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Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales

Stephen King

8.3 (16 Ratings) Rate It

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The first collection of stories Stephen King has published since Nightmares & Dreamscapes nine years...

Halloween Night Murder

Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis and Liz Ireland

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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There’s usually a chill in the air when Halloween arrives—but in these three novellas by beloved...

Sarah (7800 KP) rated Abattoir (2016) in Movies

Aug 13, 2017

Abattoir (2016)

2016 | Horror

3.3

(3 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Absolute nonsense

Let's face it, I wasn't expecting much from a film that had gone straight to dvd/sky but i was hoping it could be fairly enjoyable like Thirteen Ghosts or House on Haunted Hill, however this was when worse than I ever would've thought. The acting and script was awful, it was ridiculously cheesy and the plot made no sense whatsoever. Even talking it over after the film, we couldn't figure out what on earth was going on and why. There's also the fact that the plot summary gives away the main part of the film and this doesn't actually appear on screen until there's only around 20 minutes remaining. And the film's title Abattoir is a little misleading and maybe slightly misused.

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Stephen (210 KP) rated Hell Fest (2018) in Movies

Mar 7, 2019

Hell Fest (2018)

2018 | Horror

7.2

(17 Ratings)

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Thoroughly Enjoyable

Well I’m so glad I watched this, I love the Haunted House and Ghost Train rides at fairgrounds so this was right up my street.

I didn’t think the film was scary as such, but there were certainly some very creepy moments, and I felt the vivid lighting also gave the film a distinctive edge.

Well acted, well put together and thoroughly refreshing for the horror genre, this makes an excellent night’s viewing if you just want a fright without too much baggage.

The most enjoyable horror I’ve seen since the Final Destination movies. Scored 9 out of 10 as I felt the ending was disappointing, I feel a twist of some kind would have made it a perfect 10.

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Dana (24 KP) rated Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places in Books

Mar 23, 2018

If you know me, besides true crime, you will know I love ghost stories. Especially true accounts of them. That made this the perfect book for me. I found this at a used book store in the city of Orange, California when I was visiting my friends and it was so cheap, I couldn't pass it up. With so many first person true accounts as well as descriptions of famous haunted places around the world, it was indeed an interesting read. I loved how it was broken up into sections of similar stories, so that will make it easier to go back to if I find it necessary (which I most definitely will at some point)! Brad Steiger, great job compiling this book!

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Caffeinated Fae (464 KP) rated Reckless (Renegades, #1) in Books

Jul 12, 2018

This was a really cute book. The characters were interesting and engaging. I found myself enraptured with the story. The characters were both haunted but I was impressed with how the author wrapped it up (even though it was a little to quick of an ending).

This book is definitely a 3 1/2 star book. It is filled with the completely sugary sweet sentiments but it's a good guilty pleasure novel. It's not one that I would recommend to all of my friends unless they wanted a quick romance.

This was a really quick read. It was 640 pages on my nook but it went by very fast. If you're looking for a toe curling, fast paced read, look no further.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Dark Waters (2019) in Movies

Mar 6, 2020

Not another remake of the Japanese movie about haunted plumbing, but a based-on-fact drama about a lawyer's long and gruelling battle to expose the truth about the contamination of the environment by synthetic long-chain fluorocarbons (the non-stick part of non-stick saucepans to you and me).

A very worthy and impassioned film about a serious and important topic, led well by Mark Ruffalo, with good support from a strong cast. On the other hand, it does come across as just a little bit dour, and the nature of the story doesn't necessarily lend itself to a conventional narrative structure. The kind of film that I'm glad gets made, but I still find it admirable more than genuinely likeable or enjoyable.