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The Outer Limits: S1E02 “The Hundred Days of the Dragon”

The Outer Limits series continues at The Avocado with “The Hundred Days of the Dragon.” I want to be able to say more about the episode, but the blatant racism really gets in my way. Everything I discuss in detail happens in the first 15 minutes of the episode; the rest is tainted by the increasing

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The Outer Limits: S1E01 "The Galaxy Being"

Today is the debut of the new series at The Avocado. We’re going to review the entirety of The Outer Limits, episode by episode. I’m excited to take this one on. I’m more familiar with the 90s reboot of the series than the original, and any excuse to go in on dark sci-fi is a good excuse for me. Up

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The Best Masters of Horror and Fear Itself Episodes

Now that I’ve officially reached the end of my Masters of Horror [https://the-avocado.org/tag/masters-of-horror/] and Fear Itself [https://the-avocado.org/tag/fear-itself/] recap/review series at The Avocado, I want to dig a little further into the series as a whole. I don’t mean the drama surroundi

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Fear Itself: S1E13 "The Circle"

After 39 episodes and 39 weeks, we’ve reached the end of our Masters of Horror and Fear Itself series at The Avocado. It’s a bittersweet feeling to let go of this show, as that original season of Masters of Horror really felt like it could have run for years like The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limit

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Fear Itself: S1E10 "Chance"

The new Fear Itself review is up at The Avocado. This week, we’re looking at John Dahl’s thriller episode Chance. A man named Chance accidentally releases his identical but opposite doppelganger into the world after a deal at an antiques store goes wrong. Read the full review at The Avocado [https:/

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Fear Itself: S1E04 "In Sickness and In Health"

The Fear Itself review series continues at The Avocado with In Sickness and In Health. This is the episode I dreaded writing about the most because of the director/writer combination. Just know that the screenwriter on this episode made this long after committing his crimes against a child that land

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Fear(s) of the Dark Review (Film, 2008) The Archives

Fear(s) of the Dark is a French animated anthology horror film from 2007. Six graphic designers/illustrators were invited to participate. The challenge was to represent their fears in short horror films. They more than delivered.

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Fear Itself: S1E03 "Family Man"

I wish I could easily send you off to watch Fear Itself’s third episode “Family Man.” Sadly, the only distributor for it in the US other than the DVD set uploaded episode five “Eater” twice instead of “Family Man.” Ronny Yu’s entry is one of the genuinely scary shorts in the series, playing on a mix

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Masters of Horror S2E13: "Dream Cruise" #31DaysofHorror

We’ve finally reached the series finale of Masters of Horror in our review/recap series at The Avocado. Norio Tsuruta’s Dream Cruise is one of the most unique episodes of the second season, which is largely filled with far more adventurous titles than the first season. For one thing, he filmed it as

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Nightmare Cinema Review (Film, 2019) #31DaysofHorror

Nightmare Cinema is a horror anthology film about an abandoned movie theatre. People are lured in by their own name appearing on the marquee and given a ticket. They walk inside and watch their worst nightmare play out in front of them, starring them. It’s a great concept for a horror anthology and

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Two Sentence Horror Stories Season 2 Review (TV, 2019) #31DaysofHorror

Two Sentence Horror Stories is an anthology horror series inspired by the subreddit of the same name. The series was created by Vera Maio for the CW Seed, the CW’s original free streaming platform, and currently has two seasons. Season 2 is available to stream on Netflix, and that’s the focus of thi

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Masters of Horror: S2E09 "Right to Die"

Season 2 of Masters of Horror was all about going there. Blame the censorship at the end of season 1 with the refusal to air Imprint. Or it could be that directors realized how much they could actually get away with and just ran with it. Right to Die is a horror film inspired by the debate over righ

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Scare Package Review (Film, 2020)

Scare Package is a bit of a different beast. The stories are connected by the idea of film itself. The cold open sets up the film as a meta horror, with a man dissatisfied with his career as a cold opener character in a horror film. His job is to flip the street sign or plant the cursed object in th

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Ghost Stories Review (Film, 2018)

Ghost Stories is the rare stage play adapted to film by the original playwrights. Directors/screenwriters Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman adapt their own stage play into a feature length film and it works beautifully. The entire conceit of the play is very cinematic, an 80 minute horror show with jump s

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Review (Film, 2019)

Director André Øvredal broke out in the horror scene almost 10 years ago with Trollhunter. A masterpiece of monster horror, Trollhunter tells the story of a group of young people researching a series of bear murders in the woods. The truth is far more unbelievable: ancient trolls are real and a genu

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Tales of Halloween Review (Film, 2015) #31DaysofHorror

Tales of Halloween is an anthology horror film with 10 segments all set in the same town on Halloween night. To say the concept is ambitious is an understatement. The framing device is a radio broadcast (performed by Adrienne Barbeau, a wonderful piece of casting) describing all the dangers of Hallo

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XX Review (Film, 2017)

I think there's nothing quite like a good anthology horror film. It's like a horror buffet. You get a little taste of everything. The shorter time for each individual story allows for wonderful and bizarre stories to be fully told onscreen. The directors and writers get to share the wealth. Their vi

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#31DaysofHorror V/H/S/2 Review (Film, 2013)

V/H/S/2 is the second entry in a new series of anthology horror films with the same concept. Essentially, there are people in the world not satisfied by the depravity of snuff tapes. They want something more. They collect and trade snuff films with real paranormal elements on

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The American Horror Story: Hotel Promo Machine

For some people, the ads for American Horror Story are actually better than the series itself. I don't disagree. These tiny little 15-30 second spots of distilled horror are entrancing. They create hype, capture the imagination, and imprint suggestions of what could be in a given season. Many

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Horror Thursday: The ABCs of Death 2

I cannot say enough great things about The ABCs of Death 2. I was lukewarm on the first anthology because it felt like a half-boiled joke. This time around? The directors went for it. If something fails, it's a spectacular failure driven by genre preferences rather than, shall

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Coming Soon: Anime Collection Film Short Peace

Here's a new one for the US market. Anthology films have been out of style for decades. Animation not obviously geared for children lives or dies based on awards recognition (and the whims of Disney when it's a Ghibli film, like burying the Ponyo release). So