Daniel Robichaud
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Reader, scientist, essay writer, fictioneer, poet, movie watcher, hubby, fadda.
A haunting, time travel, and some sinister goings on plague a small, country house in Japan.
#KylieLeeBaker’s
JAPANESE GOTHIC is a compelling, heartbreaking, and chilling read.
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We Live and Die Alone: Kylie Lee Baker’s Japanese Gothic
Lee Turner has ostensibly left America and come to Japan to visit his father, but he might also be running from horrific events he played a role in. A fateful and possibly fatal encounter with his …
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/japanesegothic-book/
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WEIRD WATCH WEDNESDAY: Indie maverick director
#LarryFessenden
helms a Frankenstein narrative with the thoughtful and gruesome, DEPRAVED. Feel for the monster.
@ifcfilms.bsky.social
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Frankenstein of the Hudson: Depraved (2019)
Alex (Owen Campbell) and Lucy (Chloe Levine) are fresh out of college, looking at a future together, maybe moving in … but he has hesitations about going to fast. They still have time, he argues. H…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/06/03/depraved-2019/
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When a witch comes to the bedside of a seemingly nonresponsive woman, hoping to rouse her with witchcraft, she discovers there is more to the lady’s condition than meets the eye in
#CynthiaGoméz’s
MUÑECA.
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Playing With Dolls: Cynthia Gómez’s Muñeca
In the late 1960s, Natalia Fuentes nabs a job with the Miramontes family. Though they do not recognize her, she knows them well. Her mother worked for the family when Nati was a young girl, and the…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/muneca-book/
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The door that should not be opens up one man’s awareness by bringing him to the surreal, spooky BACKROOMS in Kane Parson’s debut feature. Others will follow, searching for answers that remain elusive …
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I’ve Opened the Window. I’m Not Coming Back: Backrooms (2026)
Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is the owner and general manager of Captain Clark’s Ottoman Empire, a discount furniture store that does not see a lot of traffic. Maybe this is because the commercials he …
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/backrooms-2026/
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In 1981, French filmmaker
#BertrandTavernier
transplanted
#JimThompson’s
Pop. 1280 novel from the southern US to south Africa. The film COUP DE TORCHON is a masterpiece of comic noir, capturing the spirit of the book nicely.
@criterion.bsky.social
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God Made Murder Out of Kindness: Coup de torchon (1981)
Frenchman Lucien Cordier (Philippe Noiret) is a law man in a small south African town, but he gets very little real respect. His wife Huguette (Stéphane Audran) is far more interested in doting on …
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A strange building, a stranger in town who still knows people living there, and a past tragedy that echoes in the present all collude in
#MikeFiggis
’ gothic crime drama, LIEBESTRAUM.
@cine-matographe.bsky.social
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A Doom From the Past: Liebestraum (1991)
When he’s called to Elderstown to sit at the death bed of the birth mother (Kim Novak) that he never knew, architectural professor/writer Nick Kosinski (Kevin Anderson) finds himself attracted to a…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/27/liebestraum-1991/
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Eve Ronin and Duncan Pavone return in a new case, investigating the murder of a famous actress while also dealing with the surreal experience of having their lives turned into a television show.
#LeeGoldberg's
DREAM TOWN is a fun thriller.
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Whoa, Déjà Vu: Lee Goldberg’s Dream Town
Eve Ronin and her partner Duncan Pavone are straddling the line of fiction and reality in their fifth mystery. We open on the set of the new Eve Ronin pilot shoot, where Detective Ronin’s dad is li…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/dreamtown-book/
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A guy gets a chance at happiness through a wish and uses it to rob another of her agency and self-assurance. All the things he loved in the first place. So, she’s very different now (Maybe not even human anymore) in
#CurryBarker’s
OBSESSION.
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Yeah, We Don’t Really Do That: Obsession (2025)
When we first meet him, Baron “Bear” Bailey (Michael Johnston) is having the lousiest day imaginable. After running lines confessing his love for his best friend Nikki Freeman (Inde Navarrette) pas…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/obsession-2025/
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In 1983,
#jimMcBride
offered up a pop art crime romance flick that borrows the name and some thematic elements from the famed French New Wave film. However, this BREATHLESS is not a simple remake by any stretch of the imagination.
