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THE WANDERING EARTH

Here we have China’s attempt at Hollywood-styled blockbuster moviemaking: an unapologetically loud, unharmonious science fiction themed epic that prizes aggressive escapism above all else

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A CHINESE GHOST STORY (1997)

The one and only animated version of the Hong Kong fantasy-romance classic A CHINESE GHOST STORY, scripted, produced and voiced (in part) by the original film’s producer Tsui Hark

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THE MANSON MASSACRE

The most notorious of the “Manson-sploitation” movies, an unabashedly exploitive sixty nine minute spectacle that purports to dramatize the August 1969 killings of Sharon Tate and her companions

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HELL

A very odd, and very culturally specific, look at Hell from a noted Japanese science fiction writer.

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THE HEART OF THE BEAST

Vertigo’s higher-ups evidently thought a lot of THE HEART OF THE BEAST, and it is indeed a work of style and quality. I’m not sure, however, that it’s deserving of such an exalted presentation.

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THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK

As the title indicates, it consists largely of H.P. Lovecraft-inspired dramatizations, together with many of Coulthart’s illustrations for Savoy’s infamous LORD HORROR series

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HATER

Moody’s novel is absorbing, fast moving and authentically disturbing entertainment that pulls off the unprecedented task of making this hackneyed idea seem fresh.

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Leaks, Penanggalans and Krasues, Oh My!

Here’s an image as flat-out bizarre as any you’re likely to see: the head of a woman floating in midair, bodiless but for a bloody spine, at the end of which dangles a clump of living organs

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