Posts tagged: horror

Horror comic book – it works!

By Greg, September 8, 2009 8:04 pm

walking-dead In my late teens, I was heartily into comics – Spawn and Savage Dragon in particular. As I got older, I started to believe the hype – comics weren’t for cool kids – and I lost interest, to my discredit.

Years went by.

Now older and wiser, I realise the error of my ways. I realise that — screw it — I like comics, and damn it if I’m going to let anybody else friggin’ stop me. So I’m getting back into the swing of things, and I’m looking into the comics I want to start reading on a regular basis… And I was pleased by one new discovery… The Walking Dead.

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Women should play Resident Evil 5 with their boyfriend/husband (partner?)

By Mihoko, April 2, 2009 7:35 pm

Resident Evil 5Have you played Resident Evil 5 (バイオハザード5 [Biohazard 5] in Japanese) yet? I expect a lot of men would say “yes”, but what about women? Probably not, because lots of women are afraid of zombies and horror themes, like me. Of course, I can’t play the game by myself, because it’s too scary for me, but I do want to say, I really do enjoy the game… Continue reading 'Women should play Resident Evil 5 with their boyfriend/husband (partner?)'»

Flicks from Barker books…

By Greg, March 31, 2009 7:56 pm

Clive Barker’s books are not generally well-known for their blisteringly awesome movie translations. Hellraiser is the best known (and well loved by myself I need to add) — a reasonably good adaptation of the novella “The Hellbound Heart”. A little slow by today’s standards, but perhaps this is reflects poorly on the quality of modern-day horror movies, rather than reflecting poorly on Hellraiser itself? Not my place to say, but it has a similar feel to The Exocist, a feel that is lacking in modern horror… Sigh. Continue reading 'Flicks from Barker books…'»

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