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I’m In Love With You. And You Love Me Too. You’ll See: Breathless (1983)
Jesse Lujack (Richard Gere) is hot out of Vegas, jonesing to catch up with a girl he met and fell completely in love with. But Monica (Valérie Kaprisky) is in Los Angeles, so he steals a car and he…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/22/breathless-1983/
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Book two of
#EdCrocker’s
The Everlands trilogy is a step up from the initial entry, focusing in on drama that works and characters who might be caught up in epic events but who act instead of talking. MOONFALL is a welcome fantasy novel.
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Say You Want a Revolution: Ed Crocker’s Moonfall
After getting assaulted, tortured, and nearly killed by the sadistic Rufous Azzuri, Samantha “Sam” Ingle managed to disappear into the Worn vampire underground. There, she hooked up with a revoluti…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/moonfall-book/
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The Frankenstein story gets an update when three women wake up inside one head, one body, and have to figure out what happened and who to take revenge upon. PATCHWORK is a fun early fright flick from
#TylerMacIntyre
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@terrorvisionvids.bsky.social
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“I Didn’t Want to Spring This on You Guys Like This But … Surprise!” Patchwork (2015)
Jennifer (Tory Stolper) is turning twenty-five, has just made a terrific move in her career, and soon discovers she has no one to share it with. Dan (Mark Hapka), the guy she’s banging, has no time…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/20/patchwork-2015/
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Death arrives in Savvy’s restaurant, but only she recognizes it for murder in
#SandraJacksonOpoku’s
cozy mystery novel, SAVVY SUMMERS AND THE SWEET POTATO CRIMES. Can she solve the crime?
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Soulfood and Solutions: Sandra Jackson-Opoku’s Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes
Sapphire “Savvy” Summers has made quite a name for herself through her soul food restaurant. Her poorly chosen name Sapphire Summers’ Soulfood Café and Catering Company is a mouthful, which got tru…
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Murder strikes in a small town, and the incompetent constable is on the case. So is the dead man’s flock of sheep, and we know who’s going to get to the bottom of things first in the utterly charming, cozy mystery, THE SHEEP DETECTIVES.
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That’ll Do, Lily: The Sheep Detectives (2026)
On Mother’s Day proper and at the urging of my 9YO daughter, we went to The Sheep Detectives. I deftly avoided any trailers or what have you before showing up. I only knew that it was based on an e…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/sheepdetectives-2026/
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The fate of Earthrealm falls to washed up actor Johnny Cage and his allies in the big dumb fun fightin’ flick, MORTAL KOMBAT II.
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A Handful of People on a Leaky Boat Are Gonna Save the World? Mortal Kombat II (2026)
“There is no way this movie is going to be worth what we paid for it,” says my wife. It’s Mother’s Day weekend, and I’ve surprised her with a trip to the movies, dropping $20 for an afternoon show …
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/mortalkombatii-2026/
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A detective investigates disappearances in a small Appalachian Mountain town in
#ArcherSullivan’s
terrific, moving, and eerie mystery, THE WITCH’S ORCHARD.
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Annie Gore Gets It Done: Archer Sullivan’s The Witch’s Orchard
When Max searches for a detective to come back to his home town of Quartz Creek, North Carolina and dig up some information about his missing sister. Private detective Annie Gore is sympathetic … b…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/witchsorchard-book/
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WEIRD WATCH WEDNESDAY: A killer on the loose or a woman’s delusions? Gaslighting and grim tidings abound in the giallo, Lucio Fulci Presents: ESCAPE FROM DEATH
@vinsyn.bsky.social
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Five Bodies Under a Blood Moon: Escape From Death (1989)
Ann (Barbara Blasko) and Larry Moffet might have thought their marriage was challenging, mostly happy with some regular arguments and money troubles thrown in. However, when she finds him dead in t…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/escapefromdeath-1989/
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A split narrative explores chilling events set in 1974 and 1994 in
#NeenaViel’s
unsettling blend of crime and horror, I’LL WATCH YOUR BABY.
