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The Obsessive Viewer Podcast – Ep 190 – OV Live – Shocktober in Irvington 3 with Circle City Ghostbusters, J.P. Leck (Elsewhere World), Pat Kuhn (TheNerdsPodcast.com), and Team Dharma (48 Hour Film Project)

RIGHT CLICK IMAGE, SAVE LINK AS TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE… http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV190.mp3 OV190 – OV Live – Shocktober in Irvington 3 with Circle City Ghostbusters, J.P. Leck (Elsewhere World), Pat Kuhn (TheNerdsPodcast.com), and Team Dharma (48 Hour Film Project) In this special live episode of the podcast, the guys host the third annual Shocktober in Irvington, a one-night event screening of short […]

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Movie Review: Urban Legend (1998)

After Scream resurrected the slasher genre in 1996, studios quickly jumped on the bandwagon and produced teen slashers to capitalize on the craze. For the most part, these movies were cheap imitations, utilizing the same techniques and dialogue as Scream and populating the cast with TV teen drama actors. 1998’s Urban Legend is no different. In fact, it was perhaps […]

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The Month in Movies: Shocktober 2013

My friends and I have been dedicating the month of October to the horror genre and calling it Shocktober for several years now.  I started this blog in February and from the start I was excited about sharing my Shocktober experience with anyone and everyone. I have been saying for a while that this year has to make up for […]

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Remake Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street

Adaptations & Remakes is an ongoing feature where I take a movie or a book and compare it to its remake and/or adaptation. Happy Halloween, everyone! If you’ve been checking on the blog throughout the day, you’ll know that earlier in the day, Tiny applied his newfound appreciation for the Halloween franchise to compare Carpenter’s vision with Zombie’s depiction. Then […]

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4 Days of Blood: Part IV – Ghoulish Netflix Instant Recommendations

Seeing as Halloween is now upon us and I’ve committed myself to writing four “Days of Blood” posts, I figured I would devote the fourth and final post to some of the better (and more recent) horror and horror-adjacent titles available to stream on Netflix. Hopefully it will make up for the way I’ve been neglecting my Streaming Saturday recommendations […]

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Editorial: Subverting the Horror Genre

The horror genre has the unique ability to be self-referential while still maintaining its frightening nature. Every now and then a horror movie comes along that will examine the nature of the genre in a fun, inventive way. These movies oftentimes provide a stark look at the genre they lampoon with love. Here are some examples of movies that turn […]

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Adaptation Reviews: Carrie

Adaptations & Remakes is an ongoing feature where I take a movie or a book and compare it to its remake and/or adaptation. Each post follows the same basic format: General plot overview/source material Original movie/first adaptation How I would adapt and/or remake it. How they adapted/remade it And don’t forget, you can follow around the internet with the links […]

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