Apex blog tour – guest post by Ian Nichols
Welcome to my first part of the Apex Blog Tour, kindly organised by the Little Red Reviewer, celebrating The Book of Apex: Volume Four of Apex Magazine. I’m happy to introduce...
10 February 2014
Parasite by Mira Grant
Book 1 in the Parasitology series. Sally Mitchell was in a car crash, suffered brain damage, but just as her family were about to agree to switching off the life-support she...
16 November 2013
Bloodstones
A collection of horror stories, edited by Amanda Pillar. Part of my RIP VIII reading. Table of contents Introduction – Seanan McGuire The Bull in winter – Dirk Flinthart Euryale –...
16 September 2013
A local habitation by Seanan McGuire
An October Daye novel #2 A another reread for this year’s OUaT challenge, originally read for the Once Upon a Time VI challenge October Daye is a changeling. Her mother is...
25 May 2012
The cabin in the woods dir. by Drew Goddard
This is a film that it is best you go see knowing nothing about it. Simply trust in Joss and all will be well, I’m sure you’ll agree. If, however you...
14 April 2012
Monsters dir. by Gareth Edwards
Six years ago NASA launched a probe to investigate the possibility of life in outer space, but upon re-entry the probe broke up. The samples ended up landing on earth. Now...
23 December 2010
The Village dir. by M. Night Shyamalan
For this year’s RIP challenge Carl has suggested that as well as reading horror-ific books we might also watch some suitable films and to get the ball rolling on my RIP films I decided to rewatch M. Night Shymalan’s The Village.
I quite enjoyed it the first time around. I don’t seem to recall having been all that surprised by any of the so-called twists or reveals, but it was an enjoyable film.
12 October 2010
No Such Thing dir. by Hal Hatley
So there I was, flicking around this afternoon when I came across No Such Thing. My wonderful browse feature told me it was the story of a young female reporter who...
2 November 2007
The Village dir. by M. Night Shyamalan
Its been two years since this came out in the cinema, and I’m finally getting to see it. Given that I’ve liked most of what Shyamalan has done, and given that Joaquin Phoenix is a star I’m a little surprised that it has taken me this long. I really enjoyed The Sixth Sense, and loved Unbreakable, but I did hate Signs.
8 April 2006
Doom dir. by Andrzej Bartkowiak
I wasn’t hoping for great things, and all my hopes were met. Not good at all. The basic plot is that some sort of problem sends a group of marines up...
10 December 2005
Monster Battle!
this blog “is a Giant Dragon that has an Extra Head, a Swirly Hypnotic Gaze, a Computer for a Brain and Black-and-White Stripes, and is Highly Flammable.(Strength: 8 Agility: 7 Intelligence:...
13 July 2005
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [based on the book by] by Robert Louis Stevenson dir. by Victor Fleming
Watched Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde over the weekend, the 1941 version, with Spencer Tracy & Ingrid Bergman. It was quite good, interesting point, if one is totally evil does one...
7 July 2003
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