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TV by the Decade :: Oct 31•Nov 6
The official Fall season is over by this point in time, but November brings what is known as 'Sweeps Month' which is one of three months per year that networks pull out the big guns to draw viewers so they ...
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Vincent Price isn’t alone in The Last Man On Earth
Screen legend Vincent Price gives a masterful performance in this post-apocalyptic sci-fi chiller, the first and most faithful adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic novel I Am Legend. A plague envelops the earth, decimating the population and leaving one man still ...
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The Comedy of Terrors is a mixed bag but looks great on Blu-ray
Your Favorite Creeps Together Again! Four masters of the macabre star in this sinister and screamingly funny scare-fest! Waldo Trumbull (Vincent Price) is running his father-in-law’s (Boris Karloff) funeral home business ... straight into the ground! Hounded by his landlord ...
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Poe’s The Raven flies to Blu-ray
The legendary 'Triumvirate of Terror' -— Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff -— star in this twisted tale of sorcery most fowl! Director Roger Corman and screenwriter Richard Matheson deliver a tongue-in-cheek take on Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous ...
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Doom Patrol :: Subconscious Patrol
Let's Talk About 'Subconscious Patrol': Vic relives a traumatic childhood memory that took away his childhood.
Jane and the others become puppets in adult Kay's version of 'Underground Avenue'.
Cliff revisits his past and is forced to confront some awful behavior.
Larry revisits one ...
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Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #66 :: October 27 to November 2
It was a very big week for new movie releases, and with Halloween included as part of the week, there are a few horror films, a horror comedy, a surprising number of animated films (one that includes elements of horror), ...
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Dune Review :: Dune is a world more familiar than it seems
For the purposes of full disclosure, I have never read Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi novel Dune (or any of the sequels), nor have I seen the 1984 David Lynch adaptation or the TV miniseries. But I have read hundreds of ...
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We’re Here :: Del Rio, Texas
We're Here visits Del Rio this week. No, not Bianca Del Rio but Del Rio, Texas, a small border town about 10 minutes away from Acuña, Mexico. Eureka, Shangela and Bob the Drag Queen have their work cut out for ...
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Chapelwaite :: The Gathering Dark
Let's Talk About 'The Gathering Dark': Jakub and his acolytes return to Jerusalem's Lot where he demands praise for Loa.
Loa is concerned her family will become 'livestock' for Jakub's vampire army.
Charles wants to form a posse to burn Jerusalem's Lot to ...
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TV by the Decade :: October 24•30
With Halloween just around the corner, the networks did not roll out many new spooky series this week, although one new series premiere was intentionally delayed to take advantage of the big day. This week also saw the debut of ...
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Grey’s Anatomy :: With A Little Help From My Friends
Settling into what feels more and more normal, this week is focusing on the patients, the struggles, and the on-going fight against real-life issues at Seattle Grace. And we get three (or four depending on if you count the 30-second ...
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Doom Patrol :: Bird Patrol
Let's Talk About 'Bird Patrol': The Sisterhood of Dada has built a giant birdcage in a clearing, and has produced flyers for an event happening that night.
Larry barfs up a large ... worm, larva? A Sisterhood flyer also appears in his ...
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