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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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13 Days of Halloween: Day 10 – Ashe Collins on the A Nightmare on Elm Street Series

October 28, 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 9.5 – Chris Ranson on V/H/S: Viral (2014)

October 27, 2014
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Title: V/H/S: Viral (2014) Directors: Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop, Todd Lincoln, Aaron Moorhead, Marcel Sarmiento, and Nacho Vigalondo Runtime: 97 minutes — If there’s one subgenre in horror that I really don’t care for, it’s the found footage style, which our very own Branden adores for some reason. While I don’t care for it, that…

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13 Days of Halloween: Day 9 – Chris Ranson on As Above, So Below (2014)

October 27, 2014
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Title: As Above, So Below (2014) Director: John Erick Dowdle Runtime: 93 minutes — I may have gone into As Above, So Below with rather high expectations. The buzz was strong, the trailers had me hooked, and there were positive reviews for it. My interest did drop a little when I heard it was a…

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