Murder Will Out: The Cat Creeps (1946)

Terry Nichols (Frederick Brady) has gotten a bum job. His editor (Arthur Loft) wants a smear piece on Senatorial candidate Walter Elliot (Jonathan Hale) regarding a 15-year-old crime that some old lady (Vera Lewis) claims to have broken wide open (thanks to her creeping cat, natch). Elliot is actually Nichols’ preference for the office, but […]

Bent and Uncanny: Dean Koontz’s The Other Emily

For his third novel length release after jumping ship to Amazon.com’s Thomas & Mercer imprint, bestselling author Dean Koontz delivers a story about a grieving man encountering strange circumstances when a young woman impossibly re-enters his life and the convicted serial killer he’s been communicating with decides to finally reveal one of his biggest secrets. […]

I Wish I Were Special: Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 3

While trying to set up shop and society in Knowhere, located inside the head of a dead space god, the Guardians of the Galaxy are also dealing with their own baggage. Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) is stuck pining for the Gamora (Zoe Saldaña) he was in a relationship with, a woman who was reverted to […]

Would You Like a Closer Look? Waxwork

When shy Sarah (Deborah Foreman) and provocative China (Michelle Johnson) are walking to school, they discover a brand new Waxwork has opened in their neighborhood. The owner (David Warner) invites them to a private showing, where they can bring some friends. “Please, no more than six or we will run out of room.” That night, […]

An Offering of Blood and Salt: Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s The Return of the Sorceress

Yalxi has escaped her pursuers, outfoxing them enough to take stock of her situation and weave one more spell. Her one hope is to summon the shapeshifting nahual and bargain for its assistance. A risky move, but one she will have to take. Otherwise, between bloody gashes on her forehead, her gut, and her foot, […]

Devil Doll’s Revenge: Vacation of Terror 2

After having barely survived his encounters with the evils that plagued his girlfriend’s uncle’s haunted summer house in Vacation of Terror (1989), Julio (Pedro Fernández) opens up a junk shop in time to encounter evil all over again. This time around evil begins not with an unexpected inheritance but with a chance encounter. Famous (and […]

Please, Dolly, Don’t Hurt ‘Em: Vacation of Terror

Fernando (Julio Alemán) has been named the sole recipient of his antisocial aunt’s estate, which means that though he is a lowly architect and professor of Mesoamerican Cultures, he is now the proud owner of a summer house. He surprises his wife Lorena (Nuria Bages) with the news while also announcing they are going to […]

Here’s Your Happy Ending: Stephen King’s Fairy Tale

Charlie Reade led a storied, seventeen year long life even before he met the crotchety Mr. Bowditch, who lived up the hill. Charlie’s mother was killed in a terrible accident, his father descended into the depths of terrible alcoholism, and Charlie himself dropped into a bad, negative place with his friend Birdy Bird and performed […]

There Is But One God … And His Shadow: Consecration (2023)

When Grace (Jena Malone) discovers her brother Michael (Steffan Cennydd) has fallen to his death after being tied to a murder in a remote convent, she needs answers. She and God parted ways some time ago, thanks to a childhood trauma that saw her adopted father (Ian Pirie) transform into an utterly mad zealot. Dad’s […]

Be Still: Warlock III: The End of Innocence

Kris (Ashley Laurence) is an art major at university, spending as much time in a cinderblock dorm with her boyfriend Michael (Paul Francis) as with her studies. Next door to Michael’s room is their guitar strumming friend Jerry (Jan Schweiterman), who is experiencing an unrequited love for Kris and writes all his songs about her. […]

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