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Reflections on Halloween and other essential holidays
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Read more: Reflections on Halloween and other essential holidaysIt isn’t important to celebrate Halloween, that’s what’s so good about it. Have you ever tried to blow off Thanksgiving? It’s like spitting on your mother.
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The Great Pumpkin and the Tragic Piety of Linus
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Read more: The Great Pumpkin and the Tragic Piety of LinusI was asked what I like to watch for Halloween, what scares me and what do I watch to be scared, and I had to think about it because I usually don’t watch anything for Halloween.
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Macho Idiots
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Read more: Macho IdiotsThere’s a terrific scene in The Terminator when Arnie strides into a nightclub looking for Sarah Connor. A bouncer tries to stop him by slapping a hand on his shoulder, but our futuristic hit man doesn’t even bother looking around. Instead, he grabs the offending limb and gives the fool a taste of his cybernetic…
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The Best Film Ever Made About…
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Read more: The Best Film Ever Made About…Everything a married couple experiences during the average evening: lies, recriminations, pettiness, alcohol abuse, adultery, and…
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Jaws 3-D Got It Right: Some Thoughts on Sequels
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Read more: Jaws 3-D Got It Right: Some Thoughts on SequelsEarlier this year, I had the privilege of enjoying the latest installment in the possibly immortal (though it’s hard to imagine it without Tony Todd) Final Destination franchise, and enjoy it I did.
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What’s The Deal With Women In Horror Movies?
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Read more: What’s The Deal With Women In Horror Movies?I thought of three primary reasons we like to watch girls chased around by maniacs.
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A Tour of Hell
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Read more: A Tour of HellA Tour of Hell: A Review. When I awoke I found myself lying on the barren ground, confused and disoriented. The last thing I remembered was the heart monitor screaming that my heart had stopped in that hospital bed and yet here I was, lying on the rocks in the hot sun, naked as a…
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The Meth-Man Chronicles: Home Alone Edition
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Read more: The Meth-Man Chronicles: Home Alone EditionIt’s amazing how well you can drive down a busy street looking only in the rearview mirror.
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Finding Bigfoot(2011)
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Read more: Finding Bigfoot(2011)America is a country of masochists wanting nothing more than to be tied down, beat with fly swatters and be forced to choke down the hot, dripping load of whatever con artist we’re buying into at the moment.
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Colonoscopy: It’s About the Prep
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Read more: Colonoscopy: It’s About the PrepIf you survive the prep, you will probably be just fine