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Hellbilly Deluxe 2

Hellbilly Deluxe 2
Rob Zombie
I was going to write a lengthy review of this CD and compare it to his other work but, you know what? I changed my mind. I just deleted a whole paragraph of nonsense just to leave you with some simple thoughts:

It’s Rob Zombie, he does his thing, and any real fan is glad that he does it… (read more)

The Watcher

The Watcher
Joe Charbanic
Some parts of the film were great, other parts not so great, and the acting was bland for the most part. Keanu Reeves is the most bland and boring of all… (read more)

Transporter 2

Transporter 2
Louis Leterrier
I’m not going to tell you what the plot line is because I think a review should review the movie positive and negative points without revealing what actually transpires… (read more)

Let The Right One In

Let The Right One In
Tomas Alfredson
There was an issue with the original DVD release regarding subtitles, judging by all of the one star reviews on Amazon about it… (read more)

Dark Fields

Dark Fields
Allan Randall
A group of teens on their way to a rock concert run out of gas in the boondocks, near an old farm. Leaving his friends back at the car, Drew the driver appraoches the farmhouse to get some help, but finds no one home… (read more)

Trailer Park of Terror

Trailer Park of Terror
Steven Goldmann
If I’d known that Trailer Park of Terror was based on a comic book series by Imperium Comics, I would have viewed it a bit differently from the beginning… (read more)

Disturbia

Disturbia
D.J. Caruso
Disturbia started working right from the beginning. The most emotionally intense moments occurred during the opening sequence, but the remainder was still a very engaging film… (read more)

Haunted Lakes

Haunted Lakes
Frederick Stonehouse
Finally! A Collection of great ghost tales, legends and lore presented as ghost tales, legends and lore! Frederick Stonehouse does not get cute and spooky! In Haunted Lakes and Haunted Lakes 2, Stonehouse presents these mysterious tales as a matter of history… (read more)

Halloween

Halloween
Rob Zombie
Zombie promised the new Halloween movie would be fresh, and different from the host of other Halloween films, and loaded with gore… (read more)

Skinwalkers

Skinwalkers
Jim Isaac
Alas, another tale of werewolves, but this time the lycanthropic beasties ride in on motorcycles, slingin’ lead a la Underworld, instead of just relying on their superhuman strength and razor sharp claws… (read more)

Bloodsucking Freaks

Bloodsucking Freaks
Joel M. Reed
Blood Sucking Freaks is a sadistic 1970s horror/exploitation film and comedy with plenty of naked ladies. It has to be a comedy, there’s no way the creator’s were serious… (read more)

Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie

Update: Halloween 2 (H2) and Hellbilly Deluxe 2, featuring What? and Sick Bubblegum… (read more)

The Extraordinary Story of Human Origins

The Extraordinary Story of Human Origins
Piero Angela, Alberto Angela
It’s been years since I’ve even pondered this stuff, but recently I’ve been delving back into science, and this book provides an eye-opening, easy to understand look at evolution… (read more)

Creature from Black Lake

Creature from Black Lake
Joy N. Houck Jr.
Creature from Black Lake is a decent production, albeit on a low budget, but once played out the story is actually pretty good… (read more)

Backyard Bigfoot

Backyard Bigfoot
Lisa A. Shiel
I was curious about the possibility of stick signs being real evidence of interaction with Bigfoot, but I was also curious to know if Lisa A… (read more)

Sasquatch Hunters

Sasquatch Hunters
Fred Tepper
A group of researchers and forest rangers hike into the dense Pacific Northwest wilderness in search of bones of an unknown primate thought to inhabit the area in prehistoric times… (read more)

Hunting the American Werewolf

Hunting the American Werewolf
Linda S. Godfrey
LindaS. Godfrey succeeds in uncovering more sightings and tales of Wisconsin’s beloved Beast of Bray Road, an apparent man-wolf, or wolves, which seem to have strayed from their original haunt in Walworth County… (read more)

Underground Bases and Tunnels

Underground Bases and Tunnels
Richard Sauder
This book tops out at 130 written pages (excluding index and footnotes). Of those 130 pages, 50 consist entirely of schematics and photographs obtained from publicly accessible sources… (read more)

Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs

Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs
David Sereda
I’ve been a Dan Aykroyd fan since the old Saturday Night Live days. There is no doubt he is an amazing natural talent when it comes to comedy, acting and performing music, but a “professor,” of great intellect in discussing the UFO phenomenon? Sorry, I didn’t buy it… (read more)

The Hitcher

The Hitcher
Robert Harmon
The Original “The Hitcher” with C. Thomas Howell, Rutger Hauer, man this is a classic! I loved this film when I first saw it back in 1986, and I recently purchased my own copy to add to my video library… (read more)

Troy

Troy
Wolfgang Petersen
Troy is a well told epic tale of the Trojan War, battles fought and loves lost. One reason I like this movie so much is the portrayal of the fabled warrior Achilles (Pitt)… (read more)

Cryptozoology A-Z

Cryptozoology A-Z
Loren Coleman, Jerome Clark
Cryptozoology A-Z — authored by reknowned Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, and unexplained phenomenon researcher and writer Jerome Clark — does mention some completely mythological beings, but the existence of other creatures discussed is at least plausible, and there is some evidence to hint that some cryptids may represent animals truly unknown to science… (read more)

Monsters of the Northwoods

Monsters of the Northwoods
Paul Bartholomew, Robert Bartholomew, William Brann, Bruce Hallenbeck
Bigfoot haunts the Adirondacks!

There are two reasons I am reviewing, and suggesting the Bigfoot book “Monsters of the Northwoods… (read more)

Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead
Edgar Wright
Shaun of the Dead is NOT for the children! Prepare yourself for plent of foulness, but also prepare yourself for some great laughs… (read more)

White Noise

White Noise
Geoffrey Sax
Prepared to be SCARED! White Noise delivers the goods. I literally jumped out of my seat a few times while watching this movie… (read more)

Beast of Bray Road

Beast of Bray Road
Linda S. Godfrey
When I first heard of the Beast of Bray Road, well before reading Linda S. Godfrey’s Beast of Bray Road book, I wondered what the heck this thing, or things, could be that people were seeing around Walworth, Jefferson and Racine Counties in Wisconsin… (read more)

Weird NJ

Weird NJ
Mark Sceurman, Mark Moran
Weird New Jersey, Your Travel Guide to New Jersey’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets

This hardcover “travel guide to New Jersey’s local legends and best kept secrets” is a fun read… (read more)

Intensity

Intensity
Dean Koontz
Originally published in 1995, Dean Koontz’s Intensity had me hooked, with an incredibly intriguing twist, right from the beginning… (read more)

Mysterious America: The Revised Edition

Mysterious America: The Revised Edition
Loren Coleman
I’ve read other books by Mr. Coleman, and if nothing else they’ve all been helpful tools in researching cryptozoology and the unexplained… (read more)

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