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TRANCERS

This is perhaps the only legitimately good (not so-bad-it’s-good) movie ever directed by Charles Band

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MOTHERLY

Maternal madness is a topic that has inspired filmmakers from time immemorial–here’s the latest iteration

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JOHN DOLLAR

Although I’m sure its author and publisher would be loath to admit it, this historical reverie is very much a horror novel

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MONTANA GOTHIC

A fascinating, poetic and macabre novel that may be a masterpiece–and if it isn’t, it comes damn close

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QUIN’S SHANGHAI CIRCUS

This novel is ostensibly about a man attempting to find his parents in WWII-era Shanghai, but its true concerns are far more dense and kaleidoscopic

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WESTWORLD (Book)

Contrary to how it might appear, this long out of print paperback is not a novelization of the 1973 flick WESTWORLD

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JAWS at 40

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the June 20, 1975 release of Steven Spielberg’s JAWS

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PSYCHO at 55

Here we’re going to look at what is very likely the most iconic and widely discussed horror movie of all time.

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Gaspar Noe and The Butcher

A dour middle-aged butcher and a brilliant young filmmaker: the pairing is an odd one, and yet the Butcher, as he’s known, remains the signature creation of Gaspar Noe.

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