Welcome back to Wondra’s World and Day 5 of our 31 Days of Modern Horror Halloween special. Today’s movie is… Hell, I don’t know what to say about The Cottage (2008). This is a weird’un. “The Cottage is messed up. It’s one of those films… not quite Lock, Stock but it’s one of those films […]
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31 Days of Modern Horror: Drag Me to Hell
CATEGORY: film and tv, halloween, horror, horror movies, modern horror, movie review, movies, occult, remake, remakes, scary movies
It’s been a long, long time since Sam Raimi made a horror movie. Too damned long. Drag Me to Hell (2009), today’s entry on our 31 Days of Modern Horror list, is a reminder of what we’ve been missing. Drag Me to Hell is pure Raimi genius. Everything from the tongue-in-cheek humour, to the unsettling […]
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31 Days of Modern Horror: The Autopsy of Jane Doe
CATEGORY: film and tv, halloween, horror, horror movies, modern horror, movie review, movies, remakes, scary movies, witchcraft
Today marks Day 3 of our 31 Days of Modern Horror feature to celebrate Halloween. (Or, as we ought to say, Birthdayoween.) The movie we’re going to be talking about today is one that hasn’t had anywhere near the acclaim it should have had. It’s also one Jay and I unanimously agreed would make the […]
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31 Days of Modern Horror: The Ring
CATEGORY: film and tv, halloween, horror, horror movies, modern horror, movie review, movies, remakes, scary movies
Yesterday’s entry, Dawn of the Dead, is an action-filled horror movie that’s a lot of fun to watch. You know what it’s not, though? Scary. I was thinking about that today as we sat down to watch The Ring (2002). The Ring… now that scares the crap out of me. I’m not even going to […]
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31 Days of Modern Horror: Dawn of the Dead
CATEGORY: film and tv, halloween, horror, horror movies, modern horror, movie review, movies, scary movies, zombie
When we started making plans for this year’s horror movie countdown, Dawn of the Dead (2004) was pretty much the first one we agreed would make the final cut – not surprising, really, since it was one of the first movies we saw together as a couple. It’s a little more surprising, though, when you […]
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Wondra’s Halloween Bucket List
Hello, October! If you’re anything like us, the first day of October marks a month-long celebration of all things creepy and kooky. If you’re not, you might be in the wrong place. Halloween-themed activities are already underway here at Castle Vanian – including a rather large paper mâché pumpkin that I’ll be able to share with […]
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31 Days of Modern Horror: The Shortlist
CATEGORY: b movies, birthdayoween, cinephile, couch potato, cult movies, film and tv, halloween, horror, modern horror, movies
You’d be surprised how difficult it is to create a list of just 31 horror films that we believe are the best of the last 18 years. There have been tears, glares, and the odd insult but we’ve managed to hack away at our massive Longlist to bring you this, our 31 Days of Modern Horror […]
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10 Wickedly Good Movies Based on Banned Books
Banned Books Week 2018 runs from Sept. 23 – 29 and celebrates our freedom to read (and write!) without interference. Some of the books that have been banned most frequently (and vehemently) are also the ones that have been made into the best – often award-winning – movies. In this blog post, we take a […]
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31 Days of Modern Horror: The Longlist
CATEGORY: b movies, birthdayoween, cinephile, couch potato, cult movies, film and tv, halloween, horror, modern horror, moviesLast year, as part of our Halloween celebrations here at Castle Vanian, we had a 31 Days of Classic Horror movie marathon. So… what to do this year? Well, 31 Days of Modern Horror, of course! We’re busy trying to whittle down our (ever increasing, it seems) longlist for this year’s marathon, which will start […]
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Banned Book Week Kick-Off
CATEGORY: banned books, Banned Books Week, bibliophile, book whore, books, freedom, i read banned books, liberty, literacy, literature, rebellion, resistance
Today marks the start of Banned Books Week, a celebration of freedom that fights the belief that world governments can control what we read. In this day and age, I don’t need to tell you how important it is to fight for our freedoms. We’ll be celebrating Banned Books Week here on Wondra’s World. To […]
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