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Christmas 2015 movie special: “Silent Night” (2012 remake)
Modern remakes of classic, even bad movies don’t have to be necessarily better, with Steven C. Miller’s Silent Night being a fine example. Silent Night (USA 2012, director: Steven C. Miller) On Christmas Eve, an unknown killer in a Santa … Continue reading
Posted in Movie reviews, Movies
Tagged action, Amazon, Anchor Bay, blood, Bloodlines, Christmas, Christmas Eve, cinema, classic, comedy, Deadly Night, Dr. Loomis, drama, Facebook, gore, guts, Halloween, Halloween II, Halloween II remake, horror, humor, Koch Media, Malcolm McDowell, movie remake, naughty, Neue Pierrot le Fou, psychological, remake, Santa Claus, Silent Night, slasher, snow, splatter, Steven C. Miller, The Aggression Scale, The Collection, Under the Bed, violence, Wrong Turn, Wrong Turn 5, Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines
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Halloween 2015 Gaming Special, Day 4: “Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers – 20th Anniversary Edition” (PC)
Remakes are difficult to do, especially when it comes to gaming. So does Pinkerton Road’s Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers – 20th Anniversary Edition have enough new content and stay true to the original point-and-click adventure, while also being … Continue reading
Posted in Game reviews, Gaming
Tagged adventure game, Angel Heart, Anniversary Edition, cinema, cinematic, classic gaming, DRM-free, fiction, Gabriel Knight, GOG, Good Old Games, history, horror, Jane Jensen, mature, mystery, Phoenix Online Studios, Pinkerton Road, point-and-click adventure, puzzles, remake, Sierra, Sierra On-Line, Sins of the Father, storytelling, thriller, Voodoo
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Halloween 2015 Movie Special, Day 3: “Friday the 13th I-X and remake”
For many critics, the Friday the 13th series is where the horror genre got its bad name and in particular the slasher genre its bad reputation from, but it also got a cult following. So what’s behind the series about … Continue reading
Posted in Movie reviews, Movies
Tagged 3D, 80s, A Nightmare on Elm Street, action, Adam Marcus, aliens, blood, Body Snatchers, camp, Camp Crystal Lake, campy, CGI, cinema, Crystal Lake, Danny Steinmann, Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part III, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, gore, guts, Halloween, hockey, horror, James Cameron, Jason, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI, Jason Vorhees, Jason X, Jim Isaac, John Carl Buechler, Joseph Zito, Leprechaun, Leprechaun in Space, Marcus Nispel, Michael Bay, Michael Meyers, New York, pop outs, R-rated, remake, Rob Hedden, sci-fi, Sean S. Cunningham, slasher, Steve Miner, teenagers, Terminator, terror, terror cinema, Tom McLoughlin, trash, violence, Vorhees
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Game release: “Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty” (PC)
Remakes are all the rage today, but it’s great to see that some classic titles receive as much love as they deserve, as is the case with the recent PC release of puzzle platformer Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty. I played … Continue reading
Posted in Game release news, Gaming
Tagged 2.5D, Abe's Exoddus, Abe's Oddysee, comic, Flashback, GOG, Good Old Games, HD, Just Add Water, Oddworld, Oddworld Inhabitants, Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty, platformer, puzzle, puzzler, puzzles, remake, social criticism, Steam, Valve
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