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Gaiman Week – Book of the Month: American Gods
Title: American Gods Author: Neil Gaiman Genre: Dark Fantasy, horror Summary: (from amazon.com)Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a mysterious stranger offers him a job. But Mr. Wednesday, who knows more about Shadow than is possible, warns that a storm is coming — a battle for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Gaiman Week – Book Review: Coraline
Title: Coraline Author: Neil Gaiman Genre: Young Adult, Horror-Fantasy Why did I read this book: After having read Neil Gaiman’s adult works, I was excited to see how his writing would translate in young adult format! When I read the blurb for Coraline, I had to have it. Summary: (from amazon.com)The day after they moved [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Guest Dare: Summer of Night
A few weeks back, Ana and I decided to share our love for pushing the reading comfort zone, and we Dared the wonderful Kmont from Lurv à la Mode to guest review a book here! We asked Kmont what genres she would normally never read, and from there gave her a selection of books in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )On the Tube…
With the season finale of LOST last Thursday, if you’re a fan like we are, you may just find yourself with a huge hole in your weekly television schedule. NEVER FEAR! Or actually, perhaps you should, because tonight marks the premiere of new horror show… Fear Itself on NBC @ 10/9 central I am pretty [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )From Thea’s Dungeon
This Episode’s Unearthings: Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness Since the recent Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness got me in the mood…. Any horror fan worth their salt has seen The Evil Dead movies. These films, directed by Sam Raimi (of recent Spider-man fame–and The Grudge 2, Boogeyman infamy), are genre [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Book Review: Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness
Title: Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness Author: John Layman, Fabiano Neves & June Chung Genre: Graphic Novel, Horror Stand alone or series: Second Graphic novel in what is now a collection of 4 Marvel Zombie specials Summary: (From amazon.com)This is it true believers, the cross-over of the century begins here! The Marvel Zombies come [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Movie Review: The Orphanage
Title: El Orfanato (The Orphanage) Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona; “Presented” by Guillermo del Toro; starring Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, and Roger Príncep In between all the basketball this weekend, I finally got a chance to watch this movie. El Orfanato is a Spanish horror movie that was released in Europe in October 2007, but [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )Nonsensical Weekend Poll
This week’s ponderings: What is your favorite ’80s horror flick? The Howling – Probably one of (if not THE) greatest werewolf movie ever Prince of Darkness – John Carpenter’s answer to particle physics and theology; TACHYONS! Re-Animator – Franken-zombies! And a new spin on ‘giving head’. Return of the Living Dead – One word: “BRAAAAAAAAAINS!” [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )From the Page to the Screen: The Ruins
Title: The Ruins Novel by Scott Smith Movie directed by Carter Smith; screenplay by Scott Smith; starring Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, and Laura Ramsey Last Friday, the film adaptation of Scott Smith’s second novel, The Ruins, hit theaters. I had read this book when it came out in 2006 and found it truly [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Book Review: Marvel Zombies
Title: Marvel Zombies Author: Robert Kirkman, Sean Phillips Genre: Graphic Novel, Horror Stand alone or series: First Graphic novel in what is now a collection of 3 Marvel Zombie specials Summary: (From amazon.com)Torn from the pages of Ultimate Fantastic Four! On an Earth shockingly similar to the Marvel Universe’s, an alien virus has mutated all [...]
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