Is coherency overrated? If it’s broken, but broken means an exciting and gorgeous dance in blood, cool characters, and retro/tribute mishmash, should you fix it? Since its inception, American Horror Story: The Beautiful Mess has been lauded and brutally criticized. Let’s do a little of the lauding before we get into the meat of my …
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“A deliriously marvelous and brutal encounter with a serial killer and filmmaker.” An aspiring filmmaker, Vincent, falls for a serial killer by the name of Brandon. Their dreams of creating their own style of extreme films, Ultra-Realism, is carried out in The Unger House. It’s a place that already has a reputation for terrible things …
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Have I been too kind? Too cruel? Too biased for or against certain episodes based on their inclusion or exclusion of Sarah Paulson, Leslie Jordan, or the anointed Evan Peters? You fucking bet I have. AHS is cotton candy, not a vegetable medley. Now let’s get on with this finale and see if the writers …
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“Parent’s descriptive prowess is masterful, his ability to paint a bloody and horrific picture in the reader’s mind is a gift.” Jason Parent is a horror author with two novels, two novellas and numerous short stories and novelettes included in various anthologies and collections, including one story in Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volume 1 (edited …
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“A good werewolf story always makes people feel sorry for those afflicted by the transformation, but also sickened and terrified of their actions.” Kendrick the drifter finds his true calling when he joins the circus and becomes Marbles the clown. A chance encounter changes him forever, literally. Slowly his body and mind deteriorates until it leaves …
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It has been a weird week, to put it mildly. If ever there were a need for good art, or at least good entertainment, now is the time! Not that AHS has ever promised us art–in the entertainment department, though, they can be top of the line, if they’re in the mood. Season 6 has …
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“Every tale has one thing in common: Anderson’s ability to craft a compelling, thought-provoking, dark and beautifully heart-breaking story displaying the darkest depths of the human soul.” Bones Are Made to be Broken is the debut collection from author, editor and journalist Paul Michael Anderson. And what a debut it is. Featuring two new stories …
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The bloodbath has begun. With just ten episodes total and only three to go, there’s a lot of shit to wrap up. A lot of people who had better show up as ghosts. A lot of people whose skulls are still in need of cleaving (the disclaimer that “everyone died, we found this stuff” has …
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“Stephen Volk is gradually earning the label as a master of the British horror short form. If ‘Monsters in the Heart’ gave us a glimpse of this excellence, then ‘The Parts We Play’ has blown the screen door wide open.” There seems little left to add about the quality of writing Stephen Volk has produced …
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“Gifune rockets you through the book at runaway freight train speeds and you’ll find yourself at the end of this shockingly brutal tale long before you expect to be there.” With more than twelve novels, several screenplays, and two short story collections under his belt, Greg F. Gifune is arguably one of the most prolific …
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