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Killtoberfest 4 – #16: Sunshine

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“Do I have to spell it out for you? We have a payload to deliver to the heart of our nearest star. We are delivering that payload ’cause that star is dying and if it dies, we die, everything dies. So that is our mission, …

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The Screening Room: 10 Cloverfield Lane

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The institution was a very popular one. When the people gathered together on one of the great trial days, they never knew whether they were to witness a bloody slaughter or a hilarious wedding. This element of uncertainty lent an interest to the occasion which …

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Killtoberfest 3 – #22: eXistenZ

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At twilight’s end, the shadow’s crossed, a new world birthed, the elder lost. Yet on the morn we wake to find that mem’ry left so far behind. To deafened ears we ask, unseen, which is life, and which the dream? -Dresden Codak Allegra: You’re stuck …

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Killtoberfest 2 – #10: Pandorum / Pitch Black

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Sci-fi and horror go together like peanut butter and chocolate–ie., not always, but when they work it’s delicious. Any horror film can incorporate sci-fi elements (what is The Terminator, for instance, if not Halloween + robots?) but not all science fiction can work as horror. …

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Killtoberfest 1 – #32: Hellraiser IV: Bloodline

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Killtoberfest #33 was Hellraiser IV: Bloodline, or as I like to call it, Hellraiser IV: In Spaaaaaaaaace, even though most of it is not actually in space, what gives This is far and away my favorite Hellraiser. This is fascinating to me because it’s also my …