Tag Archives: Horror

Forsaken by J.D. Barker (2014)

Page count:
386

ISBN:
9780990694908

 

Successful horror writer Thad McAlister has just written the best book of his career. While in New York to sell the movie rights, Thad discovers that his book may not be as fictional as he thought. The creatures from his novel have invaded the real world and now Thad must race against the clock if he is to save his family.

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Texas Chainsaw (2013)

Review by CJ

Director:
John Luessenhop

Starring:
Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Tremaine ‘Trey Songz’ Neverson, Tania Raymonde, Scott Eastwood, Keram Malicki-Sánchez, Shaun Sipos, Thom Barry, Paul Rae

Other notable appearances:
Gunnar Hansen

Running time:
92 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Saw, Wrong Turn

 

Just before a road trip to New Orleans, Heather Miller (Daddario) discovers she is adopted and her birth grandmother has bequeathed a house in Texas to her. Heather and her friends decide to stop in on the way to Louisiana. What she doesn’t realise is that the house comes with a secret — a murderous, chainsaw wielding secret.

 

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Annabelle: Creation (2017)

Review by CJ

Director:
David F. Sandberg

Starring:
Anthony LaPaglia, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Stephanie Sigman, Miranda Otto, Samara Lee

Running time:
109 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Conjuring, Annabelle, Lights Out

 

When their orphanage closes down, Sister Charlotte (Sigman) takes her six charges to live with a kind couple doing their Christian duty. What Sister Charlotte doesn’t know is that when Samuel (LaPaglia) and Esther (Otto) lost their daughter, they would have done anything to get her back — and they did.

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Blair Witch (2016)

Review by CJ

Director:
Adam Wingard

Starring:
James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson, Valorie Curry

Running time:
89 minutes but it feels like 12 hours

Watch this if you liked:
Found footage films that shake your faith in film and general goodness

 

James (McCune) travels with his friends to investigate a video that may help him find his sister who went missing while filming a documentary on the Blair Witch.

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Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar (2017)

Review by CJ

Page count:
175

ISBN:
978-1-473-67209-3

 

In the summer of 1974, Gwendy Peterson is twelve years old. Every day, she runs herself breathless to the top of Castle View’s ‘Suicide Stairs’. One day after this journey, she is greeted by a man with a special plan for Gwendy — one that will change her young life forever.

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