As summer fades into fall, it’s time to start thinking about what we’re going to be blogging over the next few months. I don’t know about you, but I’m already feeling it. Let’s not wait for back-to-school and falling leaves; let’s start an autumn blog-fest now! Autumn Blog Post Ideas: your autumn wishlist autumn self-care […]
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Monday’s Meme of the Week
Well, of course it has to be a Game of Thrones meme (again) this week. There are just too many good GoT memes going around. Here’s my favourite one: This one came a pretty close second. If you have any great GoT memes to share, drop it in the comments below!
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A Song for Sunday: Awake At Last – Purgatorium
CATEGORY: A Song for Sunday, Awake At Last, music, music is life, music video, song lyrics, You TubeHere’s an interesting one for you: Ladies and Gentlemen Gather around Martyrs and Murderers don’t make a sound Cause darkness comes here everyday And that’s when the monsters come out to play (lyrics from AZ Lyrics) The song is “Purgatorium” and the band is Awake At Last. Thoughts? I love it. Jay was “so disappointed” […]
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Movie Review: Harvest Moon (2015)
Autumn is on the way and that means it’s almost time for my annual Best Films for the Autumn list. As always, I’m on the hunt for new movies to add to my list. Will Harvest Moon be the one? Er… No. But I did enjoy it. Harvest Moon is about a spoiled little rich […]
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Movie Review: The Innkeepers (2011)
After the bomb that was Lost Creek, The Innkeepers was a welcome return good horror here at Castle Vanian. The Inkeepers follows Claire and Luke as they spend their last weekend working at the doomed Yankee Pedlar Inn. Luke is an amateur ghost hunter who’s supposedly seen the ghost haunting Yankee Pedlar Inn and encourages […]
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Movie Review: Lost Creek (2016)
CATEGORY: cinephile, couch potato, film, film review, horror, lost creek, movie, movie review, reviewYou know how good acting can save a movie with a weak plot? Or, how a strong plot can save a movie with weak acting? Well… Let’s talk about Lost Creek. Lost Creek is a film about three children who have to face their worst fears to save their town. That’s about the only bit […]
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Movie Review: The Tall Man (2012)
CATEGORY: cinephile, couch potato, film, film review, horror, movie, movie review, the tall man, thriller
Jay and I are still on the hunt for horror movies we haven’t seen. The search took us back to 2012 and The Tall Man. The Tall Man is on the thriller side of horror, more suspense and less scare. That’s not a bad thing, just not what the title led me to believe. I […]
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Movie Review: The Taking of Deborah Logan
The Taking of Deborah Logan is one of those mockumentary films that makes you rely on the person holding the camera who, of course, is almost never where they ought to be when they ought to be there. Jay decided almost as soon as the movie started that he wasn’t going to enjoy it because […]
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Throwback Thursday
Since I’m posting some pics to Facebook for Throwback Thursday, why not here too? Let’s throw it back to 2005, when Jay and I met the girls from Nightmare on Elm Street at Autographica. Here at Castle Vanian, we also know it as That Convention We Needed the Nightmare on Elm Street Poster but Stupid Here […]
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Movie Review: Late Phases
Ever stopped to wonder what Death Wish would have been like if the baddies had been geriatric werewolves? Wonder no more! I admit the premise for Late Phases is a bit strange. (Seriously, that wasn’t even a joke. It’s Death Wish, with geriatric werewolves.) Even stranger when you realize the Charles Bronson character (Nick Damici’s […]
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