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The Final Girls (2015)

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Director:
Todd Strauss-Schulson

Starring:
Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Alexander Ludwig, Nina Dobrev, Alia Shawkat, Thomas Middleditch

Other notable appearances:
Adam DeVine, Angela Trimbur, Chloe Bridges, Tory N. Thompson

Running time:
88 minutes

Watch this if you liked:

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Friday the 13th

 

Three years after the sudden death of her mother, movie star Amanda Cartwright (Akerman), Max (Farmiga) finds herself trapped with her friends in the world of Camp Bloodbath, a slasher flick from the 80s starring none other than Max’s mother.

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The Voices (2014)

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Review by CJ

Director:
Marjane Satrapi

Starring:
Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick

Other notable appearances:
Jacki Weaver, Ella Smith

Running time:
103 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Tucker and Dale vs Evil, What We Do in the Shadows, Shaun of the Dead

 

Jerry (Reynolds) is an awkward but affable worker in the packing and shipping department of a toilet factory. When he goes home though, he assigns the voices in his head to his pet dog, a loving and supportive buddy, and his cat, a crude and self-absorbed jerk.

The advice his pets give him is mostly harmless, until Jerry accidentally murders the woman on whom he had a workplace crush. The deeper Jerry gets into burying her murder, the more his own life and delusions crumble.

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Neighborly: A Novel by Ellie Monago (2018)

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Page count:
313

ISBN:
9781542096171 

Trigger warning:
Paedophilia

 

New parents Kat and Doug found a quaint home and moved into the perfect neighbourhood with flawless neighbours. But when Kat starts to receive increasingly threatening notes that allude to a past even her husband doesn’t know about, will she be able to convince Doug that the neighbours aren’t all that neighbourly or will she be left out in the cold?

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Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz (2003)

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Review by CJ

Page count:
446

ISBN:
0-553-58449-9

 

Odd Thomas has a unique name and a unique gift — he sees dead people. While the dead are unable to speak, Odd uses his gift to interpret how to help them move on to the next life.

When Odd sees more bodachs, spiritual harbingers of death and destructions, in one place than he has in his life, he knows something big is coming. It’s up to Odd to use his psychic gifts to save the town he lives in and the people he loves.

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Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017)

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Review by CJ

Director:
Anthony C. Ferrante

Starring:
Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Cassandra Scerbo

Other notable appearances:
Chris Kattan, Clay Aiken, Samantha Fox, Katie Price, Bret Michaels, Charo, Nichelle Nichols, Geraldo Rivera, Abby Lee Miller, Lisa Wilkinson, Karl Stefanovic, Olivia Newton-John, Tony Hawk, Tiffany Pollard, Margaret Cho, Jai Rodriguez, Fabio, Dan Fogler, Kathie Lee Gifford, Al Roker, Gilbert Gottfried, Dolph Lundgren and many, many more

Running time:
93 minutes

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

 

While North America picks up the pieces after several sharknado incidents, Fin Shepard and his family travel to London where they unleash a new kind of sharknado.

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