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All Your Nightmares Is Belong To Kodak

"Nostalgia - it's delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek, 'nostalgia' literally means 'the pain from an old wound.' It's a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. This device isn't a spaceship, it's a...  CONTINUE READING ALL YOUR NIGHTMARES IS BELONG TO KODAK»

Posted on November 10, 2009 in (31 comments)
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Videogum's Official Pick For Your Halloween Movie Viewing Party

As you have probably noticed, it is Blog Law that every blog on the Internet give you their favorite scary movie to watch on Halloween. If you don't, you have to go to Blog Jail! And then another blog has...  CONTINUE READING VIDEOGUM'S OFFICIAL PICK FOR YOUR HALLOWEEN MOVIE VIEWING PARTY»

Posted on October 30, 2009 in (55 comments)
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It Is Only A Matter Of Time Before The Bluetooth Bear Is Used For Evil

It's all fun and games until some Jigsaw uses the Bluetooth Bear to call his victims. Saw XIV: Oh Yes, There Will Be Bluetooth Bear. "This Bluetooth Bear was meant to receive calls, not make them." What a nightmare...  CONTINUE READING IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE BLUETOOTH BEAR IS USED FOR EVIL»

Posted on October 2, 2009 in (32 comments)
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Good Morning, More Nightmares, Sir?

I'm pretty sure if they ever wanted to make A Nightmare on Elm Street Jr. (someone, or something, is killing all the toddlers in their sleep!), they could just hire these guys. Terrifying. Also, it's weird that Hollywood is...  CONTINUE READING GOOD MORNING, MORE NIGHTMARES, SIR?»

Posted on September 29, 2009 in (15 comments)
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Can You Hear Me Now? No, Because You Are Dead

Rich FourFour has created another fantastic supercut. This time it is people in horror movies unable to find cell phone reception, something that was not even possible a few years ago when we used our land phones in our dark...  CONTINUE READING CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? NO, BECAUSE YOU ARE DEAD»

Posted on September 23, 2009 in (29 comments)
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This Is Worse Than 9/11

First of all, I am SORRY about this. But that's the way it goes. Some mornings you wake up and it's a video of a cat eating all the birthday cake, and some mornings you wake up and it's this....  CONTINUE READING THIS IS WORSE THAN 9/11»

Posted on September 3, 2009 in , (66 comments)
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The Saw VI Poster, Like The Saw Franchise, Is Stupid

What? This doesn't even make sense anymore. When Saw II came out and the poster featured two severed fingers standing up on their stumps, that was a grotesque display of well-Photoshopped body parts that made sense. The number 2. Any...  CONTINUE READING THE SAW VI POSTER, LIKE THE SAW FRANCHISE, IS STUPID»

Posted on August 19, 2009 in (31 comments)
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The Terrifying New Face Of Suspense

There are plenty of iconic movie images that capture the essence of human terror. Hitchcock alone is responsible for many of them. Janet Leigh screaming in the shower in Psycho. Carey Grant running along a deserted country highway from a...  CONTINUE READING THE TERRIFYING NEW FACE OF SUSPENSE»

Posted on August 4, 2009 in (70 comments)
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An Open Letter To The People Who Would Actually Go To A Saw-Themed Haunted House

Dear People Who Would Actually Go to a Saw-themed Haunted House, So, I heard about your haunted house. It's going to be at the Circus Circus casino in Las Vegas this October as part of a promotional tie-in with Saw...  CONTINUE READING AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO A SAW-THEMED HAUNTED HOUSE»

Posted on July 28, 2009 in , (34 comments)
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This Red Band Clip From Saw VI Is Everything That Is Wrong WIth The Saw Franchise

Saw is fucking stupid. And I'm just going to assume that all of the sequels are equally fucking stupid. (Probably not as stupid as the Saw roller coaster, though.) Personally, I have not seen them. I recognize that it's a...  CONTINUE READING THIS RED BAND CLIP FROM SAW VI IS EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH THE SAW FRANCHISE»

Posted on July 23, 2009 in (72 comments)
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Two Freddies Krueger Enter, One Freddy Krueger Leaves

