“Overdriving by a gas station on a maximum eveningWhose truck this isI think I knowHis keys are in his pocket thoughWho was it drove the goblin greenInto the gas attended...
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Predictable werewolves and alcoholic uncles (Gary Busey) fuel Dan Attias' 1985 adaptation of King's Cycle of the Werewolf.
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Jim's car headlight catches fire, Jason battles his fear of ledges, practical goblins appear and Stephen King tackles his first feature-length screenplay.
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The parallel of puberty and werewolf is well-trodden territory, but Ginger Snaps focuses on the female body as a location rife with horror Adolescence is a divisive experience. Some folks...
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Learn more than you knew you wanted to know about the rules of death cymbals, how Merlin spends his free time and Jim's feelings about Dolly Parton.
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I have been your bed. I too am the artist, sealed behind the wall, lazily remarking on the divine evil that animates my every bone.
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Killer nose-bone punches, the social obligations of being set on fire and Drew Barrymore's telepathic flame abilities. Cinesthesia talks 'Firestarter.'
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Director Richard Kern’s 1985 anthology film is a violent and sexually explicit nightmare tour through a degenerate New York City
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