Month: October 2014

The Cinefessions Podcast – Episode 08 – The Top 5 Halloween Special

October 31, 2014
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Welcome back to The Cinefessions Podcast! We are topping off the 13 Days of Halloween in the best way we know how: with a new podcast episode! This time, the crew goes over five Top 5 lists, all horror related. We list our top five horror films, remakes/sequels we want to see, horror performances, sequels,…

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13 Days of Halloween: Day 12.75 – Ashe Collins on The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

October 30, 2014
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Title: The Return of the Living Dead (1985) Director: Dan O’Bannon Runtime: 91 minutes — I know I’ve said this on twitter, and I’ll repeat it again here: The Return of the Living Dead is one of the best horror-based comedy films out there. It’s not a film you want to take seriously at all. While…

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13 Days of Halloween: Day 12.5 – Chris Ranson on Krampus: The Christmas Devil (2013)

October 30, 2014
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Title: Krampus: The Christmas Devil (2013) Director: Jason Hull Runtime: 82 minutes — Sometimes I picture Branden’s face and the look of pure glee that comes across it when he sends me a film like Krampus: The Christmas Devil. Granted, the idea behind it is solid and could have been very entertaining, but looking at…

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13 Days of Halloween: Day 12 – Chris Ranson on the Halloween Series

October 30, 2014
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A Cinefessions Series Review is a periodic column that sees one or more writers watching and reviewing an entire film series. Cinefessions considers any film franchise that has two or more films a series, and thus available for review in this column. This is a way to get a quick look at an entire collection…

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13 Days of Halloween: Day 11.5 – Chris Ranson on Tusk (2014)

October 29, 2014
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Title: Tusk (2014) Director: Kevin Smith Runtime: 102 minutes — With Red State, Kevin Smith decided to do things his own way, and try something different and completely out of his realm. He missed a few marks there, and it wasn’t a good film by any means, but it takes gusto for a director of…

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13 Days of Halloween: Day 11 – Chris Ranson on Horns (2014)

October 29, 2014
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Title: Horns (2014) Director: Alexandre Aja Runtime: 120 minutes — I fell in love with Joe Hill’s work after I read his debut novel, Heart Shaped Box (Hill is the son of famed horror novelist Stephen King). Since then, I read all of his books as they release, and constantly tell my Podcast buddies that…

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13 Days of Halloween: Day 10.5 – Chris Ranson on Ghostquake (2012)

October 28, 2014
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Title: Ghostquake (2012) Director: Jeffery Scott Lando Runtime: 84 minutes — Before Sharknado there was Ghostquake, also known as Haunted High if you caught it on the SyFy channel where it premiered. I was lucky enough to get this DVD in the mail to review, and while I’d heard nothing about it, and went in…

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