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Wicked Nasty: Neena Viel’s I’ll Watch Your Baby
Lottie Turner (who goes by quite a few different names and has quite a few different identities in the various cities she’s called home) is a real piece of work. Having decided to take advantage of…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/illwatchyourbaby-book/
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Teens use an Aztec whistle and wind up calling down doom. Can they find a loophole and escape their final destination? Teen horror flick WHISTLE is now streaming on
@shudder.com
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In Death There Are No Accidents, No Coincidences, No Mishaps, and No Escapes: Whistle (2025)
When Chrys Willet (Dafne Keen) comes to town, she’s grappling with seriously bad baggage: Her dad is dead and her addictions are responsible. For the time being, she’s living with her cousin Rei Ta…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/whistle-2025/
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The LAPD’s untouchable Night Patrol are literal monsters on the hunt for carnage in
#RyanProws
’ supernatural thriller, NIGHT PATROL. Sadly, good parts do not necessarily make a great whole.
@shudder.com
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Exigent Circumstances: Night Patrol (2025)
Ethan Hawkins (Justin Long) and Xavier Carr (Jermaine Fowler) are partners in the LAPD, busting each other’s balls when they aren’t tracking down food, scaring a gymnasium full of students straight…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/night-patrol-2025/
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The relative peace enjoyed by the kingdom of the vampires for the last 15 decades is about to explode in Ed Crocker’s dark fantasy novel, LIGHTFALL.
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Welcome to the Everlands, Watch Your Neck (and Back): Ed Crocker’s Lightfall
The Everlands are a realm populated by vampires, werewolves, sorcerers. In the distant past, those breeds were mad creatures, but after the Great Intelligence occurred, the species developed into c…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/lightfall-back/
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WEIRD WATCH WEDNESDAY: Brothers with car troubles discover a small southern town is home to a horrific mystery in the 1984 fright flick, MUTANT.
@vinsyn.bsky.social
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Small Town Horror Shenanigans: Mutant (1984)
Brothers Josh (Wings Hauser) and Mike Carpenter (Lee Montgomery) are enjoying a little road trip together, heading south without a care in the world, when Josh decides to pull a driving blind gag a…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/06/mutant-1984/
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After the fallout of her first major case as a PI in the Northern California town of Haven, Sonny Rush finds herself embroiled in some more hidden, scandalous secrets in her new home town.
#RachelHowzellHall’s
MIST AND MALICE is a page turner.
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The Darkness that Came to Haven: Rachel Howzell Hall’s Mist and Malice
Replanted LA detective turned PI Sonny Rush has finished up her first major case, exposing corruption and murder in northern California’s seemingly idyllic small town of Haven. In addition to facin…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/mistandmalice-book/
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A writer heads to Ireland to tend to some personal business and winds up facing folklore, a possible witch, and a missing woman in
#DamianMcCarthy’s
spooky flick, HOKUM.
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A Raised Glass to Bleak Endings: Hokum (2026)
While novelist Ohm Bauman (Adam Scott) is struggling to find an ending to his Conquistador trilogy of novels, imagining a bleak ending for the conquistador (Austin Amelio) and his boy sidekick (Ezr…
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SELF-PROMOTION SUNDAY: C.C. Blake’s Sweaty Space Operas Issue 14 is available now. The eBook editions are on sale for a limited time.
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Self-Promotion Sunday: C.C. Blake’s Sweaty Space Operas 14
The latest issue of C.C. Blake’s Sweaty Space Operas (Issue 14) has arrived on eBook and paperback bookshelves, and it contains two stories with cosmic horrors and pulpy fiction tone. If you like a…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/03/ccbsso14-book/
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As an interim sheriff, Ulysses expects to sign documents, steer the course, and keep his head down. When he discovers criminal loot tucked inside the bank’s vault, little does he realize all hell’s about to break loose in Ben Wheatley’s NORMAL.
