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Spotlight on… Lights Out (2013)

 The running time on this title is less than three minutes. The reason Lights Out is so slimline, is because this is a horror short produced in 2013 for the Bloody Cuts Horror Challenge, and released via Vimeo and YouTube. It is a neat little slice of horror which is genuinely terrifying. Set on a…

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Spotlight on… The ‘Burbs (1989)

 Tagline: A comedy about one nice guy who gets pushed too far. In the middle of the night, in a quiet, seemingly ordinary suburban neighbourhood in America, average guy Ray Peterson steps outside of his home and onto his front lawn. Ray has been woken up by strange noises emanating from his neighbour’s basement, and…

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How many Grant Morrison New X-Men books are there?

 In 2001, Grant Morrison took over writing duties on Marvel’s X-Men comic. Working with illustrator, Frank Quitely, Morrison took Marvel’s merry mutants in a new direction, with new costumes, new characters, and even a new name, the appropriately titled ‘New X-Men’. New X-Men became a jumping on point for new readers and it provided Morrison…

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Spotlight on… The Blair Witch Project (1999)

 ‘In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.’ With these two sentences, The Blair Witch Project begins its story – a tale of three students, Heather, Michael, and Josh, who embark on a journey in search of an…

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Spotlight on… The Omen (1976)

 Tagline: You have been warned. If something frightening happens to you today, think about it, it may be The Omen. At 6 a.m. on the 6th day of the 6th month, Katherine Thorn suffers a miscarriage. At the same moment, at the same hospital, a child is born, but his mother dies during childbirth. Katherine…

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Review: Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

 New to Disney+ this weekend is the animated adventure movie, Raya and the Last Dragon. The film – directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada – features the voice talents of Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Benedict Wong, Sandra Oh, and Daniel Dae Kim, and tells the story of a young woman called…

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Spotlight on… Psycho (1960)

 Tagline: The picture you MUST see from the beginning… Or not at all!… For no one will be seated after the start of… Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest shocker Psycho. Based on the novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, Psycho tells the story of a young woman called Marion Crane and her unfortunate encounter with…

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Review: Skull

 Recently added to Amazon Prime Video in the UK, as well as Shudder in the US, is the Brazilian horror movie, Skull (aka Skull: A Máscara de Anhangá). Written and directed by Armando Fonseca and Kapel Furman, the movie stars Natallia Rodrigues, Wilton Andrade and Rurik Jr., and tells the story of a detective on…

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Spotlight on… Don’t Look Now (1973)

 Tagline: The most harrowing experience that you may ever endure. Following the accidental death of their daughter, Christine, John and Laura Baxter leave their country house in England and take a trip to Venice. The trip is largely due to John’s job – the restoration of a church – but it also gives the couple…

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