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DVD Review: The Road

The Road

Dimension Films

Released in 2009

Director: John Hillcoat

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi McPhee, Robert Duvall and Charlize Theron

As the movie opens, a father (Mortensen) and his son (Smit-McPhee) walk south through a post-apocalyptic landscape. An unspecified event has destroyed all plant and animal life and produced clouds of ash . . . → Read More: DVD Review: The Road

Movie Review: ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009)

REVIEW: ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009) (available on DVD as part of the After Dark HorrorFest series)

After 9/11, people from the Mideast often found themselves being given a suspicious eye . That prejudice is still with us, and if anything, heightened, almost ten years later. Zombies of Mass Destruction (ZMD) takes this . . . → Read More: Movie Review: ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009)

DVD Review: Dark Heritage: The Final Descent

Dark Heritage: The Final Descent Cornerstone Films Released in 1989 Starring Mark LaCour, Clint Harrison, Tim Verkaik, Eddie Moore and Joan Parmelee

DVD Review by Chris Welch

So, when I stumble across a 21 year-old low-budget horror movie that I have never heard of, on DVD, and the back of the case says . . . → Read More: DVD Review: Dark Heritage: The Final Descent

Looking For Lovecraft

Looking around for Lovecraft related material on the internet?

First, here’s an interesting review about a one-man-show based on “The Call of Cthulhu.” And here’s a trailer for it:

Nothing mixes like Cthulhu and game shows. Here’s a clip from Mastermind, a British quiz program in which a contestant is battered by questions . . . → Read More: Looking For Lovecraft

In The Batter’s Box

SQT, who runs the blog http://sqt-fantasy-sci-fi-girl.blogspot.com/ always has an interesting view of film and fiction. I asked her to take a look at the calendar and give me some of her predictions as to which of the upcoming genre films might fare well at the box office.  Here is what she wrote me:

INCEPTION The . . . → Read More: In The Batter’s Box