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THE LAST KNOCK presents: Dead on Arrival: Halloween
Happy Halloween! Hey… “Wait a minute, you’re saying John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic is overrated?!” Yup. We take a look at Carpenter’s renowned Halloween film that launched Jamie Lee Curtis’s career, helped solidify the writer/director as a burgeoning horror icon, and added another bloody feather to the amazing cinematographer, Dean Cundey’s cap. Now, don’t think we’re stabbing you in the heart – or…
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THE LAST KNOCK presents: Physical Media
Physical media = Scary stuff! Okay, Billy Crash did his damnedest to weave horror into this one, but it doesn’t mean Jonny Numb and very special guest, the man from his own magnificent world, Dave K, didn’t have cool things to say about the on-going digital revolution and the recent surge in retro-media. So if…
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THE LAST KNOCK presents: Shriekfest
Shriekfest celebrated its “Sweet Sixteen” on the first weekend of October in the City of Angeles. A labor of love for founder and director, the talented actress, Denise Gossett, she’s created a fantastic festival for horror and science fiction fans. If you couldn’t make it, Billy Crash did, and Jonny Numb interviews him about the folks,…
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THE LAST KNOCK presents: Exorcizing Possessions
As with any other horror sub-genre, tropes abound, and exorcism and possession are no different. How often have we seen the possessed girl or woman bound to a bed to endure torture from demonic forces and patriarchy alike? But we’ll take a closer look at those tales that move beyond copying William Friedkin’s renowned film The…
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The Italian All Night Splatterfest 5 – September 3, 2016 – Event Report by Jonny Numb
Gazing at the façade of the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, is like being transported through a black-and-white filter and entering a vision of small-town America in the 1950s – something out of a Twilight Zone episode, perhaps. Or one of the theatres the Losers Club frequented in Stephen King’s nostalgic classic, It. It’s fitting,…
