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‘Fright Night: Origins’ Review – Tom Holland Revisits and Expands Upon a Horror Classic in New Book

Ike Oden Books, Fright Night, Fright Night: Origins, Movies, Reviews, Tom Holland

In late September, Encyclopocalypse unleashed Fright Night: Origins, a book touted as the definitive literary adaptation of Tom Holland’s 1985 comedy creature feature. Springing straight from the inkwell of Holland himself with some help from novelist A. Jack Ulrich, Origins is a (mostly) unabridged account of the events you remember from the original movie. It […]

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‘Cy_Borg’ Review – A Fast, Flashy and Vicious Cyberpunk RPG

Aaron Boehm Christian Sahlen, Cy_Borg, Reviews, Video Games

Cyberpunk fiction tends to focus too much on flashy tech and not enough on the dystopia, but Cy_Borg, a new tabletop RPG by Christian Sahlen, has absolutely no problem dragging your shiny character straight through the mud. The game welcomes you to a world that’s been ground down by capitalism-driven ecological disasters, mysterious infections rumored […]

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“AHS: NYC” Review – Final Episodes End a Powerful Season With Melancholy and Class

Daniel Kurland AHS, AHS: NYC, American Horror Story, American Horror Story: NYC, Reviews, TV

AHS: NYC trades its standard sarcasm and screams for an insightful and artistic reminder that real life is full of its own horrors and tragedies. “You are way too young to be thinking about how to die. Don’t forget how to live.” You wanted death? You wanted horror? Well, how about slowly passing away from […]

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“1899” Review – Netflix Series Offers Mystery Aboard a Ghost Ship

Joe Lipsett 1899, Andreas Pietschmann, Baran Bo Odar, Emily Beechum, Isabella Wei, Jantje Friese, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Maciej Musial, Mathilde Ollivier, Miguel Bernardeau, Reviews, TIFF, TIFF 2022, TV, Yann Gael

Hailing from Dark creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, 1899 is a suitably creepy and mysterious period thriller about a missing (possibly haunted) ship. The eight-episode Netflix series is a combination of the first season of The Terror and Ghost Ship with a splash of Downton Abbey. The series opens with a nightmare as Maura Franklin (Emily […]

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‘Presence’ Review – Psychological Horror Movie Gets Lost at Sea

Meagan Navarro Presence, Reviews

Directed by Christian Schultz from a screenplay co-written with Peter Ambrosio, Presence relocates the haunted house setting to a luxury yacht. The extreme isolation of being at sea provides fertile ground to explore what makes a haunting; is it a product of a fractured mind or something supernatural? Presence attempts to straddle the line between psychological and supernatural, but its vague approach […]

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“Chucky” Season 2 Review – The Penultimate Episode Throws a Raging Exorcism Party

Meagan Navarro Chucky, Don Mancini, Jennifer Tilly, Reviews

This is it. The major death that ended last week’s episode of Don Mancini’s “Chucky” opened the floodgates, setting the stage for an epic conclusion to season two. All bets are off in the season’s penultimate episode, “Goin’ to the Chapel.” Reunions, revelations, and shocking deaths ensue when converging paths lead to an explosive final confrontation. There’s a sense […]

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‘R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned’ Review – New Prequel Is a Failed Resurrection

Paul Lê Andrew Klein, Jake Choi, Jeffrey Donovan, Movies, Paul Leyden, Penelope Mitchell, R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned, Reviews

When asked about R.I.P.D., Jeff Bridges said he was “a little underwhelmed” after finally watching the 2013 movie. “The studio made some, uh, choices that I wouldn’t have made,” he added. Bridges’ colorful performance was praised, but that was as much positivity critics could muster about this misfire of a comic-book adaptation. Adding insult to […]

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‘Somerville’ Review – A Cinematically Incredible But Mechanically Disappointing Video Game

Thomas Wilde Reviews, somerville, Video Games

A few years ago, there was a quiet wave of video games, indie and otherwise, that drew on the existential terror of childhood. Think of Limbo, Inside, Little Nightmares, Among the Sleep, or Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. These games usually put you in the shoes of a little kid, stuck in a world […]

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“The Walking Dead” Penultimate Episode Review – “Family” Sets the Stage for High-Stakes Series Finale

Noah Levine Reviews, The Walking Dead, TV

From the opening minutes of this past Sunday night’s penultimate episode you immediately know it’s going to be an impactful one. Judith Grimes once again narrates the intro sequence, this time over a montage of our survivors picking up their trusty weapons from a large chest in Alexandria. The period of peace in the Commonwealth […]

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“AHS: NYC” Review – “The Sentinel” and “Fire Island” Kill Their Boogeymen But Can’t Conquer Their Demons

Daniel Kurland AHS: NYC, American Horror Story, American Horror Story: New York City, American Horror Story: NYC, Reviews, TV

A busy pair of American Horror Story: NYC episodes wipe the slate clean only to show that some tragedies can’t be so easily erased. “What are our lives going to be like when we’re not hunting serial killers?” A sentinel is defined as “a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch,” […]

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‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Review – A Deeply Enchanting and Darker Retelling With Thematic Heft

Meagan Navarro Guillermo del Toro, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Movies, Netflix, Pinocchio, Reviews

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio isn’t the first adaptation of Italian author Carlo Collodi’s classic fantasy novel to release this year. Del Toro’s lifelong passion project is by far the more fascinating, inventive, richly layered, and magical of the two. The patron saint of monsters and misfits teams with award-winning, stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson (Fantastic Mr. Fox) […]

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“Chucky” Season 2 Review – Episode 6 Sets Up the Final Confrontation and Its Deadly Stakes

Meagan Navarro Chucky, Don Mancini, Reviews, TV

No one could ever accuse Don Mancini of being afraid to kill his darlings. Or, in the case of “Chucky,” maim them again and again, if necessary. “He is Risen Indeed” picks up where we left off, with Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind) and Devon (Bjorgvin Arnarson) discovering Andy (Alex Vincent) alive and not so well as a captive of the Colonel, […]

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“The Walking Dead” Review – “Faith” Delivers One of the Best Episodes of This Final Season

Noah Levine Reviews, The Walking Dead, TV

With two episodes now remaining, “The Walking Dead” delivers one of the best episodes of the season. Following up after the weak “Outpost 22,” “Faith” gets the narrative completely back on track and elevates the tension in exciting ways. A revolt is heating up from within the survivors trapped at the labor camp all while […]

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‘Soft & Quiet’ Review – Real Time Social Horror Is This Year’s Most Shocking Movie

Paul Lê Beth de Araújo, blumhouse, Movies, Reviews, Soft & Quiet, Soft and Quiet, SXSW 2022

Soft & Quiet opens with the character Emily (Stefanie Estes) crying over another negative pregnancy test inside a restroom stall. Naturally viewers might feel sorry for this person in emotional distress, yet that sense of sympathy gradually fades as the same character, an elementary teacher, talks to one of her students after school. Emily slyly […]

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‘Satan’s Slaves: Communion’ Review – Joko Anwar Goes Bigger and More Macabre With Shudder Sequel

Meagan Navarro Joko Anwar, Reviews, Satan’s Slaves, Satan’s Slaves: Communion

Indonesian horror master Joko Anwar’s Satan’s Slaves, a loose remake of the 1980 horror movie, became the highest-grossing domestic Indonesian film of 2017 and continued to terrify audiences across the globe. Between its success, reputation for scares, and an ending that set up a larger mythos, it’s no surprise that Anwar would follow up with a sequel […]

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