Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 29, 2010, 7:47 pm
A few days ago Chris lamented about the lack of homes decked out in Halloween decorations around his local neighborhood. In the two Halloweens my wife and I have lived in our condo, we've had zero trick or treaters, and talking to our neighbors makes it seem like this year we may hit the three-p...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 29, 2010, 5:55 am
New England readers, the Halloween weekend if finally upon us. I don't think there's a better time of year for us here at All Things Horror. There's a ton of really cool stuff going on, and the hard part will be choosing which activity to spend your time. In addition to the many parties,...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 28, 2010, 7:19 am
Review Author: Chris Hallock Dark Star (1974) Written by: John Carpenter and Dan O’Bannon Directed by: John Carpenter After a hilarious and bittersweet crawl written by Mr. Dan O’Bannon at the start of VCI Entertainment’s Hyperdrive Edition of Dark Star (releasing on Oct 26), I w...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 27, 2010, 6:48 pm
I'll let you know at the start that any pretense of journalistic impartiality will get chucked out the window within this post. Way back in my Providence College days, nothing made me happier than making the trek off campus one of many rock clubs that put on amazing shows nightly. Lon...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 27, 2010, 2:31 pm
Join us as director Matthew Garrett and producer Thomas Rondinella present the feature Morris County and brand-new short Beating Hearts! (Q&A to follow screening.) Morris County reaches into the hidden black heart of suburbia and uncovers some unsettling results. Watch three tales of what must b...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 27, 2010, 7:03 am
Splice (2009) Directed by: Vincenzo Natali Written by: Vincenzo Natal, Antoinette Terry Bryant, and Doug Taylor Splice was all over the internet for a while last spring, particularly when it was making a controversial run on the festival circuit. Once it was picked up for a release, the pol...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 26, 2010, 4:59 am
A lot has changed during the Halloween season since I was a kid. For one, not many people seem to decorate much anymore. There's a pronounced feeling of not giving a shit. It's a little depressing to walk around and see plain old houses that could be adorned in gravestones, skeletons, and sp...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 25, 2010, 1:51 am
This new anthology is a hell of a lot different than the 'zines I'm used to from back in my old DIY days. I'm more familiar with hastily cut and pasted photos and articles bound together by cheap glue stick. I can wax rhapsodic for hours on Kinko card scams, paying pennies on the dollar ...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 23, 2010, 10:57 am
All Things Horror Presents A Trick or Treat Bag Stuffed with Horror Tuesday, October 26 The Somerville Theater, 55 Davis Square, Somerville MA 02144 6 pm - 11 pm $7 Boston area fans, don't forget we are screening nearly 5 hours of continuous horror film features and shorts on Tues...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 22, 2010, 4:04 am
Since I was a wee little one, I've been obsessed witth monster movies. I was lucky enough to catch the tail end of Chilly Billy's Chiller Theater out of Pittsburgh when I was barely out of diapers, but I distincttly remember catching lots of giant monster movies like The Deadly Mantis, Godzi...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 21, 2010, 6:20 am
In The Mean Time (2010) Author: Paul Tremblay Publisher: ChiZine Publications Paul Tremblay's Official Site I believe the true measure of a fiction writer's skill rests in his or her ability to craft a good short story. In my experience, most fall short of completing a satisfying ...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 20, 2010, 6:09 pm
Here at All Things Horror, we like to support the goings on of our fellow horror bloggers. Here are a few happenings you may have missed: First up, we'd like to ask you to head over and support  the excellent blog Freddy in Space as head honcho Johnny Squires holds his 2nd Annual...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 20, 2010, 5:54 am
Road Games Mike doesn't like to reveal too much about himself on this site because, well, he's a pro. He wants All Things Horror to be about the films and filmmakers, authors, and artists, and showing our support and enthusiasm for the horror genre is how we do that. I'm happy to oblig...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 18, 2010, 10:28 pm
Look it's not like kids want to be snot-nosed punks on Halloween. It's just that there's only a limited amount of time to make a mad dash for oh-so delicious candy, and it's not to be wasted on mediocre treats. This was especially true growing up in the 'burbs where it could...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 17, 2010, 11:07 pm
So after scheduling snafus and twin bookings that bit our October plans in the ass a bit, but never fear, we’ve line up one fully loaded night of indie horror on Tuesday October 26th at the Somerville Theater. We have a pair of standout feature films sandwiching a full program of shorts all in one...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 17, 2010, 3:35 pm
We had our own picks for the films we'd pick to coax our non-horror friends into watch a scary movie.  Since we think it makes for a fun discussion, we decided to pose the question to some of our favorite horror bloggers and writers. What we got is a pretty wide ranging set of opinions list...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 15, 2010, 11:52 am