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I Went Dark Inside: Normal (2026)
Ulysses (Bob Odenkirk) has come to Normal, Missouri to fill in for a recently deceased Sheriff. As an interim, he’s there for just a short while until the election fills the slot. Deputy Blaine And…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/normal-2026/
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Doc and Carol McCoy are on the run in Jim Thompson’s novel, THE GETAWAY. Their journey is at turns surreal and intensely real world, and no film yet has really reaped the richness of the source material.
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Where is the Difference Between Punishment and Reward When One Gets Only What He Asks For? Jim Thompson’s The Getaway
Doc and Carol McCoy have a sweet deal setup, orchestrating the robbery of a Beacon City bank. The plan is flawless, but it relies on two inside men to take the loot and make the getaway with little…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/getaway-book/
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A bigoted cop is on the trail of the murderers responsible for his partner’s murder in BADGE 373. His journey will be a dark one indeed … but
#RobertDuvall
plays the heck out of the character.
@cine-matographe.bsky.social
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Cops Are Always Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Badge 373 (1973)
Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall) gets into hot water when, during a sting operation at a Puerto Rican club, he does nothing to stop a suspect from plummeting off the rooftop. Assumed to be responsible fo…
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When a serial arsonist strikes in LA County, it’s up to Sharpe & Walker to take him down in
@leegoldberg.bsky.social
’s police procedural thriller, HIDDEN IN SMOKE.
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If You Thought LA Traffic Sucked Before: Lee Goldberg’s Hidden in Smoke
It’s a bad series of serial arson blazes that Walker and Sharpe have gotten themselves involved in. Someone is torching cars and buildings, and while the fire department is keeping them relatively …
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/04/28/if-you-thought-la-traffic-sucked-before-lee-goldbergs-hidden-in-smoke/
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A family reunited following a kidnapping expects the nightmare is over. It’s only just begun in director
#LeeCronin’s
THE MUMMY.
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Goin’ For the Grossout: Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (2026)
A parent’s worst nightmare is discovering their kid vanished without a trace. This fear is soon to infect the Cannons as they wonder, What happened to nine-year-old Katie? Living as a correspondent…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/04/27/leecroninsmummy-2026/
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Happy Aliens Day! Carter Burke might work for the company, but he’s really an Okay Guy. ALIENS: WHAT IF …? gives him more opportunity to be the guy he claims he is. And sometimes he even succeeds. Thoroughly enjoyable.
@marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social
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I Work for The Company, but Don’t Let That Fool You, I’m Really An Okay Guy: What If …? Aliens
As any fan of 1986’s Aliens knows, Carter Burke was the sleazy company man who convinced Ripley to return to LV-426 after communications ceased with the shake and bake colony there. He was the one …
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/04/26/whatifaliens-book/
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Doc and Carol McCoy (Alec Baldwin and Kim Bassinger) are on the run in
#RogerDonaldson’s
remake of
#SamPeckinpah’s
thrilling adaptation of Jim Thompson’s novel, THE GETAWAY.
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It’s Been My Experience That Having Friends Is Overrated: The Getaway (1994)
Carter “Doc” McCoy (Alec Baldwin) and his beautiful bride Carol (Kim Basinger) were usually careful about the jobs they picked. However, when former partner Rudy Travis (Michael Madsen) brought the…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/04/24/getaway-1994/
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You can’t fight city hall. In
#BentleyLittle’s
latest horror novel, a few people will try, but they are up against something more than an abusive System. They're taking a stand against corruptive supernatural evil! CITY HALL
@cemeterydance.bsky.social
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You Can’t Fight It … Can You? Bentley Little’s City Hall
Something strange is happening in Arovista, residents are facing surprise construction work, evictions from their homes because of unannounced infrastructure changes, or landscaping services that d…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/04/23/cityhall-book/
about 1 month ago
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WEIRD WATCH WEDNESDAY: A surgeon who has been working on a bleeding edge therapy for comatose patients winds up in a coma himself. When he emerges, he is a bestial slasher. Who or what can stop him? INTENSIVE CARE
@vinsyn.bsky.social
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Gore and Giggles Aplenty: Intensive Care (1991)
Dr. Bruckner (George Kennedy) knows he is a genius. His work with transplanting brain matter between two comatose mammals is the key to ending coma altogether (just ask him). Though his research gr…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/04/22/intensive-care-1991/
about 2 months ago
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The answers to an old mystery about a mining tragedy wait underground for a team of cryptid hunters and the local woman helping them in
@laurelhightower.bsky.social
’s THE LONG, LOW WHISTLE.
