How the heck do you write a sequel to The Shining? Is some other family going to be haunted within the walls of a new hotel that was built on the haunted grounds of The Overlook? Because that’s how horror sequels usually go.
Read more "Book Review: Doctor Sleep by Stephen King"When I was younger I remember being too scared to watch The Shining with my sister and mom thanks to that terrifying cover image of Nicholson bludgeoning his way through the door.
Read more "Book Review: The Shining by Stephen King"If you read Zac and my review of Pacific Rim recently then you know that Guillermo del Toro and I don’t always have the most consistent relationship, yet there’s something about him that always has me coming back for more. Must be the mutual creature love. So it should be no surprise that when he […]
Read more "Book Review: The Strain by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan"After playing The Last of Us it is asking a lot of a zombie book to compete with the narrative and experience provided by this video game. Yet I wanted to stay with the genre, which is why I chose Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End. That, and it was already on my kindle. […]
Read more "Book Review: Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End by Manel Loureiro"In preparation for CBS’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, I sat down with this brick of a book too see if the show has a good chance to succeed where so many other high concept shows tend to struggle.
Read more "Book Review: Under The Dome by Stephen King"When I am not feeling all that well I like to call my bathroom time “The Purge.” This film gave me no desire to change that.
Read more "Film Review: The Purge"Nothing says Happy Easter like a breakdown of a horror film that looks truly scary! Watch the trailer and read my thoughts on it after the break.
Read more "The Breakdown: You’re Next Trailer"I never thought I’d say it, but Twilight was better.
Read more "Book Review: City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments Book 1) by Cassandra Clare"It doesn’t happen often, but every once in a while a book is topped by its film adaptation. Such is the case for Isaac Marion’s Warm Bodies.
Read more "Book Review: Warm Bodies By Isaac Marion"“Here comes the Woman in Black / Murderous Offender / Here comes the Woman in Black / She’s hard not to remember.” Yes, those are the catchy lyrics to Will Smith’s “Men in Black” with a few alterations of my own, but it is hard not to manipulate the lyrics of the chorus to fit […]
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