You could go look at the first teaser poster for the remake of Nightmare on Elm Street, OR, you could go listen to the hilarious Paul F. Tompkins bit about the guy who dresses up like Freddy Krueger on Hollywood...  CONTINUE READING TWO FREDDIES KRUEGER ENTER, ONE FREDDY KRUEGER LEAVES»

Posted on July 23, 2009 in (15 comments)
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Oh Yes, There Will Be Pranks

Judging by this Saw VI motion poster (that's right, Saw VI), Jigsaw has teamed up with Improv Everywhere for a very dangerous "mission."...  CONTINUE READING OH YES, THERE WILL BE PRANKS»

Posted on July 21, 2009 in (31 comments)
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Orphan Is The Bruno Of The Adoption Community

Shut up, gays. You had your turn. NEW OUTRAGE! From the Hollywood Reporter: Often divided over policy and practice, America's adoption community has unified in dismay over "Orphan," a horror movie opening next week that its critics say will fuel...  CONTINUE READING ORPHAN IS THE BRUNO OF THE ADOPTION COMMUNITY»

Posted on July 17, 2009 in (38 comments)
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A History Of The Floppy Sack Mask, America's Scariest Mask

Yesterday, Empire posted a new trailer for a horror movie called Triangle. You can watch it here. It looks pretty scary! The plot seems to be that a bunch of yuppies sail their sailboat into Scott Wolf's White Squall and...  CONTINUE READING A HISTORY OF THE FLOPPY SACK MASK, AMERICA'S SCARIEST MASK»

Posted on July 17, 2009 in (60 comments)
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Are You There, Internet? It's Me, Stupid Megan Fox Photoshop Joke

Yesterday, Fangoria (Fangoria still exists? Nice. A round of applause for Fangoria, everybody!) released a new picture of Megan Fox looking like a demon from the upcoming movie from Diablo Cody's mind, Jennifer's Body. OK! She looks much creepier than...  CONTINUE READING ARE YOU THERE, INTERNET? IT'S ME, STUPID MEGAN FOX PHOTOSHOP JOKE»

Posted on July 9, 2009 in (18 comments)
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Tiny Little Boy Vs. Wild

Kids have taken over the news today! THE NEWS GOT SLIMED. Look at this story about some kid, it's great! From the AP: SALT LAKE CITY - When he realized he'd been separated from his family on a weekend hike...  CONTINUE READING TINY LITTLE BOY VS. WILD»

Posted on June 23, 2009 in , (19 comments)
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Three Weeks Later And Air France Flight 447 Still Resembles Oceanic Flight 815

Earlier this month, when Air France flight 447 disappeared off the coast of Brazil, it was a horrific tragedy. Total nightmare fuel. The fact that an airplane carrying 228 people who were now undoubtedly dead bore very mild resemblance to...  CONTINUE READING THREE WEEKS LATER AND AIR FRANCE FLIGHT 447 STILL RESEMBLES OCEANIC FLIGHT 815»

Posted on June 23, 2009 in (24 comments)
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Penn Badgley Is About To Not Hit The Big Time

Penn Badgley is in a new thriller movie called The Stepfather. Here is the trailer, you guys: This looks like the single least scary movie ever made! "I've got to go down and check out those padlocked meat lockers that...  CONTINUE READING PENN BADGLEY IS ABOUT TO NOT HIT THE BIG TIME»

Posted on June 17, 2009 in (36 comments)
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Eminem Wants You To Know He Just Watched Hostel 2

Eminem's new music video premiered on Cinemax (huh?) this weekend, you guys. Yikes. There was a time earlier in his career when Eminem used violent imagery and horror-fantasy to express pent up rage with a world that was leaving him...  CONTINUE READING EMINEM WANTS YOU TO KNOW HE JUST WATCHED HOSTEL 2»

Posted on May 4, 2009 in (31 comments)
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Would You Like To Play A Videogame?

Oh man. Saw videogame, you guys. Right on time. "The game mechanics are just classic horror-survival." That's a sentence now. That is a thing that people say that other people understand. On the one hand, it seems obvious that there...  CONTINUE READING WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY A VIDEOGAME?»

Posted on April 14, 2009 in , (9 comments)
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