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Nutcracker: An American Nightmare VHS

Dance of the sugar plum psychosis The Nutcracker story has always been one of the more disturbing Christmas tales for me. The image of the madly staring figure in military dress is bad enough, but even worse is the focus … Continue reading

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Dracula’s Daughter / Son of Dracula DVD

Vampire offspring Universal double feature For the 2001 crop of Universal Monsters classics on DVD, they appear to be getting down to the “B-squad” titles. Thus, they’ve generously decided to give our wallets a slight break and combine this wave … Continue reading

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The Others

Who else is in the house? No, it’s not a belated sequel to the 1972 Canadian horror hit The Other, but it explores similar edge-of-your-seat supernatural territory. Spanish director/writer/composer Alejandro Amenábar spent a few years developing this Cruise-Wagner Production. His … Continue reading

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Jurassic Park 3

Return to JP From the start, the Jurassic Park series has built in an underlying theme, purposefully exploring the comparison between big summer movies and amusement park thrill rides. While this attitude does well by those of us that enjoy … Continue reading

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Lust for Frankenstein DVD

The Return of Franco-stein During the busy year of 1972, filmmaker Jesus Franco made two Frankenstein movies, both of which were distributed under a half dozen titles. They are among the most bizarre films in the Franco filmography – and … Continue reading

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The Mummy Returns

Pyramid scheme Guest review by Michael Flores The last year has been an economic bloodbath for Hollywood. Serious dramas and adult topic movies have been critically applauded, and have died at the box office. The year before, psychotronic films brought … Continue reading

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The Forsaken

Plagiarism after Dark In 1987, Katherine Bigelow’s Near Dark brought big changes to the languishing vampire genre, presenting a gun-toting outlaw gang that roved around terrorizing the modern American West. The shadow of Near Dark is still cast over horrordom, … Continue reading

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Awakening of the Beast DVD

Banned for more than 30 years! Despite extreme difficulties with the Brazilian censor boards (both nationally and in local municipalities), José Mojica Marins managed to get his horror films into theaters. Once there, they became a sensation across the country, … Continue reading

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Mantis in Lace DVD

The Swingin’ ’60s – swingin’ a big butcher knife! Producers Harry Novak and Peter Perry (who first got together for the sex/comedy/monster picture Kiss Me Quick) decided to make a feature that they could sell as either a sex show … Continue reading

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Bruiser

Romero enters the 21st century George Romero, who is now known as one of America’s finest filmmakers, returns to the screen with his first film in seven years, from his first original screenplay in fifteen years. Those expecting another gorefest … Continue reading

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