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Identity (2003)

Kat — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:18:49 +0000

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

I recall seeing this movie when it first came out. I was super excited for this murder mystery movie, and as it played out it really reminded me of “Clue” (a favorite movie and board game of mine) with a mix of a slasher film...

Friday The 13th by Simon Hawke (Book Review)

Kat — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:43:19 +0000

It was going to be a fun summer at Camp Crystal. The young counselors were getting ready for it while they joked about the scary rumors attached to the isolated camp. But evil was waiting in the shadows as the sun set. The laughter turned to screams...the easy living to agonized dying. For the light had gone and the wind was howling and it was -- Friday The 13th. This is the novelization to the hit Horror movie Friday The 13th.

These novelizations to the Friday The 13th movies are one of the hardest items to win on Ebay. Unless you are willing to spend $75+ for a good copy...

Heart of Evil (Krewe of Hunters Series book #2) By Heather Graham (Book Review)

Kat — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:06:59 +0000

[rating:3.5/5] Donegal Plantation is known for its captivating atmosphere, Civil War reenactments, haunting legends…and now a corpse swinging from the marble angel that marks its cemetery's most majestic vault. A corpse discovered in nearly the same situation as that of Marshall Donegal, the patriarch killed in a skirmish just before the Civil War. Desperate for help the plantation owner and his granddaughter, Ashley, turn to an elite team of paranormal investigators. Among the "Krewe of Hunters" is Ashley's ex-flame, Jake Mallory, a gifted musician with talent stretching far beyond the realm of the physical. Jake and Ashley are forced to risk everything to unravel secrets that will not stay buried—even in death.…

Simon Says (2006)

Kat — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:54:18 +0000

[rating:2.5/5] Five college students decide to spend their vacation digging for gold, they find the perfect place to camp out, only to find out that area was the scene of a massacre. They end up crossing paths with Simon and Stanley (both played by Crispin Glover), backwoods twin brothers with a fondness for booby traps rigged with flying pickaxes. Now, the teens must claw their way out of the woods without springing one of the brothers' ingeniously lethal snares.

ThanksKilling (2009)

Kat — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:25:06 +0000

[rating:1.5/5] While on their way home for Thanksgiving break, five college kids run afoul of a homicidal turkey that wants them dead. As the cursed bird hunts them down one by one, the survivors scramble to find a way to defeat the possessed creature. Will the bloodthirsty turkey make this their last Thanksgiving feast ever?

Prom Night (2008)

Kat — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:45:24 +0000

[rating:2.5/5] Donna and her friends head off to senior prom, but what Donna doesn’t know is that a killer who stalked her years ago has followed her to the hotel where Prom is taking place. One by one her friends are killed off as he tries to get her alone. Will Donna be able to escape? This is loosely remade from the 1980 film of the same title starring Jamie Lee Curtis.