It happens to all of us. Someone finds out we're a card carrying member of the Uncle Morry Horror Hound fan club and they tell us in no uncertain terms that "I can't stand horror movies, what do you think would be a good film for someone like me?" This represents a challenge folks, it's ...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 14, 2010, 2:04 pm
Do you have spawn? What will you dress it up as? Babies are best dressed up as something weird, so I give you the best baby costume I've ever seen in my life. It's just a little chicken costume all gussied up with gore and a baby chest-bursting alien. And just check out the look on that tiny...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 13, 2010, 5:24 pm
Folks, I just got off the phone with the theater, they have double booked the screening room tonight and decided to give the room to a one off event. Apparently we goofed, and thought we had the room for four nights. Again, we goofed. I apologize to anyone that planned on attending, and I ...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 13, 2010, 1:05 am
I'll do my best within this review to avoid comparisons to Matt Reeves adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist's novel Let the Right One In to the Swedish film which preceded it. Reeves work stands on its own. While it touches on many of the same elements as the original film, Reeves inspects th...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 12, 2010, 4:39 am
Thursday, October 14 at 7 pmCornerstone Books PresentsTrick or Treat: A Night of Scary Stories and Books w/Amber Benson, Christopher Golden, Paul Tremblay, and Dave Zeltserman45 Lafayette Street, Salem MA 01970 Event Details at Cornerstone Books New England residents know that Salem, MA in the month...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 11, 2010, 6:06 am
Catfish (2010)Directed by: Henry Joost & Ariel ShulmanCatfish Official Site It's October, and curiously we have not one, but two films about the social network phenomenon Facebook. One of them is simply called The Social Network, a fictionalized film about the roots of the site, which I have no ...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 9, 2010, 7:31 am
A Road Movie With Teeth Stakeland Official Site I've been pretty excited about Jim Mickle's second upcoming feature film Stakeland, his foray into an epic apocalyptic vampire story. Before you yawn and move back to facebook, hear me out. Sure, we've been assaulted by hordes of vampire ...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 8, 2010, 7:16 am
People Live Still in Cashtown Corners (2010) Author: Tony Burgess Publisher: Chizine Publications Chizine Publications Site Canadian author Tony Burgess knows small town life. There's no way he can be faking it. I'm not talking about the picturesque cliches of happy nuclear families hittin...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 7, 2010, 10:30 pm
I want to say thank you to Pax Romano for granting us to repost this. As many readers are aware, Tyler Clementi, a freshman student at Rutgers took his own life after discovering his roommate had video taped him having sex with another male and broadcast the footage online. This is just one in an in...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 7, 2010, 3:28 pm
If last week’s box office returns are any indication, studios may as well hold off on releasing horror in order to get more kiddie fare and dramas in theaters. Results for horror flicks during the first weekend of the witching season were disappointing to say the least. Despite, a massive marke...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 7, 2010, 1:43 pm
Is there anything more fitting that Halloween season and horror movie marathons? It's like chocolate and peanut butter made a beautiful baby and that baby grew up to be an axe wielding psychopath from beyond the grave. This time of year TV stations churn out various monster and schlock fests fea...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 6, 2010, 4:50 am
Fall is that time when I like to fire up my listening devices and set the mood with some great genre soundtracks. I love having that familiar music on when I'm puttering around the house, decorating for Halloween, and to set some really nice ambiance leading up to Trick 'r Treat time. I hav...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 5, 2010, 1:08 am
For our All Things Horror Presents series, Mike, Izzy, and I pride ourselves on bringing Boston area fans true blood, sweat, and tears indie films. The minimalist and tension filled Sympathy from Andrew Moorman is no exception to the excellent lineups we've been able to bring over the past year....
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 4, 2010, 10:29 pm
The Rhode Island Horror Film Fest turns eleven this year with a massive lineup of films and events that span across multiple venues. The fest contains a number of Roger Corman/Vincent Price cult classics as well as newer independent films. Click the link for the full details, ticket information...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 4, 2010, 12:09 am
I had been tossing around the idea of posting this, and after reading The Mike (he of the outstanding blog From Midnight With Love) articulate his own thoughts on the matter with this post, I wanted to follow up in agreement. At some point this week I'll probably go see Adam Green's Hat...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 2, 2010, 11:32 pm
(For the eagle eyed amongst you that noticed today is the second, therefore leaving 30 Days of Halloween all I have to say is...shaddup.) Halloween season officially kicked off for me Thursday evening when I walked out of the crisp fall air and into a Banes and Noble to find that the summer tim...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Oct 1, 2010, 11:02 pm
5.Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest This is the doc that comes as part of the Halloween Blu Ray and special edition DVD. In my humble opinion it's worlds better than the 25 Years of Terror DVD which shortchanges the Carpenter's masterpiece by devoting far too much time to the inferior sequels....
