Stories & Books

Friday, 30 October 2015

Flavours of the Month: October 2015...

Ghastly goings on, time travel shenanigans, and dark tales are just some of the things that have been setting the tone for my October 2015...

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Monday, 26 October 2015

Terrible Mystery Edition: The Walking Dead 6x03 memes...

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Wow! That was a bit of a rough one this week, wasn't it? Just when you were expecting a little lull before next week's extended episode, you get a right old kicking...

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Click to Enlarge: It's a laugh-a-minute in the zombie apocalypse...

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Saturday, 24 October 2015

Bloodsucking Pharaohs In Pittsburgh (Dean Tschetter, 1991) DVD Review


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“They had a deadly appetite for life!” There are film titles, and then there are film titles – this is the latter. Considering that this kooky comedy horror flick was originally called “Picking Up The Pieces” (which sounds like a weepy TV movie melodrama), they clearly made the right choice in the end. A bonkers blend of Blood Feast by way of The Toolbox Murders, someone is sawing, sucking, and altogether splattering their way through the streets of Pittsburgh, in a case that mysteriously resembles a similar gore-drenched escapade in Vegas – a gruesome series of crimes that has followed the migrating showgirls and pros of America's sleazy gambling paradise all the way to Steel Town...


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Monday, 19 October 2015

Haircut Edition: The Walking Dead 6x02 memes...

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More blood-soaked action from our favourite zombie slayers, and even after all of that there's still a load more trouble on its way!

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Click to Enlarge: Now that's a good use of time...

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Saturday, 17 October 2015

Triple Bill Mini Musings: Exes, Voices, and Maxes...

Burying The Ex:
What's it about?
Max, a horror nerd, comes to realise his horny environmentalist vegan girlfriend Evelyn isn't exactly a match for him, so he decides to dump her. However, a spanner in the works comes in the form of a bus - which promptly runs over his soon-to-be-ex. Sufficiently grieved, our young hero starts a new relationship with someone far suited to him (Olivia, a fellow horror fan and novelty ice cream shop owner). Trouble is, our boy's dead ex-girlfriend is back from the dead, un-killable, and distinctly unaware that they're no longer in a relationship!
Who would I recognise in it?
Anton Yelchin, Ashley Greene, Alexandria Daddario, Oliver Cooper, Dick Miller.
Great/Good/Alright/Shite?
Joe Dante makes a welcome return to our screens with this L.A.-set, cine-literate (Romero references, the horror of a folded film poster) slice of comedy horror. It's an efficiently told, sparky, and decidedly fun ride. Dante fans would do well to check it out, and in the - admittedly slim - sub-genre of the 'rom-zom-com', Burying The Ex is the best entry since Shaun of the Dead (although don't go in expecting something as blow-you-over-fantastic as Edgar Wright's audience favourite). Gleefully silly and occasionally quite gooey. Good.

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Monday, 12 October 2015

Mullet Edition: The Walking Dead 6x01 memes...

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A bit of an epic zombie dream come true in this bumper-size Season 6 premiere episode of TWD, and with a few dashes of much appreciated levity in the dialogue to keep the mood balanced. Welcome back TWD!

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Click to Enlarge: There's always one more peanut butter bar...

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Monday, 5 October 2015

Fear The Walking Dead 1x06 memes...

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Well there we have it - Season 1 of Fear The Walking Dead is complete - and it was a pretty juicy climax to proceedings. Roll on Season 2, and consider us sufficiently salivating for Season 6 of TWD next week!

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Click to Enlarge: Seriously, chill, you didn't have to wait long...

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Saturday, 3 October 2015

Anthropophagous (Joe D'Amato, 1980) DVD Review


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“It's not fear that tears you apart … it's him!” Formerly one of the most notorious 'Video Nasties' in the United Kingdom – where it was banned in 1984 at the height of the moral panic – Anthropophagous: The Beast, aka The Savage Island, is a flesh-devouring holiday in hell from Joe D'Amato (Love Goddess of the Cannibals, and the infamous Emmanuelle in America). However, even with it's grisly reputation, the film has some grander ideas at its core...


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