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IT vs IT vs IT

Overall, ALL of the version of IT are somewhat fun and somewhat scary. (Spoilers)

Oh Stephen King, the horror writer responsible for scaring your Mom, and maybe your 3rd grade teacher. I guess when comparing all of the ITs, we should start with the book. Which is probably, honestly, not worth reading in this “modern” age. Though he gave us what we now know as some very inventive horror classics, when looking at them from an enlightened, female perspective, they are…

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Horror Professor on Citizine.tv

Horror Professor on Citizine.tv

Hey all, Please read/share my article on Citizine.tv – Spread the horror love.   <3 Morbid Decor in Los Angeles XO The Horror Professor

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Plot line solved: The Witch Review

Plot line solved: The Witch Review

SPOILERS. Everywhere. Don’t read if you have not watched. Or read anyway and save yourself some time. Merrily: The Witch was a good film. It was filmed well. Props to the art direction and crew, they put together a fine piece of cinema. Being from new England, growing up with roots in that sort of bleak, backwoods setting- I feel as though it was done justice. The scenery, the sounds. All of it…

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Saying Goodbye to Good People

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Krampus - The movie you should have seen on Christmas

Krampus – The movie you should have seen on Christmas

While most people around the globe were lined up to see Star Wars – The Force Awakens, this Holiday week, Merrily Morbid and I (The Horror Professor) chose to watch something predictably dark on Christmas: Michael Dougherty‘s Krampus. Once again, due to all the Disney’s Star Wars hype, I didn’t know much about Krampus prior to seeing it.  For me, any chance to pass up…

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Crimson Peak

Today, I, The Horror Professor, am here to talk to you about Guillermo del Toro’s newest blockbuster: Crimson Peak. Being released just in time for Halloween, Crimson Peak is a fantasy-horror-drama about a girl who doesn’t seem too smart and gets herself into a bad situation, I mean real bad. Perhaps more importantly, I would like to talk a little about Guillermo del Toro himself because as the…

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The Walking Dead - First Time Again (Spoilers, sort of)

The Walking Dead – First Time Again (Spoilers, sort of)

The Walking Dead is back, just in time for Halloween! Now on it’s 6th season, it’s still exciting, except for when Greg Nicotero (one of series’s repeat directors) makes some extremely disappointing artistic decisions. This is an extremely boring shot! Over the past 5 seasons, I have stayed a relatively loyal Walking Dead fan, I’m not going to discredit the show’s popularity or success, as I do…

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Gearing up for Maze Runner 2: Scorch Trials

Gearing up for Maze Runner 2: Scorch Trials

So about a year ago I was bored one day and said to my husband “Hey, let’s go see The Maze Runner!”  He said “Nah.” And that was that. I’ll admit I knew nothing about it at the time, I just thought an action movie could be a good way to kill a few thumb-twiddling hours… Thomas not-so-nerdy-now. Over the past year I never really thought about the movie again, it seemed to have been something that…

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Horror loses one of it's best: Writer, Director, Producer Wes Craven dies at 76

Horror loses one of it’s best: Writer, Director, Producer Wes Craven dies at 76

Ironically, after stepping out into the sunlight from the Museum of Death of Hollywood Boulevard, I glanced at my phone and read about what was possibly the saddest death I had read about all day:  Horror legend Wes Craven died yesterday after a struggle with brain cancer.  For those of you youngsters who are new to the horror game, or those who have seen the movies but might not have knows, Wes…

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It Follows (Spoilers)

I finally got around to watching one of the most talked about new independent Horror Movies of 2014/2015:   It Follows  It Follows, David Robert Mitchel’s break out film, was a beautifully shot, terribly written, horror about an STD… I mean demon, no, I mean demon STD. Props for concept- Sort of. I will admit I liked the slow, steady impending doom.  There was a real sense of dread to this movie…

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Truth be told Tuesdays

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Horror History with Lady Lovesblood – 30 Days of Night

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Kung Fury: A blast from the past or the future of cinema?

Today I’d like to talk about a short film so action-packed it will leave you feeling like you were stuck by lightening and bit by a cobra at the same time! (In this case that’s a good thing) In the not to distant past, pre-Youtube and Vimeo, watching independent short films was an activity mostly reserved for film-festival goers, die-hard film-enthusiasts or industry professionals.  Today, the…

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The Last Unicorn (Live Action) Dream Casting

The Last Unicorn (Live Action) Dream Cast

I recently had the pleasure of getting to see Peter S. Beagle‘s The Last Unicornin theaters, and better yet, meeting the man himself! For many of us older Gen-Y’s The Last Unicorn is as rare and magical an animation as they come. The somewhat illusive film that had a huge impact in Germany of all places, has been a quiet favorite for some of us for over 30 years. After wrapping up it’s final…

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Fresh Off The Boat Green-lit for a Second Season

Fresh Off The Boat Green-lit for a Second Season

In case you live in a box and haven’t noticed, something amazing is happening to prime-time TV: Diversity.

ABC’s Fresh Off The Boat, a sitcom based on the early life of Eddie Huang, is the first and ONLY show to feature and revolve around an Asian family, in roughly 20 years of network television.  Now this is just a step, but a big step in the right direction none the less.

We’ve all rolled our…

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100 Honest Trailers and Still Gold! If I ever get around to making a block buster, I would pay Screen Junkies to review my film first, always honest, always hilarious Honest Trailers.

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Add One More Show to Your Sunday Night Line-Up. (Spoilers)

That’s right horror fans, Showtime’s Penny Dreadful returned to TV last night with it’s Season 2 premiere: Fresh Hell. For those of you who are not familiar with this show in particular, imagine all of your favorite early 19th century thrillers mashed into one glorious TV show. Penny Dreadful has it all: Vampires, Werewolves, Demons, Monsters, and now… Witches.

Now, why do I talk about this show…