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The Long, Sad History SUPERMAN (Almost) on Film
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com For us comic nerds, we live in truly wonderful times. Superheroes are taking over the...

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In Defense of ODD THOMAS
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com It seems like, as time marches on, we have trouble accepting a movie as being good. Every...

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How SHAUN OF THE DEAD Let Me Grieve
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com Everyone has that one family member that they connect with more than any other. There’s no...

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DISTURBIA: The Best Hitchcock Homage Out There
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com It is almost impossible in this day and age to hear someone discussing a solid thriller...

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Did You See That? Ten Great Horror Movie Cameos
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com The horror film community is a small place filled with some pretty cool people who like to...

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David Bowie Made Me Love Horror
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com If you listen to horror podcasts like Shock Waves, there’s a question that comes up pretty...

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Creepy Fun: 5 Frightening Ghosts in “Family” Movies
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com In film, there is a common occurrence where a fun, exciting, family movie will, for a brief...

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Cinema Reality: VR in Film
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com In 1935, Stanley G. Weinbaum’s short story PYGMALION’S SPECTACLES introduced the world to...

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Campfire Tales: Five Summer Camps You Shouldn’t Send Your Kids To
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com Hey parents, are you ready for summer? Your kids will soon be out of school and the last...

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A Stab at Fame
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com I must confess to you all, I have a minor role in a straight to video horror film called...

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Five Horror Movies Hidden Inside Other Genres
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com I don’t know about you, but sometimes I’ll be an hour into a comedy or action movie and...

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We Need to Save Superman
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com When I was 10, my dad took me to see SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE. At the theater, I met...

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Who Killed Gwen Stacy
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com In the near 80 years of superhero comics, there are surprisingly few character deaths that...

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The Deconstruction of the Hero: Squadron Supreme
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com In the fall of 1986, DC Comics published the first issue of a comic that would change the...

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Secret Crossovers
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com The second comic books came into existence, readers started demanding crossovers of their...

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Season of the Witch
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com When we talk comics, 1962 is a very important year. It was the year Marvel Comics introduced...

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How Locke & Key Could Be the Next Stranger Things
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com Netflix’s STRANGER THINGS took the world by storm. For a few weeks, you couldn’t read a...

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Lie Detectors, Braclets, and Wonder Women
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com Fine, but make her a woman -Elizabeth Holloway Marston In 1941, comic book readers were...

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Is DC on the Right Track?
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com Imagine, for a moment, that you find the Cosmic Treadmill, the device Flash uses to travel...

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Happy Rebirthday DC
This Article Originally Ran On Blumhouse.com A year ago this month, DC Comics took a big risk - they ended their comics, and for the last...

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