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Crash Reports: Mother’s Day – How My Mom Helped Me with Horror
Admittedly, the above is the worst title of all time, but what the hell can I do? My family buried my Mom on Thursday, and today is Mother’s Day. In her honor, I had a mini “Have Gun – Will Travel” festival at home because she loved westerns. It didn’t cause my anxiety,…
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Crash Analysis: THE HAUNTING OF WHALEY HOUSE (2012)
A fairly decent independent effort A guide at a haunted house gives her friends a private tour Actor Graham Denman (Craig Gavin in the movie), told viewers during the behind-the-scenes footage to look for THE HAUNTING OF WHALEY HOUSE’s release in theatres during July 2012, but writer/director’s Jose Prendes’s $115,000 film, shot in twelve arduous…
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Crash Analysis: THE PACT (2012)
A low budget horror with some staying power A sister wants answers, but the ghosts aren’t talking… Writer/director Nicholas McCarthy originally created THE PACT as a short, which played at Sundance. Three days later, he had a deal for this full-fledged feature – and the result doesn’t disappoint. Annie (Caity Lotz) and her sister Nicole…
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Crash Reports: Hard-up for Halloween Horrors?
Halloween is so close you can smell the dead and taste the candy corn. But as you can see from your cable stations, quality horror on the small screen is few and far between. However, if you’re in the mood, I’ve watched nearly 1,400 horrors and have compiled a short list of the best. Granted,…
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Crash Analysis: SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK… AGAIN (1996) – 1 star
Greaser punks gone really bad… A father’s past haunts him when demons come calling. Milestones are great benchmarks of achievement. They tell us how far we’ve come and grace us with some semblance of accomplishment. Therefore, when horror geek me celebrated watching my 1,300th horror, the only downside was that it was SOMETIMES THEY COME…
