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Lucas Mangum’s Hidden Horror Gems: Remote Control
While it certainly comes across more of a science fiction film than a horror film, Remote Control, from cult favorite Jeff Lieberman (Blue Sunshine, Just Before Dawn), is strange enough to blur the...
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Lucas Mangum Interviews Joseph A. Gervasi, curator of Loud! Fast! Philly!
L to R: Joseph A Gervasi, Adam Goren of Atom and His Package, Bull Gervasi; Photo by Karen Kirchhoff I am thrilled to have Joseph A. Gervasi as a guest today here at Biff Bam Pop! Joseph is one fourth...
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Lucas Mangum’s Hidden Horror Gems: The Borrower (1991)
Look at that beautiful artwork! You’ve got to hand it to John McNaughton for following up his bleak, nihilistic (but brilliant!) crime thriller, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, with this bizarre,...
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Lucas Mangum’s Hidden Horror Gems: Absentia
Absentia is a 2011 horror film written and directed by Mike Flanagan. The story concerns the pregnant Tricia whose husband Daniel has been missing for seven years. Her recovering addict sister,...
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Saturday At The Moves – The Lucas Mangum’s Hidden Horror Gems Edition: Santa...
Those familiar with Alejandro Jodorowsky’s work know that it’s pretty much impossible to categorize. His work is filled with imagery that is haunting, surreal, beautiful, and funny (often at the same...
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31 Days Of Horror 2013: Curse of Chucky Reviewed
Eight years after the bizarre and somewhat tired Seed of Chucky, creator Don Mancini delivers the sixth entry in the Child’s Play franchise. The film picks up in the present day and seems to ignore...
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Saturday At The Movies Presents Lucas Mangum’s Hidden Horror Gems: Satan’s...
In the spirit of of the upcoming holidays (and since Editor Andy Burns was late getting this piece up – Andy), it’s all too appropriate to highlight Jeff Lieberman’s black comedy/horror film for this...
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Saturday At The Movies: The Hidden Horror Gem Edition: Equinox
Friends, if I told you to name the title of a movie based on the following plot description, what movie would you guess? Plot: A group of teenagers spend a weekend in the wilderness and unwittingly...
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American Horror Story – Season 1 Recap
As I’ll be covering American Horror Story’s second season in the coming weeks, both Andy and I agreed that a recap of the first season’s events is in order. The first season focuses on the Harmon...
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American Horror Story: Asylum Recap, Episode 5- I Am Anne Frank, Part 2
In the second part of this two-episode arc, Sister Jude hires a Nazi hunter to reveal Dr. Arden’s true identity, while Lana discovers who is really behind the Bloody Face murders. Kit is tricked into...
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American Horror Story: Asylum, Episode 6-The Origins of Monstrosity
Prior to last night’s episode, I had a conversation with fellow BBP contributor Marie Gilbert about the first season of American Horror Story and she observed that in spite of everyone dying in the...
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American Horror Story: Asylum Recap Season 2, Episode 8 – Unholy Night
He’s here to open his present… In “Unholy Night,” the eighth episode of American Horror Story-Asylum, things are looking pretty grim for our friends in Briarcliff. Sister Mary Eunice unleashes a killer...
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American Horror Story: Asylum Recap – Episode 10: The Name Game
After a two week hiatus for the holidays, American Horror Story: Asylum picks up right where it left off. That is, with Sister Mary Eunice being evil as possible, Dr. Thredson making life hell for...
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American Horror Story: Asylum Recap: Season 2, Episode 11-Spilt Milk
Last night’s episode of American Horror Story saw Kit and Grace’s child taken from them by nuns, Lana escape from Briarcliff with the tape of Thredson’s confession, and all throughout we got to hear...
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American Horror Story – Asylum, Episode 13: Madness Ends
We waited for this! All season, the writers of American Horror Story delivered us multiple plot threads, including elements as far out as alien abduction and demonic possession, as well as gritty,...
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Lucas Mangum’s Interview With The Authors: Joe Augustyn
I’m honored to start my author interview series here at Biff Bam Pop with the great Joe Augustyn, creator of the cult film Night of the Demons. His new novel is The Nine Lives of Felicia Miller, a...
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Lucas Mangum’s Hidden Horror Gems – Mariano Baino’s Dark Waters
“I am she that liveth and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore and have the keys of Hell and death.” I get chills every time I hear that tagline. It’s a downright crime that many horror fans...
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Lucas Mangum’s Hidden Horror Gems: Bruiser
What do you get when you mix horror legend George A. Romero, a revenge fantasy, an existential study into the nature of identity, and an appearance by punk rockers The Misfits? You get Bruiser, one of...
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Trailer Time: Apocalypse Kiss
This past spring, I had the pleasure of being on the set of Christian Jude Grillo’s latest thriller Apocalypse Kiss. For those not familiar, he was responsible for last year’s controversial Deer...
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Lucas Mangum Catches Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
International House poster by Justin Miller On the weekend of June 21st to the 23rd, Philadelphia area moviegoers were treated to an experience of which few have had the privilege. Local film screening...
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31 Days of Horror 2017: Lucas Mangum’s Engines of Ruin
Folks who frequent Biff Bam Pop! know the name of Lucas Mangum. He’s one of our own, he’s a friend, he’s a contributor here onsite, but more than that, he is one hell of a writer beyond the world of...
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