Open Grave (2013)
Open Grave (2013) The film’s first shot is of a man opening his eyes. It’s not long before he discovers, to his obvious horror, that he is lying on a heap of decomposing corpses in the middle of a huge open grave. As he attempts to pull himself together he is rescued from the pit by a mute woman and soon finds himself in an isolated house filled with suspicious strangers who—like him—can’t remember who they are. Unlike him,...
Even a Man Who is Pure in Heart: The Wolf Man (1941)
Even a Man Who is Pure in Heart: The Wolf Man (1941) “A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.” Lana Turner Over the course of the ‘thirties—that Golden Age for we lovers of classic horror movies—Universal Studios had established a solid base for a Mythos that gave us several iconic creatures. To this day they remain archetypes of what has become the traditional...
Don’t Look Back: The Walking Dead Season Four (Mid-Season)
Don’t Look Back: The Walking Dead Season Four (Mid-Season) “You’ll never have to worry again about whether you’re doing the right thing or the wrong thing. Because we will do the only thing.” —The Wit and Wisdom of The Governor Season 4 of AMC’s The Walking Dead has taken a break mid-run (there will be a total of sixteen episodes) and resumes with the...
The Reality Dysfunction : Book One of the Night’s Dawn trilogy
The Reality Dysfunction Book One of the Night’s Dawn trilogy It’s a shame that my last book of 2013 has been such a disappointment; a qualified one, mind you, but a disappointment none the less. I’ve picked up and looked at Peter F. Hamilton’s 1996 novel, The Reality Dysfunction several times over the last year. I’m not familiar with Hamilton’s writing but it has that great title and that really great cover. It’s also...
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