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A pop culture devotee who is happiest watching any incarnation of Star Trek, reading Stephen King or Joe Hill novels, viewing great movies [primarily from the action, horror, adventure or science fiction genres], or flipping through a DC comic. Dream jobs would include: Starfleet Captain, joining the Green Lantern Corps, Pokémon Master, Disney Princess or plumber for the Mushroom Kingdom.

The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker (2017)

Review by CJ

Page count:
480

ISBN:
9780008217006

 

Chicago Detective Sam Porter has spent half a decade chasing down the Four Monkey Killer, AKA the 4MK, a brilliant and sadistic killer who uses murder to punish those closest to his victims. Can Porter save the 4MK’s latest victim in time or will evil once again be done?

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The Mummy (2017)

Review by CJ

Director:
Alex Kurtzman

Starring:
Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Russell Crowe, Jake Johnson

Running time:
110 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Van Helsing, An American Werewolf in London

 

When Nick Morton (Cruise) stumbles upon an ancient tomb in the desert, he thinks he has hit pay dirt. Instead, Nick discovers he has awakened an ancient evil that will stop at nothing to resurrect a far more ancient and far more evil being.

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The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne (2017)

Review by CJ

Page count:
320

ISBN:
9780735213005

 

When the child abductor, rapist and murderer known as the Marsh King escapes from his maximum security prison, it throws Helena’s world upside down.

Helena’s husband and daughters don’t know that Helena is the Marsh King’s daughter; that Helena was born two years into her mother’s 14 year captivity; or that Helena is the only person who can out hunt, out track and outsmart the Marsh King. But the Marsh King knows … and he’s coming home.

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Silent Hill (2006)

Review by CJ

Director:
Christophe Gans

Starring:
Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Jodelle Ferland, Sean Bean, Alice Krige, Deborah Kara Unger

Other notable appearances:
Kim Coates, Tanya Allen

Running time:
125 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Mist, Ghost Ship, Mirrors

 

Rose (Mitchell) and her adopted daughter Sharon (Ferland) go to the abandoned town of Silent Hill to uncover the cause of Sharon’s nightmares and sleepwalking. What they find is a town far more sinister than either of them could have imagined.

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Sand Sharks (2012)

Review by CJ

Director:
Mark Atkins

Starring:
Corin Nemec, Brooke Hogan, Eric Scott Woods, Vanessa Evigan, Gina Holden

Other notable appearances:
Robert Pike Daniel

Running time:
86 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Sharknado 1-4, Dinoshark, Sharktopus

 

When Jimmy Green (Nemec) returns to his island home with dreams of creating a spring break festival that puts the island on the map, the party crashers come in the form of giant, prehistoric sharks … that can swim through sand.

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