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G.O.R.E. Score: Homecoming

Original Air Date: December 2, 2005 Run time: 58 minutes “Homecoming” was an episode of the two-season television series “Masters of Horror” that aired on Showtime from 2005-2007. Each episode was directed by a (self-proclaimed) Master of Horror; “Homecoming” was written and directed by Joe Dante, who has directed a number of movies, most notably […]

G.O.R.E. Score: Het Madden: A Zombie Perspective

Original Release Date: November 29, 2009 Publisher: Zilyon Publishing “Het Madden: A Zombie Perspective, Book One: Wrath 2012” not only wins the award for Longest Book Title I’ve Seen in Quite Some Time, it’s also a very entertaining read. Written and self-published by first-time author Cal Miller (co-founder of the fledgling Zilyon Publishing, under the […]

G.O.R.E. Score: Zombies!: Eclipse of the Undead

Original Release Date: May 16, 2007 (collected) Number of Issues: 4 (Mini-series) Publisher: IDW Press I think I may have been spoiled by “The Walking Dead.” I feel like a lot of the zombie-centric graphic novels I read these days just don’t feel like good story-telling to me, and I wonder if that is due […]

G.O.R.E. Score: The Serpent and the Rainbow

Original Release Date: February 5, 1988 Run Time: 98 minutes Wes Craven is a horror machine. With over 50 different films that he has either written or directed, spanning from 1972’s “Last House on the Left” (which he wrote and directed) to next year’s “Scream 4,” the man has been an amazing presence in the […]

G.O.R.E. Score: I Sell the Dead

Original Release Date: January 16, 2009 (USA) Run Time: 85 minutes Lately horror fans have been treated to an influx of decidedly above-average smaller, or “independent,” film releases. Offerings like “Dead Snow,” “Let the Right One In,” and “Pontypool” have shown fans of the genre that, thankfully, there are filmmakers out there that are bucking […]