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'Velvet Buzzsaw' Was a Buzzkill, and Here's Why
I was able to watch the Netflix Original movie, Velvet Buzzsaw, the other day. I’m going to say it up front: The trailer was appealing to me, enough to even watch it, but the whole movie was a disappointment. I give it one star out of 10, and here is why:
By Rand Einfeldt7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'The Lords of Salem' (2012)
Jesus Christ, Rob. Was that real crack featured in this movie? I need to understand what the fuck you were on. Here's the thing. A lot of people complained about this movie being absolute trash. It did have its problems, but it wasn't half bad. Most of my complaints are in singular scenes that were poorly executed, but not the over all story or cinematography.
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
Finding Your Way
Everything about this room was creepy, from the moment you walked in. The door was a pale forest green, that once could have welcomed a happy couple to a night get away from the kids. Now paint is chipping off, and you can see before the pale grimy forest green was a mud-colored brown, that almost said go away, as if the door knew something unfortunate would happen. The doorknob itself was a rusted, brassy orange which made you not want to touch it. There was a tiny hole in the door at about eye level where there should have been a peephole, but it was missing. The first thing you notice that there is not one single window. Zero natural light is let in. Only the dim flicker of the low hanging light from a light bulb that was outdated. Next to the door is an over-used, worn out, antique dresser that was missing a drawer. The dresser is covered in a thin layer of dust, enough to make the deep mahogany have a slight grey tent to it. On the dresser sat a portable radio. No television, not even a lamp, coffee maker, or some other appliance. Just the portable radio that was maybe six inches wide and a foot long. The radio was stuck on one station, 102.4, which was just the sound of static, with the slight undertone of the “Top Hits of the 80s, 90s and Today.”
By Taylor Kelly7 years ago in Horror
Harold
I was looking out my bedroom window one night when I saw something a little strange. My family and I had just moved from Mississippi to Salem Ma and I was having a very hard time adjusting. My dad just took some new job in Boston as an accountant. My mother was staying home with us kids while my dad did his nine to five things. I was having a really hard time getting used to everything and everybody, nobody was super friendly, and the weather sucked. I had so many friends back home and now I have none.
By Amanda DeGrasse7 years ago in Horror
Top 10 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Episodes
Buffy the Vampire Slayer has to be one of the most beloved shows that has graced the television screen, and it’s definitely one of my all time favourites. Once you begin to look back on Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a whole series and pick out key episodes there are a fair few that were really groundbreaking for television at the time, in their representation of women, same-sex couples, and damn good writing. I’ve picked out the seminal episodes so you don’t have to. So without further ado, here are the ten best and most influential episodes of the show (not in any particular order):
By Katie Haines7 years ago in Horror
The Winchester Mystery House and Other Mirrors. Top Story - February 2019.
One of the house's 40 bedrooms, specifically the one where Sarah died. “She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening.”—Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber
By kit vaillancourt7 years ago in Horror
'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' at the Lyric Theatre Belfast
A night to remember... That sums up exactly the feeling you'd leave with. If you had been a member of the audience at a showing of Sweeney Todd at the Lyric theatre, Belfast. Perhaps the best known work of Stephen Sondheim's collective canon, the tale of Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street tells the tale of a young man by the name of Benjamin Barker, wrongly imprisoned for 15 years in Australia on a false charge. He returns not as Barker but Todd, with murderous intent against the one individual who robbed him of his happy life with his wife and child. It's his bitter anger and resentment that threatens to consume all of London, as anyone who visits his barber shop, never returns in the same condition. A stellar cast of actors with incredible talent breathed new gruesome and gory life into this rendition of the dark gothic opera—with its superb mix of heart-breaking tragedy, dark humour, and the comically off-balance dynamic between the twisted and tortured Sweeney Todd (Steven Page), and optimistic, bright and breezy Mrs. Lovett (Julie Mullins who simply stole the show). Between these two devilish pair comes a tale of a city so divided, that both the rich and poor are literally devouring each other, with the help of Todd's Tonsorial parlour and Mrs. Lovett's delicious meat-filled pies. Ultimately, Todd's newfound blood lust springs from the desire to slit one coveted throat of the gentry who stole everything from him. Enter the savage Judge Turpin (Mark O' Regan) who previous to the events of the play has robbed Todd of his former life, wife and child. This dark interpretation of a tyrannical judge revered in high society, and abusive of his authoritative position, resonates with a modern audience even today. This portrayal of Turpin is only given light relief by his onstage counterpart Beadle Bamford (Richard Coxon); who despite his comical quest is as corrupt and twisted as the judge himself.
By Shauna Graham7 years ago in Horror
