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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-cdm72 Recent reviews written by member cdm72 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_492401495684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - No matter how brilliant an artist, the follow-up record is never a walk in the park, hence the term sophomore slump.  After all, the artist has their entire life to write that first record and, if they're lucky, a year to pen the follow-up. ... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492401495684 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:23:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492401495684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492297358980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - This morning before work, I had 68 minutes to kill, so I decided to sit down to my latest screening of a Todd Sheets masterpiece.  If you’re unaware who Todd Sheets is, all I can say is don’t be such a dullard all your life.  Live a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492297358980 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492297358980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492170481284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - Bounty hunter Cas Everett has returned home to his family farm in Texas after ten years of adventuring to find his parents and siblings have been murdered, and the farm burned to the ground. Neighbor and family friend Yancy Carlson tells Cas he doesn't... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492170481284 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:18:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492170481284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491942940292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - I am constantly on the lookout for awesome horror novels, the kind that are so good, but so strange, they leave you with a huge taste of WTF in your mouth at the end. Over the last 5 years, those novels have been very few and far between. The only two... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491942940292 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:22:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491942940292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491623911044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - Sean Gallimore IS John O’Ryan.  An ex-Special Forces marine, O’Ryan is now living the American Dream.  He’s got a garage full of martial arts weapons where he practices his deadly fighting skills every day before fixing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491623911044 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:27:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491623911044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491513876100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - Of Ani DiFranco’s 1990 self-titled debut album, her website, www.anidifranco.com, has this to say:"1990. Ani DiFranco’s first album is so revolutionary that the purveyors of status quo install women’s music sections in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491513876100 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:51:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491513876100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491378216580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - While it seems as if sex and horror fiction have always gone hand in hand (would there be a DRACULA without sex and horror?), my second favorite genre, science fiction, hasn't always had such an easy time, which has always surprised me. What could be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491378216580 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:48:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491378216580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491259203204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - I came pretty late to the Tegan and Sara party; they’d been making music nearly a decade when I first discovered them.  I came in after the release of their masterpiece, 2007’s THE CON.  Their usual method was to space their records... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491259203204 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:22:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491259203204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491164241540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - I guess I had it coming.  After the awesomeness of THE SHUNNED HOUSE and even the cheesiness of MATTHEW, I suppose it was time for another rotten $1.50 movie. Enter SUBURBAN SASQUATCH. In this cautionary tales of suburban development vs. the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491164241540 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:51:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491164241540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490793242244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - That’s.  More.  Like it!!! I had been dreading this movie coming up in the rotation for a while now.  Not only is it based on a Lovecraft story (three actually, “The Shunned House”, “Dreams in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490793242244 Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:15:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490793242244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490679537284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - Of all the Decrepit Crypt movies, this is one of the few I’ve been looking forward to seeing.  But only because it’s from 1971 (released in 1973), so my hope was that, if it’s got to be bad, it would at least be fun bad, you... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490679537284 Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:00:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490679537284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490550169220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - They tell writers the most important thing they can do, aside from write, is to read.  Read everything.  And that’s a rule I try to live by.  While horror is my preferred genre, sometimes you have to step away from that and read... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490550169220 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:14:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490550169220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490345500292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - And then there was DR. SHOCK’S TALES OF TERROR.  And  my soul died a little bit in the aftermath. Now, I like a good horror anthology feature as much as the next fan.  I’ve always felt the short form suits horror more than... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490345500292 Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:39:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490345500292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489877966468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - I’m all for freedom of expression and creators’ rights and whatnot.  I don’t believe anyone with a hankering for making something out of nothing should be restricted or, worse, stopped from fulfilling their creative desires. ... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489877966468 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:31:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489877966468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489564376708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - In something of an experimental mood one day, I went to the library and grabbed the first book from various sections. From the regular hardcover section, however, I grabbed two: Edward Abbey’s BLACK SUN (the very first book in the hardcover section),... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489564376708 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:06:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489564376708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489216577156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - Don’t believe the hype.  When I go into these movies, I always try to find something out about them first, whether on Wikipedia or IMDb or Amazon reviews, and in this case I found a review praising it for its originality and fun.  So I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489216577156 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:10:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489216577156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488997359236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - There are writers in the world who entertain us, there writers in the world who help us pass the time, and there are writers who show us the way. These are the writers who remind us why it is we do this thing in the first place. They remind us of our... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488997359236 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:46:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488997359236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488879787652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - When Jim Reed returns to Maxwell, TN after fifteen years, he does so in the hopes of putting the nightmares that have been haunting him all this time—burning dead coming to drag him to Hell—to rest.  A decade and a half earlier, the town... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488879787652 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:42:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488879787652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488776633988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - Of all the Star Trek stories I could imagine reading, I’d never consider one where Dr. McCoy is the main focus as something that would interest me. In the Star Trek holy trinity, McCoy has always been the odd man out. Kirk and Spock suffer him because... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488776633988 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:54:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488776633988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488570654340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - Couple of years ago, I got a Robert Johnson CD in the mail from a friend. Included were also two misc. mix cds (one led to my rabid fascination with Tegan and Sara, while the other was pretty good, too, but was overshadowed by the T&S). Eventually I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488570654340 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:20:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488570654340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488463306372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - Like most horror fans, I like a good vampire movie as much as the next guy.  The problem is there are very few truly good vampire movies.  Unfortunately, about 90% fall into the same few categories, all of which were tired before I hit... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488463306372 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:55:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488463306372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488283934340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - The thing I love about library book sales is that you never know what you’ll find. Well, that and if you go on the last day, you can clean up, usually, scoring a box as big as you can transport for only $2. It’s also interesting, I think, how... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488283934340 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:55:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488283934340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488114589316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - (***UPDATE*** I just found out Lee's new Leisure title THE BLACK TRAIN, is this novel in paperback.  Probably not much luck finding the hardcover limited edition of GAST, but the paperback BLACK TRAIN shouldn't be too hard to get. ... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488114589316 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:41:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488114589316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487906709124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - It is my opinion that Marilyn Manson should really just stop falling in love. After the dismal mess that was EAT ME, DRINK ME, I wasn’t sure if Manson would ever record another record. And if he did, I prayed it wouldn’t be another messy break-up... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487906709124 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:29:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487906709124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487802113668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cdm72 - You know, it’s funny but I can’t seem to find another credit on the resume of any of the actors who lent their fine talents to the masterpiece that is TOE TAGS. Writer John Overbey hasn’t penned anymore brilliant scripts with plots that make complete... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487802113668 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:53:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487802113668?linkin_id=8003929