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John Squires

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[Movies]

Answering 10 Random Horror Movie Questions

There’s a little horror movie Q&A floating around YouTube at the moment, where one user tags another and tasks that person with answering ten personal choice questions about the genre. Of course, this isn’t YouTube, nor do I even have a YouTube channel, but I thought it might be fun to take part in the

[TV]

Wayward Pines: Thoughts on the Premiere Episode

It’s impossible to overstress the importance of a TV show’s first episode, as it’s very hard to continue watching a series if your attention isn’t grabbed right out of the gate. When it comes to a show like The Walking Dead, for example, my interest was immediately captured, whereas a show like Hemlock Grove did

[Books and Comics]

Book Review: VHS Video Cover Art

There was a time when the beer I drank was entirely dependent on how cheap it was, but as I’ve grown older and wiser, I’ve become somewhat of a budding craft beer aficionado. On weekends I can often be found at my local beer distributor, spending way too much time (and money) perusing the vast

[Art]

The Most Awesome Images of the Week: 4/20-4/24

We’ve reached the end of another week – thank god! – which means it’s time to once again take a look at the coolest, weirdest and/or most awesome images I’ve stumbled across on the internet this week. So let’s get right to it, shall we?! Production officially began this week on Starz’ upcoming series Ash

[TV]

Mockingbird Lane: The Munsters Reboot TV Series That Almost Was

Horror-themed television programming is all the rage right now, with shows like The Walking Dead, Hannibal, Bates Motel and American Horror Story paving the way for many more in the near future, including small screen adaptations of The People Under the Stairs, The Evil Dead and Scream, as well as brand new original shows like

[Reviews]

Movie Review: From the Dark (2015)

So many horror movies come out every single week that it’s impossible to watch them all, forcing you to pick and choose which ones to spend a little time with. Oftentimes that decision is based on internet praise, though sometimes it’s simply a matter of who directed a given film. When it comes to this

[Movies]

Looking Ahead: The 2015 Horror Movie Release Calendar

At the time of writing this we are 1/4 of a way through 2015, and a handful of this year’s most anticipated horror movies have already seen release. We’ve been fed box office stinkers like The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death and The Lazarus Effect, but we’ve also gotten a decent amount of

[Reviews]

To Stream or Not to Stream? Preservation (2015)

Before making The Woman in Black, James Watkins wrote and directed Eden Lake, which centered on a couple being terrorized by a band of evil kids while on a romantic getaway. Thoroughly disturbing, the British film made some powerful statements about humanity, resonating in such a way that the passage of time since first experiencing

[Reviews]

Anthology Rank — Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Legend has it that George Romero and Laurel Entertainment, after making Creepshow, were keen on the idea of turning the property into a small screen television series, though rights issues prevented them from doing so. Instead, they took the horror anthology format and renamed it Tales from the Darkside, with the Creepshow-inspired series debuting in