Tag: horror
member name: Nick Howes
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February 26, 2008 09:50 AM EST --
Heath Ledger , 28. Star of numerous films including Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm (2005) and as the Joker in the upcoming Batman movie, The Dark Knight . January 22, 2008 of apparent overdose. . . .
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January 12, 2009 10:17 AM EST --
SILVER SCREAM, David J. Schow, ed., 1988, Tor Books, 500 pp.
The common theme in this anthology is the movies. The settings range from Hollywood backlot to broken down movie theaters and drive-ins . . .
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June 11, 2008 01:50 PM EDT --
You'll love this movie. In fact, this 2002 movie has the sort of bizarre appeal that should've made it more popular.
In this over-the-top, low-budget horror-drama, Elvis takes . . .
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March 20, 2009 10:31 AM EDT --
Eight-Legged Freaks, David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Doug E. Doug, 2002, 99 minutes
If you want to see giant killer spiders, skip the SciFi Channel, skip all the other spider movies, and check this . . .
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November 12, 2008 08:42 AM EST --
Ever wonder where the "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" monkeys come from? It's from a sculpture in the small Japanese town of Nikko. The name was used for the leader of the Wicked . . .
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April 01, 2009 01:02 PM EDT --
Introduced in two spectacularly successful TV movies, seedy, persistent, abrasive reporter Carl Kolchak was awarded his own brief hour-long 1974-1975 series. It remains a cult classic.
"Kolchak: . . .
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December 12, 2008 12:36 PM EST --
The founder and editor of "Famous Monsters of Filmland" died December 8, 2008 of a heart attack following a long illness.
Forest J. Ackerman, 92, considered the greatest of all science fiction . . .
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March 22, 2009 10:02 AM EDT --
THE CRAWLING EYE, Forrest Tucker, Janet Munro, Laurence Payne, 1958, black and white, 84 minutes. $14.99.
I have a soft spot for this 1958 movie which I only first saw a few years ago.
This Jimmy . . .
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April 05, 2009 09:32 AM EDT --
THERE ARE WORSE THINGS I COULD DO, Adrienne Barbeau, trade paperback, 2006, 345pp, $15.95
The star of TV's "All in the Family" spin-off, "Maude," of The Fog, Escape . . .
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March 05, 2009 09:29 AM EST --
The Hounds of Tindalos: The Early Long, Frank Belknap Long, 1975, Jove, 284pp.
The late Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994) was a major figure in science fiction, horror, fantasy, gothic fiction, . . .
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April 26, 2008 10:19 AM EDT --
Sir Arthur C. Clarke, 90. Science fiction author, Oscar-nominated with Stanley Kubrick for screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968 ). The novel "2010: Odyssey Two" was filmed as 2010: . . .
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June 12, 2008 12:50 PM EDT --
If I see another dreamcatcher, I'm going to kvork.
However, Dreamcatcher, the movie, is a whole different issue.
Dreamcatcher was the first novel Stephen King worked on after he was struck on . . .
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June 26, 2008 11:35 AM EDT --
Charlton Heston , 84. Actor whose roles frequently became cinematic icons such as Moses and Ben Hur, and whose genre work, intended to distance him from his earlier costume dramas, included Soylent . . .
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April 01, 2009 12:39 PM EDT --
BETWEEN TIME AND TERROR. Robert Weinzberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, ed., 1995, 382pp.
An anthology of 17 science fiction stories with a dark fantasy slant. Horror stories . . .
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March 20, 2008 09:17 AM EDT --
Barry Morse, 89. Co-star on "Space:1999" and Inspector Girard on the 1960's hit TV series "The Fugitive" with David Janssen. Other genre work included his role as a meek tailor . . .
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July 08, 2008 07:06 PM EDT --
John Phillip Law, 70. Actor, best-known as Sinbad in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) and as Pygar, the blind angel, the male lead in Jane Fonda science-fiction starrer Barbarella (1968). Genre . . .
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November 16, 2008 08:44 AM EST --
Troy Taylor is not only a prolific writer of ghost stories but a master of niche marketing. Among other things, the Decatur, Illinois man leads speedily sold-out ghost tours, appears on television, sends . . .
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October 24, 2008 12:23 PM EDT --
With the high-profile passings of such luminaries as Paul Newman and visual effects artist Stan Winston, some lesser knowns who appeared in science fiction and fantasy venues have recently died with little . . .
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April 13, 2008 09:56 AM EDT --
I'll make this quick because the movie based on this 509 page paperback book is already in the theaters. I haven't seen it or read any reviews. I don't even know if the movie . . .
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May 16, 2008 11:21 AM EDT --
Graham Masterton again dips into his research library to come up with a new supernatural threat. This one involves an alliance of witches from different black magic traditions when a trio of Los . . .
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