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Imprint – Masters of Horror

Posted on July 11, 2011November 11, 2013 by Andrew Kincaid

Most horror doesn’t shock me.  Every now and then though I come across one that weedles its way under my skin and sticks with me for awhile.  Audition was one, and Imprint is another. Imprint was considered so shocking that Showtime banned it from being shown with its “Masters of Horror” series (but then, they…

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The Machine Girl

Posted on June 29, 2011November 11, 2013 by Andrew Kincaid

There are good movies.  There are bad movies.  Then there are movies that are so bad, they somehow flip around and become good in their own special way. The Machine Girl lay in the third category, although I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s so bad that it’s awesome. The movie follows a…

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Grotesque

Posted on March 1, 2011April 10, 2011 by Andrew Kincaid

Grotesque.  Well, I can say at least two good things about this movie.  Three things actually. The title is not misleading at all.  You are told you will see something grotesque and it certainly delivers.  On more than one level actually but more on that later.  The second thing I can say is that it…

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