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social
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A Warning or a Summons? Laurel Hightower’s The Long Low Whistle
Trish Tichner was only a little girl when the alarm sounded at the mine. The long, low whistle might have come from an antiquated system, but its meaning was crystal clear: There was danger undergr…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/04/21/longlowwhistle-book/
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A new mortician must face her own demons as well as very real ones in her first overnight shift in the adaptation of the video game, THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT.
@shudder.com
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You Stab ‘em, We Slab ‘em: The Mortuary Assistant (2026)
Rebecca (Willa Holland) is the new assistant at her local mortuary. Under the careful guidance of Raymond (Paul Sparks), she has completed her steps to becoming a competent member of the staff. May…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/mortuary-assistant-2026/
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Doc and Carol McCoy (Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw) are on the run in
#SamPeckinpah’s
thrilling adaptation of Jim Thompson’s novel, THE GETAWAY.
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Double Crossing the Double Crossers First: The Getaway (1972)
In the midst of his prison sentence for armed robbery, Carter “Doc” McCoy (Steve McQueen) is up for parole and denied it. His wife Carol (Ali MacGraw) is ready to do anything to get her fella out o…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/getaway-1972/
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This videogame is killer … or at least it induces bloody act of violence. Gory horror and fun mash up good 'n gross in
@jeffstrand.bsky.social
’s satiric but slashy FUN TIMES AT THE BLOODBATH.
#DeathsHeadPress
@deadskypub.bsky.social
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Final Level Destination: Jeff Strand’s Fun Times at the Bloodbath
A brand new game will soon be dropping into the marketplace, but it needs beta testers! So, messages are appearing in select gamers’ feeds, inviting them to download a copy, give it a play through.…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/funtimesatthebloodbath-book/
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WEIRD WATCH WEDNESDAY: Hard times are coming to the employees of Constant Consumer Magazine … but pink slips and cut hours aren’t the worst when there’s an OFFICE KILLER on the prowl.
@vinsyn.bsky.social
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I Hate People When They’re Not Polite: Office Killer (1997)
Troubles are coming to the offices of Constant Consumer Magazine this week. A lot of envelopes featuring career updates on unwelcome pink slips have arrived. Though Virginia Wingate (Barbara Skowa)…
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A filmmaker, her busy husband, and her rambunctious kids move into a new house where strange phenomena occur. Is the place haunted? Or is the family?
#AimeePokwatka’s
forthcoming ACCUMULATION is a gripping new slice of fright fiction.
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A Gathering of Ghosts: Aimee Pokwatka’s Accumulation
Tenn has moved into her dream house with hubby Ward, son Anders, and daughter Aisling. It’s a bit run down, in need of some love, but it’s what she hoped for. It also happens to be the hope of a cr…
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A young woman gets a job on the graveyard shift of a sleep help clinic, only to discover a creature lurking about the place … or is it all in her mind? SOMNIUM is an enjoyable sf nightmare flick, also a satire about LA and Hollyweird.
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Do You Ever Grieve for the Lives You Don’t Get to Live? Somnium (2024)
Gemma (Chlöe Levine) has left her home town of Georgia behind and come to Los Angeles in search of a career in showbiz. She’s an aspiring actor, and though she has no prospects or leads, she’s got …
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/somnium-2024/
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A squad of National Guardsmen humping the boonies through Louisiana swampland cross some locals and find themselves on the run and stalked in
#WalterHill’s
grim thriller, SOUTHERN COMFORT.
