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Zane Hershberger And Chad Bruns’ Action Horror Thriller, ‘Force To Fear’ (2020) – Blu-ray Review

I was surprised that I hadn’t heard of the Scream Team Releasing film, Force To Fear (2020), before now, especially after seeing how many familiar names and faces were involved. When the Blu-ray became available this past summer, it popped up onto my radar, and I knew I had to …

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‘Shawshank Redemption’ (1994) – 25th Anniversary Fun Facts List

Twenty-five years ago on October 14, 1994, the world was introduced to The Shawshank Redemption. The tale is based on the Stephen King short story, “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” from his collection, Different Seasons. The tale follows Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins: Mystic River 2003, Castle Rock TV series) …

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Interview With Tyler Strickland, Composer For Peacock Series ‘John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise’

Recently, Peacock gave us the serial killer documentary John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise. In a deep dive into the John Wayne Gacy story, we are reminded that unsettling crimes can happen anywhere. Of course, a 6-hour documentary requires music, and Tyler Strickland offers just the right sounds to cushion …

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Interview with Mark Tonderai, Director of the Spellbinding Thriller ‘Spell’

Director Mark Tonderai has made quite the career for himself. His new spellbinding thriller, Spell (check out my review – HERE), released today from Paramount Pictures and is the perfect film to check out this Halloween. Learn about Mark’s career, what this film is about, the great actors involved, and …

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Interview With Richard Chizmar, Author Of ‘Gwendy’s Button Box,’ ‘Gwendy’s Magic Feather’

This past November, Richard Chizmar’s Gwendy’s Magic Feather (read our review here) was released, the sequel to Gwendy’s Button Box, which was co-authored by Stephen King. We were absolutely thrilled to find out that we were able to interview the author of that book and ask him about the new …

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‘Gwendy’s Magic Feather’ (2019) Book Review

We return to Castle Rock once again in Gwendy’s Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar. The novel is the second installment in the series following Gwendy’s Button Box, which was co-written by Chizmar and Stephen King. Gwendy Peterson is now thirty-seven and a congresswoman. She is completely different from the anxious teen who …

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Interview with the Creative Minds Behind ‘Villains’: Dan Berk and Robert Olsen

Kyra Sedgwick, Jeffrey Donovan, Bill Skarsgård, and Maika Monroe in Villains (2019)

One of my favorite films this year is hands down the horror comedy, Villains, from Dan Berk and Robert Olsen. It’s the perfect mix of horror and comedy and I seriously loved everything about it. I was stoked when I was asked to interview the creators behind this masterpiece and …

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‘IT: Chapter Two’ (2019) – A Horror Echo Of Monstrous Proportions Movie Review

I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed Andy Muschietti’s 2017 film, IT: Chapter One (read my review here). I had always loved the 1990 miniseries, despite its differences from Stephen King’s book. When going into a remake of one of my favorite stories, I always assume that I’m …

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Cinepocalypse 2019 Review: A Talented Cast Full Of ‘Villains’ (2019)

Ever since Burn Notice and the second season of Fargo, I’ve been waiting for Jeffrey Donovan to get weird. He handled the running/jumping/falling down duties of the show admirably, but the true joy was watching him play the Identity of the Week, which was always some kind of South Florida …

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‘The Rage: Carrie 2’ (1999) – Twenty Years Later

Good ol’ 1999, the golden days of bullying. Nowadays, bullying is dealt with the strictest of penalties and taken very seriously. A kid can’t even fart in the general direction of another student without the student’s mother going on social media to whine about it. The kid in question, due …

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