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I was nine. My cousin, who had up to that point been a biblical asshole, decided to bequeath me his entire AC/DC album collection, including the recently released For Those About To Rock… I have no idea why. Not then. Not now. But, by doing so he helped cement my love for loud guitar music.…
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There are nights when SmackDown feels like it could use a little less talking and a little more wrestling. Then there are nights when the talking is so fucking good that you really don’t give a shit. This was one of those nights. Here are seven things I liked. Sami Zayn Is Delusional? Is he?…
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As its 20th Anniversary celebrations continue, Severin Films has detailed its August slate, with three major releases spanning recent horror, Indonesian genre cinema and cult exploitation. Leading the lineup is The Ugly Stepsister, writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt’s 2025 Oscar-nominated horror film, which receives its North American disc premiere through Severin. The release follows praise from Paste…
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Most horror films of the 1930s make a hell of a lot of noise. They rely on booming organ music, villagers running around with flaming torches, or mad scientists screaming at the heavens while lightning cracks over a laboratory. The Mummy doesn’t bother with any of that. Released in 1932 and directed by Karl Freund,…
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AEW Dynamite is at its best when it remembers that wrestling doesn’t need to be complicated. Sometimes you just need a new World Champion, the commentators trying not to say the wrong name, someone getting beaten half to death, Thekla using the expression “dumb bitch” four times in one sentence, and Jon Moxley being handed…
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There are films that are important, films that are influential, and then there are films that are so fucking strange that you can watch them more than a century later and still find yourself thinking, What the hell am I watching? The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is all three. Released in 1920 and directed by…
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There are sequels, and then there is Bride of Frankenstein. Most sequels are made because somebody somewhere has looked at a successful film, stared lovingly at a spreadsheet and thought, “We could probably squeeze another few quid out of this bastard.” And occasionally, because the cinematic gods are strange and unpredictable creatures, somebody takes that…
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There are plenty of ways to review a wrestling show. You can dissect every match, analyse every storyline, discuss the booking, hand out star ratings and generally make yourself miserable trying to decide whether something was a 4¼ or 4½. Fuck that. Sometimes you just want to watch wrestling and enjoy the bits that make…
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I am old. Like, really fucking old. In fact, I turn 54 in around two months and, as is my want this time of year, I’ve been looking back over the past twelve months to see what is what. It hasn’t made for great reading. Not the writing, of course. That is excellence of the…
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I hate spiders. Horrible creepy crawly bastards. Too many legs, too many eyes, fucking fangs! Utter nightmare fuel. So, you can imagine my delight when I sat down and viewed the trailer for Crawlers. Formerly known as Arachnid, the new horror film is heading to US cinemas nationwide on October 16 through Roadside Attractions and…