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Black Friday: Horror Movie Review
I don’t know if there is any year where I would enjoy watching Black Friday’s retail workers sacrificed in the name of pointless consumerism. This year however may have been a particularly bleak one for this kind of movie. The cost of living is rising, and corporate greed feels like it’s eclipsed basic human decency. …
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YuYu Hakusho: Retro Review #4
I’m not sure why I put off watching YuYu Hakusho for so long. It’s one of the best-selling manga of all time, and the ratings of the anime was just below that of Dragonball Z. It’s not some obscure hidden gem. However, my first encounter with it’s creator, Yoshihiro Togashi was Hunter x Hunter, his…
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The Last Thanksgiving: Horror Movie Review
This week, I continued my search for Thanksgiving-themed horror films with the indie gem The Last Thanksgiving. As I settled down to enjoy this charming tale of a cannibal family punishing those who fail to properly give thanks, it occurred to me that there should be more Thanksgiving-themed horror movies. There’s so much overlap in…
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Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom – Anime Review
I watched Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom after having seen exactly two episodes of the series, and only having a general idea of who the characters were from the overwhelming popularity of Albedo in the figure-collecting community. I’ve gotten a lot of enjoyment out of jumping into new series with little or no background information and…
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Horror Movie Review: Thanksgiving
Holiday Treats In honor of America’s overlooked holiday, this month I’m reviewing Thanksgiving-themed horror movies. I decided to start with one of my favorites: Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving. This brutal commentary on consumerism from one of the modern masters of gore has all the genre standards for a slasher. I’ll get into how those, and how…
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Your Fave Was In That #3 Barbara Crampton in Suitable Flesh
Ok, I love Barbara Crampton. Most famous for 80’s classics Re-Animator and Chopping Mall, I became reacquainted with her when Adam Wingard’s smart and gory You’re Next changed how I felt about blenders and home invasion movies. Barbara Crampton’s highlights also include “We Are Still Here”, a deeply moving examination on grief through the story of parents surviving a haunted house…
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Adventures in Wilmington and the Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington – Event Review
The idea to attend the Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington was one of the most spur-of-the-moment plans I’ve ever put together. At breakfast that morning, I decided to try to make that night’s tour. Which may not sound like much, but since Wilmington, NC is not the town I live in, it was a bit…
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Retro Review #2 : Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden
After starting You Are Ms. Servant this season, and finding it delightfully sweet so far, I was in the mood for maid-inspired mayhem and had heard good things about Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden, so I thought I’d give it a try. Even with my limited exposure to Ms. Servant, I have a hard time comparing the two, not that that’s entirely a bad…