Horror

As I did with the previous season of Dexter, I’ve decided to write about season four in three chunks, one blog post to follow each fourth episode — thematically an appropriate place as a season of Dexter generally follows a three act structure. Which means, of course, each fourth episode is going to offer some [...]

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Dexter Season 1 Retrospective

by Bill Ward on August 31, 2009

in Film & TV

It’s been a few years now since the premiere of Dexter, and I’ve yet to rewatch any episodes. Given the popularity of my Dexter Season 3 posts, and with the fourth season on the horizon, I thought it would be a nice idea to revisit the first and second seasons and give my impressions of [...]

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My title poses a question wisely skirted by the makers of the 2005 release, The Call of Cthulhu, which I’ve reviewed over at Black Gate and now reposted as part of my Monday Movie Reviews. This is a no-budget film made with a lot of ingenuity and passion, and it’s by far the most loyal [...]

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Northern Haunts

by Bill Ward on June 17, 2009

in Promo

I am slowly getting caught up with my reading — not only the stuff that I’m supposed to be reviewing, but also those projects of which I am fortunate enough to be a part. Northern Haunts is one such — an anthology of 100 flash fiction stories released back in the beginning of the year. [...]

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Hap & Leonard Return!

by Bill Ward on June 14, 2009

in On Books

I am a big admirer of Joe R. Lansdale, two-fisted fictioneer and badass bard of the horrific, and especially of his series of thriller/horror/crime novels chronicling the (mis)adventurers of Hap Collins and Leonard Pine. The last installment, Captains Outrageous, came out a long eight years ago and fans of the series have been hoping for [...]

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Dead in the West (review)

by Bill Ward on February 8, 2009

in Book Reviews

With the sun kicked out and a gold doubloon moon rose in its place — a moon that shone down with a bright, almost unnatural hue on Mud Creek and the surrounding countryside — the nightwalkers began to walk. Title: Dead in the West Author: Joe R. Lansdale Genre: Weird Western/Horror Year: 2005 (1986) When [...]

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