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Break of Dark

Robert Westall

9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Five short stories loosely linked by the theme of intrusions into the normal world of the inhuman...

The Private Life of Elder Things

Adrian Tchaikovsky, Adam Gauntlett and Keris McDonald

4.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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A collection of short stories inspired by and based on HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythology.

God: City (2018)

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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An Oates studio short depicting god and his servant presiding over early man.

Sarah (7798 KP) rated Cycle of the Werewolf in Books

Jul 4, 2020 (Updated Jul 4, 2020)

Cycle of the Werewolf

Stephen King | 1985 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.1

(14 Ratings)

Book Rating

A little too short

I'm all for a Stephen King short story/novella and as this goes this is a very good story, it's just far too short. The fact that this has been released as a separate book in it's own right is rather astounding. Not because it's not an enjoyable story, as it is, but because it doesn't even reach 130 pages. And these are very large type face, spread out pages with lots of pages of (admittedly beautiful) illustrations.

I'm guessing the illustrations are the reason why this was released on it's own, and these are some stunning illustrations, but I don't necessarily think they justify releasing this as a sole book. Despite this though, it is still a well structured and written and overall entertaining short story.

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Ronyell (38 KP) rated Les Escargots (1966) in Movies

Aug 4, 2020

Les Escargots (1966)

1966 | Animation, Comedy

9.0

(1 Ratings)

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Attack of the Killer Snails

Wow! I was quite amazed and a bit creeped out by this strange little short! After watching "Fantastic Planet," which was by the same creator and actually came out several years after this short, I was thinking to myself about whether or not I would actually see another animated film that was just as weird as "Fantastic Planet." Well, "The Snails" was definitely just as weird as "Fantastic Planet," although in a different way. "Fantastic Planet" took place on another planet, while "The Snails" takes place on Earth and yet, things get weird midway through the short once the snails appear. I loved the way that the short went in a completely different direction midway through as the short started off lighthearted with the farmer trying to grow his garden, to a bit odd as he used his own tears to make the garden grow and then to pure terror when the snails started growing in size and started terrorizing the people in the city. The animation was quite unique as the characters move in a very jerky way and always have exaggerated expressions on their faces that just adds on to the weirdness of this short. The animation also reminded me a bit of Terry Gilliam's animations in the animated segments of the "Monty Python's Flying Circus" TV series.

The only problem that I had with this short is that there were times where the short sort of dragged on and the pacing was a bit slow at some places that I was hoping that we actually got to the main point of the story much faster. Also, for anyone who does not like nudity, there is one brief scene of a topless woman that might be a bit problematic for some people. Also, I was a bit confused by some of the scenes, although the whole point of this short is to be as weird as possible.

Overall, "The Snails" is truly a treat to watch if you are a huge fan of "Fantastic Planet" and if you wanted to watch an animated short that is similar in tone and style to "Fantastic Planet!"

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Paige (428 KP) rated Factory Girl (2007) in Movies

Jul 28, 2017

Factory Girl (2007)

2007 | Drama

3.0

(1 Ratings)

Movie Rating

So much to work with just to fall so short.

The real story is really interesting. You wouldn't know it from this movie, though.

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＊✿❀ Maki ❀✿＊ (7 KP) rated The Lottery and Other Stories in Books

May 3, 2018

Dan Halen ruined this short story for me.

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Thanks a lot, Squidbillies. Thanks a lot. >_>