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Entries from October 2008

‘Dead Space’ trailer banned from US

October 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Well, not really. Actually, the trailer below simply wasn’t approved by the ESRB. Still, the short vid gives a great peek at EA’s sci fi/horror/survival videogame which was released last week (the trailer was okayed for Europe, but not the US). I’m about two hours into the XBOX version, and I’m giving [...]

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How vampire novels can influence local economies

October 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Another reason why vampire novels are good for you and me. Even in this day and age of financial hardships, one Washington town is getting a boost in their economy from Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series. Forks, Washington is reporting a 48 percent increase in lodging tax revenue. The town is settled in [...]

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‘I Am Legend’ prequel in the works

October 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

WB is working on a sequel to the movie I Am Legend, will Will Smith returning as Robert Neville (I can’t type that name without thinking of Neville’s pot-bellied neighbor Ben Cortman standing in the street, hungrily shouting out “Come out, Neville!” Don’t remember Cortman? Then go read Matheson’s 1954 classic novel so [...]

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‘The Devil’s Chair’ DVD release

October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Need a good scare with that homemade popcorn? The UK’s 2006 horror flick The Devil’s Chair is finally coming to DVD in the US on October 7th (from Simon Boyes and Adam Mason, Broken). Be warned, the trailer is gruesome.

The storyline? Four years after a murder involving a killer chair in the [...]

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The Living Dead…for kids.

October 1st, 2008 · No Comments

I love this story (and kinda wish my own kiddo was a bit older to enjoy it). The Seattle Children’s Theatre is putting horror classic Night of the Living Dead on the stage for all the little zombies and ghoulish girls to enjoy. And just in time for Halloween. Night of the [...]

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