Alien Nation (1988)
7.1
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In Los Angeles circa 1991, humans live alongside extraterrestrial humanoid beings whose spaceship...
The Burning (1981)
8.5
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Counselors and teenagers at a summer camp in upstate New York have their lives endangered when a...
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Ross (3282 KP) rated Ozark Season 1 in TV
Sep 4, 2017
Jason Bateman's character is nowhere near as likeable/flawed as Walter White and at times you struggle to root for him in the same way.
The true star of the show has to be Ruth Langmore - the redneck/evil genius mix that you cannot take your eyes off.
The appearance of fellow Scot Peter Mullan was somewhat unexpected, however his attempt at a Missouri accent was just atrocious. I am pretty sure he was completely over-dubbed in the pilot episode, I am guessing in favour of a better accent (God alone knows what his first attempt must have been like!).
Stardust (2007)
7.9
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In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that...
Indivisible (2018)
8.0
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Fresh out of the seminary and basic training, Army chaplain Darren Turner receives orders to deploy...
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Parenthood
7.3
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The four grown Braverman siblings -- Adam, Sarah, Crosby and Julia -- share the joys, heartaches and...
Phil Leader (619 KP) rated A Night Inn Hell in Books
Nov 21, 2019
Peter and Stella have owned the Hang Inn for several months. The Inn is miles from the nearest town and sits among nearly impassable marshland. Trade is slow and they will soon need to think seriously about giving up the inn. Then they are given an offer they can't refuse by Jason, a police officer in a small and secretive unit that tracks down the worst murderers and serial killers in Victorian England and ensures that they are very quietly disposed of. The government will pay for the Hang Inn to be used for the executions. But this is a secret only a few can know, and Peter cannot even tell Stella what is really going on.
The first infamous murderer is executed and Peter begins to doubt he has made the right decision but it is too late. And when the second murderer arrives the ghost of the first torments both him and Peter. How long can Peter keep the secret and what impact will it have on his relationship with Stella?
This is not a ghost story in the conventional sense. The first murderer does haunt the inn some of the nights but most of the story is taken up the effect the situation has on Peter, Stella and Jason as it turns each of their lives upside down and tests each of them. The secret of the executions reveals deeper and darker secrets and the inner character of each of the main protagonists. There are night time chases across the marshes and murders are described and committed.
The plot twists and turns as each victim brought to the inn tells their own story and this has its inevitable effect on Peter and Stella as well as Jason. The relationship between the three of them changes as time goes on. We know that ultimately one of them will be left haunting the inn, but which one? Only the final climactic scenes reveal this.
The book is an enjoyable read, although the nights when the murderers are held in the inn are a lot more gripping and interesting than the periods between which can seem a little over-long with a lot of introspection from the main characters as they try to deal with what is going on around them (and within them). But this does allow the characters to grow, and the interactions between them and the state of their own minds plays a vital role in everything that happens.
The strength of the book lies in the twin strands of the overall story itself and of the murderers. Each is different and each is portrayed excellently by Powell from evil psychopaths to those who feel their actions are justified. Each tells their story in detail with some deft twists to enable this to happen.
Overall this was an enjoyable novel with enough action and twists to keep the reader's interest throughout.
Rating: Scenes of murder and some sexual references
Girls - Season 5
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Fringe - Season 1
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The FBI, an out of service scientist and a whole range of crazy, strange events and people. Fringe...
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Ginger Snaps (2001)
8.8
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Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins) are two teenage sisters fed up with the...