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Review: Carrie (2002)

  • March 1, 2011

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Carrie (2002) Directed by David Carson. Cast: Angela Bettis, Patricia Clarkson.

Since we’ve got a review of Teeth coming up this week, a tale of a teenager with some bizarre modifications, I thought I’d review Carrie, another teenager with an unusual gift.
Carrie was wildly successful upon its release. The reason? I’m guessing because we’ve all met (or been) a Carrie. You know: the bullied kid at the bottom of the social ladder whom everyone loves …

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Column: From Strange and Distant Shores: The Abominable Snowman (1957)

  • February 23, 2011

By Orrin Grey

The Abominable Snowman (1957). Director: Val Guest. Cast: Peter Cushing, Forrest Tucker. Country: England.

This month, I was asked to help organize Monster Awareness Month at Beyond Fiction. There are going to be posts about monsters in movies, books, comics, and everywhere else for the entire month of February, and there’s also going to be a monster movie a day. In honor of the occasion, I thought I’d turn this month’s From Strange & Distant Shores …

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Column: Cthulhu Eats the Movies: The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu

  • February 18, 2011

By Brian M. Sammons

The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu. Director: Henry Saine. Stars: Kyle Davis, Devin McGinn, Barak Hardley.

Welcome back, my friends, to the House of Slithering Cinema. Today, we’ve got an oddity up in the projection room, all ready to go. It is one of the rarest of the rarities, a flick that dares to combine humor with the cosmic horror of H.P. Lovecraft. Very few moviemakers take up the challenge of combining such radically opposing …

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Column: From Strange and Distant Shores: The Host (2006)

  • February 15, 2011

By Orrin Grey

The Host (2006). Director: Joon-ho Bong. Cast: Kang-ho Song, Ah-sung Ko. Country: South Korea.

I watched The Host, back when it first came out and, in spite of the hype that surrounded it then, I didn’t much care for it. When it showed up on the movie list for Monster Awareness Month, I figured I’d give it another shot for this column. Unfortunately, I didn’t like it any better this time out.

I realize that I …

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Shivers and Sighs Week: Review: The Countess (2009)

  • February 14, 2011


By Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Countess (2009). Director: Julie Delpy Cast: Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl.

Erzsébet (or Elizabeth to English-speakers) Báthory is a character whose life has been coloured more by fiction and speculation than fact. I once read a book which said she’d been bitten by a vampire and took this concept quite seriously. The book was not intended as fiction. It has been hard, thus, for an accurate picture of Elizabeth to pierce the veil of time and few …

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