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carmillavoiez
Apr 7, 20174 min read
Bates Motel, Season 4, Episodes 5 & 6
Includes spoilers. Episode 5 Dylan brings Emma home. She feels ashamed of the huge scar below her breasts and at first pretends she is...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 7, 20176 min read
Bates Motel Season 4, episodes 1 – 4, a review
Bates Motel is great. The series covers the early life of Norman Bates, pre Psycho. The relationship between Norman and his mother is...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 6, 20172 min read
The Grotesquerie, a book review
The Grotesquerie is a collection of 22 short stories by various authors celebrating women in horror. I bought it because the editor Eden...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 5, 20171 min read
Piercing by Ryu Murakami, a review
I've had a bit of a Ryu Murakami fest this week. His books are so quick to read yet they chill me to the bone. Ryu Murakami's antagonists...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 2, 20172 min read
Audition by Ryu Murakami, a review
Audition by Ryu Murakami I watched the movie directed by Takashi Miike some years ago. I remember it moved very slowly at first, lulling...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 1, 20174 min read
Ex Tenebris, Sci-Fi Horror Musical Audio Drama, a review
Ex Tenebris is the fourth album by J. Daniel Edenfield, aka The Night Keep, but his first in the genre of Sci-Fi horror. It's quite an...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 30, 20173 min read
Legion FX, season one finale (episode 8), a review
If you have read my other reviews you'll already know that I am a fan of this show. While there were quiet moments in this season finale...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 29, 20178 min read
Dystopia, our dystopia
I read four novels “It Can't Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis (published in 1935), “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley (published in 1932),...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 27, 20173 min read
Horns, by Joe Hill, a book review
Horns is more supernatural suspense than straight out horror, and is also, at times, a touching romantic comedy. It looks at fear, secret...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 26, 20172 min read
American Mary (2012), film review
"American Mary" stars Katherine Isabelle of "Ginger Snaps" fame, and is directed by twins – Jen and Sylvia Soska, who also play a cameo...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 25, 20173 min read
Maniac (2012), film review
Maniac stars Elijah Wood as Frank and is directed by Franck Khalfoun. The “Maniac” soundtrack uses music from other well-known horror...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 24, 20173 min read
Legion, chapter 7
Legion is a psychedelic trip and should be added to your to-watch-list already if you enjoy visually stunning television. It's a wild...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 20, 20171 min read
The Scarlet Gospels, Clive Barker, a review
Clive Barker is a genius. Hellbound Heart, the Puzzle Box and Pinhead have influenced numerous horror writers to create new and fantastic...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 18, 20172 min read
The Sadist's Bible, by Nicole Cushing, a review
This intensely disturbing novella has three narrators each of whom are probably unreliable, but this does nothing to hamper Cushing's...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 17, 20172 min read
Lovecraft v Crowley comic, issue 1, a review
H.P. Lovecraft vs Aleister Crowley, issue 1, written and illustrated by Monty Borror. Published by Geeksville Ent. Pro. This 26 page...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 16, 20173 min read
Legion, chapter 6, FX, a review
First, I'm delighted to say that Legion will be returning in 2018 for a second season with Noah Hawley remaining as creator and executive...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 14, 20174 min read
Carmilla's favourite horror themed music videos
Serial killers, demons, death and dismemberment – these horror themed music videos have something for everyone. With videos from the...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 13, 20179 min read
Legion, Chapters 1 – 5, FX, a review
Before I begin I have a bugbear. It's not huge, but in a show which revolves around mental illness I would have hoped the writers could...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 11, 20173 min read
The Purge, Election Year, a review
Election year 2016 was a dramatic one for the United States, and early 2017 we are already getting sniffs that dystopian fiction like...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 9, 20175 min read
Song of the Death God, by William Holloway, a book review
I was sent an advance copy of Song of the Death God by the publisher in exchange for a review. The book is to be released late April...
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