Shivers of Horror – Horror Book & Movie Reviews

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Is it possible to die – and not know it? What happens when someone is buried, but isn’t really dead? Can a thief get away with robbing a corpse? Here are over two dozen scary stories. Some are funny, some are macabre, and some are just plain spooky. All of them are perfect for telling aloud in the dark or for reading alone…IF YOU DARE!

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In this collection of ghost stories the author investigates many famous ghosts from around the world. From the Legendary Man in Gray to the Horror of No. 50 Berkeley Square in London, Cohen provides colorful commentary on some of the scariest ghosts of all time, including President Lincoln as well!

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A group of girls decide to have a sleepover, for old times sake. But what they don’t know is an escaped convict named Russ Thorn is preying on them one by one. His weapon of choice, a huge power drill.

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Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, Sidney’s appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.

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Taking place in the year 1799, a headless horseman terrorizes a small town named Sleepy Hollow. The Horseman is cutting of heads of certain people, but why? So New York sends detective Ichabod Crane to investigate. But he uncovers much more than a serious of killings…

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Herbert West is a weird college student, who figures out how to bring back dead bodies to life. But after he brings in fellow Classmate Dan, Dan’s life begins to fall apart, but Herbert won’t quit until he gets his invention right. Then the stuff gets into the wrong hands, and Herbert and Dan must stop this man from his evil plan.

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In a high school prank gone horribly wrong, an outcast named Tamara is murdered, but her tormenters get off scot-free. Now, as a sexy siren returned from the grave with an arsenal of superpowers, Tamara dedicates her afterlife to exacting revenge. Katie Stuart, Chad Faust and Matthew Marsden co-star in this teen horror romp from screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick, the mind behind Final Destination.

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After the murder of big talk show host, Cotton Weary. Gale Weathers is assigned to go undercover, teaming up with Dewey and some actors playing in the movie “Stab 3″. So we find our selves again, looking for another killer. But this time in, Hollywood!!

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Sidney, now in college is trying to forget about the past and live her life with her new friends. But after a fellow classmate is brutally murdered in a movie theater, It’s Woodsboro all over again. And once again, Sidney finds out she has another killer stalking her. Oh yeah one more thing, that fat kid from Stand By Me is in this movie.

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In this edgy thriller, Det. Bowden must not only save five people trapped in an elevator — a mechanic, a young woman , an old woman, a guard and a salesman — but he must act fast because the devil is among them. Drew Dowdle and John Erick Dowdle direct M. Night Shyamalan’s story, which explores the notion that there are no coincidences.

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After the murder of Casey and Steve, the town of Woodboro starts too live in paranoia. Sidney, a young girl who’s mother died a year ago finds herself being stalked by the killer that killed Casey and Steve. She keeps getting phone calls by the killer, and begins to start wondering. “Who is the killer?” After a party gone bad one night, the killer finally gets to Sidney, where she finds out what really happened to her mother.