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Ah, September; the beginning of my favourite time of year. Soon the wind will be crisper, the leaves will become multi-coloured, and – most importantly – it will be awards season again. But before we’re bombarded by a barrage of hoity-toity Oscar hopefuls, there’s a plethora of films on...
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In a year where the superhero genre has arguably hit the heights of greatness (Captain America: Civil War) and the depths of the cesspit (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), X-Men: Apocalypse provides a safe middling entry to the list. The weakest of Bryan Singer’s four contributions to the...
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Warning: Spoilers follow! Again we reunite for our weekly fix of Freak Show, where we discover more about the plot for our favourite freaks’ destruction. This week’s chapter, “Pink Cupcakes”, opens with some spectacular closeups of a Gala night that marks the death and display of our freaks at the American Morbidity Museum....
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This is exactly what we were waiting for. Following on from last week’s Part 1 of this “Edward Mordrake” two-parter, Part 2 is everything its predecessor was not: exciting, fulfilling and full of death; indeed a great comfort after the previous disappointing chapter. Warning: Spoilers follow! With each of...
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Once again we return to the biggest horror show of the year, and unfortunately, this episode just does not live up to expectation. Titled “Edward Mordrake (Part 1)” of a two-part episode, this time, as it the Halloween instalment, I imagined we would get a super scary and suspenseful 60 minutes, but the...
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Welcoming us back into the twisted tale of Freak Show, American Horror Story returns with “Massacres and Matinees“, as the county police feel they need to answer the public’s question: who is the mysterious killer that’s been terrorising their little town of Jupiter? Warning: Spoilers follow! The police are going out to...
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Almost a year has passed since the promise of a good story, and it’s a very scary one we’ve been waiting for. The fourth season of American Horror Story (labelled Freak Show) delivers after the interlude, and this time is at it superbly, as shivers shroud our senses from this...