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Sep 30, 2010, 2:21 am
Battered and worn out, Krista escapes from an abusive relationship, making her way to a no-tell motel on the desert outskirts. While she waits for her sister to arrive and help her sort out the wreckage of her life in a few days time. The combined effects of booze, painkillers and her traumatic expe...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Sep 29, 2010, 4:48 am
Hey, gang. You may or may not have noticed a pronounced lack of posting from me of late. The entire month of September was pretty much shot due to a surprise health problem. I've been in and out of the hospital for the entire month and it's really chipping away at my sanity. It's about 5...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Sep 27, 2010, 9:57 pm
It's here! With Halloween season just about to kick off, your local cinemas are releasing horror films en masse over the next month. It's a welcome return to form from days when horror movies and October release dates went hand in hand. It seems like August and January became the dumpin...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Sep 27, 2010, 3:39 pm
Just getting back from a week-long trade show. 12 hour days pounding he floor, followed by meet and greets and dinners do not make for creative outbursts.
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Sep 22, 2010, 1:57 pm
For horror peeps in the Boston area, it's a special, spooky time of year. Our lovely month of October is nearly here. Some friends of mine are kicking off the horror holiday season early with TerrorThon '10, a nine-day splatterific feast-ival of carnage at the Somerville Theatre. With a com...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Sep 21, 2010, 12:14 am
If everything comes in cycles, then I think we’re in line for a throwback to 80’s horror when the scares were infused with a heavy dose of humor and schlock film went arm in arm with the rambunctious energy of punk rock. Judging by his latest short film writer/director Dan Riesser feels the same...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Sep 19, 2010, 10:36 pm
Hey all, Please take a second to click to our page detailing our October movie nights. We've rented the digital screening room at the Somerville Theater every Wednesday night as a way of celebrating the Halloween season. You need not worry that we've watered down our programming as...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Sep 17, 2010, 11:57 pm
After listening to the Horror Etc Elm St retrospective and soaking up the amazing 'Never Sleep Again" documentary, I've been on a bit of a Freddy kick. I thought I'd use this week's Friday Five to revisit some of the best Freddy kills. Unlike most slasher films, where a creative kill...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Sep 16, 2010, 11:57 pm
*I've noticed a surly edge to my writing these past couple weeks. Chalk it up to having a new dishwasher that flooded our condo, ruined our new floors and forced the three of us to evacuate home for the comfort of a Hotel for the past ten nights. Thank god for home owners insurance, double Hilto...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Sep 15, 2010, 12:25 am
Enter the Darkwritten & directed by Todd Miro A pair of friends, a Friday night and a ghostly presence in the house. Todd Miro’s new short Enter the Dark proves once again a good ghost story simply needs to put emphasis on the story and not flashy effects or big budgets in order to provide some ...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Sep 11, 2010, 4:06 pm
I know we live in an age where almost any bit of information can be had with a few keyboard strokes. I also understand that anyone connected with the media, whether it’s television, radio, larger online news sites or just simple blogs, want to be the first to “break” coverage on a story or eve...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Sep 10, 2010, 11:02 pm
Chris and I have been running our screening series for nine moths now, and with October looming, we're shifting to a weekly event for the month in order to cram in as much indie horror goodness for Halloween as possible. I thought now would be a good time to give a quick shout out to some of the...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Sep 7, 2010, 9:19 pm
I’m not sure I have it in me for a full review of this film. Part of it is the content, but the larger issue is how I viewed the film-on a laptop, streamed through MySpace (hey they’re still around?) with about four total inches of screen (blowing it to full screen caused way too much pixilation...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Sep 3, 2010, 6:59 pm
Maybe you noticed, but the updates have been a bit threadbare this week. I can only chalk it up to one thing-the massive influx of HOLY CRAP THIS IS ON INSTANT WATCH update from Netflix this past week. I’m going to assume not everyone is a massive tech nerd like myself, and that our average rea...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Aug 30, 2010, 5:46 pm
MIKE: So All Things Horror turns a year old today. It feels incredibly weird and satisfying to type those words. I remember standing in my kitchen knowing that I wanted to start writing again but also knowing that I couldn’t keep up with music like I‘d used to in a former life writing about p...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Aug 30, 2010, 12:54 am
Can the last few minutes of a film completely destroy one’s enjoyment of everything that had preceded it? That was the question I found myself asking heading out of The Last Exorcism. Until the ill-conceived climax, Daniel Stamm had put together one hell of an engaging and thought provoking film. ...
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Mike Snoonian posted an article on All Things Horror - Aug 28, 2010, 2:47 am
Brad Anderson’s Session 9 lends itself to nearly endless amounts of discussion and speculation. Filmed on site and the now demolished ruins of the Danvers State Mental Hospital, the location lends itself to the one of the most atmospheric psychological horror films of the decade.  The ensembl...
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