chambers of Horror

October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 Kurt Gardner 0 Comments chamber of horrors, cult, grand guignol, horror, live spook shows, theater

A history of Grand Guignol, chambers of horror and live “spook shows.”

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