Tagged: genre: horror

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Dan Wells – I am Not a Serial Killer

John Wayne Cleaver is not a serial killer… but he’s obsessed with them. Plagued by sociopathic tendencies, he finds himself both fascinated by their history and worried he might follow in their footsteps.

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Insidious

James Wan’s use of simple techniques that haunted house movies have used for decades, and his impressive work with a small budget, make Insidious a horror film worth watching.

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Priest (2011)

If you’re an action junkie, you might just love Priest, but I have a feeling that will be a stretch even for some of the most dedicated fans. Not even divine intervention could save this Priest from the terrible fate of a badly written screenplay and mediocre acting.

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Scream 4

In the fourth installment of Wes Craven’s Scream series, Sidney returns for to town for the fifteenth anniversary of the Woodsboro massacres, only to find a new Ghostface wreaking havoc.

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Walking Dead, The – Season 1

The Walking Dead tells the story of the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse and follows a small group of survivors that travel across the USA in search of a new home away from the undead.

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Rare Exports

Rare Exports is a Finnish film that follows the excavations of a “sacred” tomb of what some believed to be the original Santa Claus, who instead of giving good kids gifts, punishes naughty ones. Little Pietari, an awkward little boy, is the only inhabitant of the Korvatunturi mountains who suspects what they have unleashed, as supplies begin to get stolen and kids begin to disappear.

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Ito Junji – Tomie (Manga)

Tomie, Ito-san’s first manga, is one of the most shocking graphic novels ever created. It’s not only a study in the dangers of lust, it also uncovers the true nature of humanity and how, perhaps, the seven deadly sins are nothing more than a look at the ugliest and most distressing parts of human nature.

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I Saw the Devil

A young woman is killed while waiting for a tow truck. When she is later found, all that is left is her head. Her fiancé is a secret agent, her father is a former police chief. They want revenge for her cruel murder, and they go to the extremes to make the monster that did that to her pay. But is revenge the right answer?