@vinsyn.bsky.social
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A Civilian During Peace, A Soldier During Wartime, We Are the National Guard: Southern Comfort (1981)
A squad of Louisiana National Guardsmen are assigned the training mission of moving from checkpoint Bravo to Charlie across the bayou. Their commander Staff Sergeant Crawford Poole (Peter Coyote) e…
https://consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/southerncomfort-1981/
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A former LAPD detective moves to the small NoCali town of Haven, and discovers that it’s not quite as heavenly as it appears. Murder and secrets abound in
#RachelHowzellHall's
FOG AND FURY.
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Haven is One Letter Away from Heaven (But Closer to Hell): Rachel Howzell Hall’s Fog and Fury
According to developer Cooper Sutton, the small, northern California town of Haven is the closest thing to heaven on earth. After all, it is only one letter away. He’s got a big plan for moving the…
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ghouls! it's been a weird week of website glitches and nuclear war threats. you might have missed we also revealed Evangeline Gallagher's gnarly cover art for Madeline Blondeau's debut novel PENITENTS! available for pre-order now:
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WEIRD WATCH WEDNESDAYS: Dire events plague a horror film production. Could they be a supernatural threat … or merely a giallo one? The oddball answers await (or not) in Lucio Fulci Presents: MASSACRE.
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I Can Play Many Things but Never a Snitch! Massacre (1989)
Opening with a mystery man in mirror shades pulling over to engage a lovely prostitute before dismembering her, Lucio Fulci Presents: Massacre then shifts gears to a horror film production that is …
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Ace detective Leonid McGill gets involved in searching for and protecting a mystery woman from men who know about her secret ties to the most powerful man in NYC in
#WalterMosley’s
KNOWN TO EVIL.
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Running From Yesterday: Walter Mosley’s Known to Evil
Leonid McGill is grappling with love life woes when trouble seeps into his work. His lover Aura admitted to finding herself a romance (“He is good company … and I get lonely.”), leaving her fella f…
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Blood, beasts, and black magic trouble the realm. Only a ragtag band of outsiders led by a thief/warrior can hope to save the world in DEATHSTALKER (2025).
@shudder.com
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Creatures, Creatures, Creatures, Hooray! Deathstalker (2025)
After dispatching Dreadite soldiers charged with butchering the human survivors of a large battle, Deathstalker (Daniel Bernhardt) loots a few corpses of their rings and an amulet from a fading Pri…
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A meditation on aging and a plot about a guy on the run who would rather not flee chased by another guy who doesn’t want to catch him, PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID is a fascinating, violent flick from
#SamPeckinpah
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The Wicked Flee and Are Not Pursued: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
When Pat Garrett (James Coburn) was a younger man, he was an outlaw. William Bonny, aka Billy the Kid, (Kris Kristofferson) was the regular hunting after him. The two wound up friends, and as they’…
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Folk horror and human evil rub shoulders in
#CarterKeane’s
forthcoming novel, MORSEL. A feast of chills awaits readers in this one.
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The Shadow Over Lawrence County: Carter Keane’s Morsel
Lou has a tough time with things, including a sick mother and a demanding job in real estate appraisal. However, her boss Ellis Katsaros offers to lighten things up a bit, offering some travel and …
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WEIRD WATCH WEDNESDAY: Wishing for a low-budget splatter western that kicks much butt? Check out THEY CALL HER DEATH.
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And Then They Ran for Their Lives: They Call Her Death (2024)
When Molly Pray (Sheri Rippel) and her husband Thomas (Patrick Poe) are enjoying a romantic picnic lunch on their acreage of farmland outside sleepy Sterling City, they do not expect it to be rudel…
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Roy Dillon faces troubles aplenty from women with agendas. Of course, he’s got some of his own in
#JimThompson’s
beautifully nasty noir novel, THE GRIFTERS.
#MulhollandBooks
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Roy, Lilly, Moira, and Carol: Jim Thompson’s The Grifters
To the world at large, Roy Dillon is a guy who hasn’t really gotten a break. He’s clever, quick on his feet, reasonably educated, a solid salesman, and though he could’ve gone to a big university o…
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