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Favorite Movies: Horror: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Silence of the Lambs, Jaws, Black read more Christmas (1974), Friday the 13th (1980), Return of the Living Dead, Halloween (1978), Last House on the Left (1973), way too many to list (in the horror genre alone, not to mention out of genre film) Non-Horror: Stand By Me, Lonely Are the Brave, Lost in Translation, Rushmore, Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Sling Blade, The Usual Suspects, Reservoir Dogs, Caddyshack, Stripes, Ghostbusters, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Harold and Maude, The Treasure of Sierra Madre, There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights, Fargo, No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski, and on and on and on and mothafu*kin on

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Book of Blood DVD trl

From the twisted musings of long venerated horror scribe Clive Barker comes yet another look at his BOOK OF BLOOD, this time in an altered DVD trailer for the flick. Directed and co-scripted by John Harrison (TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE:...
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Season of Witch teaser

Not to be confused with the paltry second HALLOWEEN sequel boasting the exact namesake, Dominic Sena’s costume-horror SEASON OF THE WITCH is enjoying some preliminary press and promo material. In specific, we have a nice little teaser-trailer for the flick,...
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2 new Antichrist clips

Boy I’m glad Danish raconteur Lars von Trier’s ANTICHRIST is finally hitting limited release this weekend. One, I’m dying to see the flick. And two, I’m tired of pumping it up in print. We’ve surely seen poster after poster, one...
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DreamWorks is Wicked

So it appears that DreamWorks, in an attempt to secure all things emo-adolescent, has just picked up a five-book series deal from brothers Aaron and Matthew Benay entitled “Wicked” (which was actually penned by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie). According...
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Party at Flashback

Some rad news has his hit for all you Chi-town dwellers, one of the preeminent horror conventions in the country, Flashback Weekend, owns the city from October 23-25. And a fresher lineup the fest could hardly attain. Namely, such genre...
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TCM Halloween marathon

So every year the good folks over at Turner Classics put together an impressive Halloween marathon. With an ungodly spate of dreck hitting DVD every damn week, it’s nice to see programming that favors uncut, golden age studio horror. And...
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New Stan Helsing clips

With the recent news that the SCARY MOVIE line is up for reboot, it seems spoof-horror is not vanishing anytime soon. Other evidence of this assertion comes via STAN HELSING, a puerile horror lampoon looking to cull as much (or...
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Official Road poster

If I had to start racking off a list of most anticipated end of year films, there’s no question John Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s THE ROAD would be on there. After-all, it does star Charlize Theron! Seriously though, despite...
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Caine talks Inception

All eyes are on British filmmaker Chris Nolan, who after helming the second most financially successful film in history (behind TITANIC), now looks to an equally all-star cast to bring about the sci-fi thriller INCEPTION. And thanks to a dude...
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Englund’s Monster book

Ever wonder why long running horror maven Robert Englund gravitates toward the macabre? Ever wonder why the man toils endlessly in a genre many deem a step up from pornography? Well, in a new tome entitled “Hollywood Monster: “A Walk...
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