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		<title>It&#8217;s Burlesque, Chewie</title>
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		<title>District 9</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I&#8217;m trying to catch up on some stuff.  I have a stack of DVD&#8217;s sitting on my desk, movies from Christmas and my birthday and thoroughly enjoyable trips to the Wal-Mart and other places.  I&#8217;m trying, trying, to get some of these things viewed.  Bare with me.
District 9 I got for my birthday, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wolf Man</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like werewolves.  I love Universal&#8217;s original, The Wolf Man, ever since I saw it as a wee lad.  It left an indelible impression on me:  the foggy moors, the twisted forest of trees, the cursed creature stalking the night for victims.  I finally got out to see the remake, after Universal finally got around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Iron Man 2&#8242; Trailer</title>
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		<title>&#8216;Suicide Girls&#8217; Hitting DVD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Look for Suicide Girls Must Die! to land on DVD March 12th.

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		<title>Clowns To the Left of Me, Jokers To the Right</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;here I am, stuck in the middle with you.  It&#8217;s not a bad place to be stuck.  I kinda like it.
You ever been in a rut?  Not like the blah blah ruts that people find themselves mired in, but a happy kind of rut.  Maybe it&#8217;s not even a rut.  Probably just a matter of finding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Dread&#8217; Trailer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Clive Barker&#8217;s Dread &#8211; Trailer 
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		<title>Halloween II Unrated Director&#8217;s Cut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you decide you want to watch the oh so fan divided Halloween II on DVD, the best bet is to check out this unrated director&#8217;s cut of Rob Zombie&#8217;s high reaching, well meaning, slasher pic.  The theatrical version left me disgruntled, and puzzled, and although the director&#8217;s cut doesn&#8217;t clear up all the baffling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wolfman Wallpapers</title>
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		<title>Wolfman Poster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Inspired by the classic Universal film that launched a legacy of horror, The Wolfman brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins. Oscar® winner Benicio Del Toro stars as Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father (Oscar® winner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edgar Allan Poe January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I assume, if it is safe to do so, that I became familiar with the works of Edgar Allan Poe as most people did, and I guess still do:  school.  If I remember correctly it was sometime around grammar school that I was introduced to Poe.  I don&#8217;t remember what grade I was in, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;A-Team&#8217; Trailer</title>
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		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/a-team-trailer/</link>
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		<title>Vincent Price Recites &#8216;The Raven&#8217;</title>
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		<title>Poe&#8217;s The Raven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 19th is Edgar Allan Poe&#8217;s birthday.  It is also shared by me, your friendly novacula.  In celebration of Poe&#8217;s 201st birthday, I would like to share my favorite poem of his, &#8220;The Raven&#8221;.  It is probably the favorite of a lot of people, and it&#8217;s probably being plastered all over the net even as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/poes-the-raven/</link>
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		<title>Uncensored and NSFW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been in a music mood lately, and this is not only one of my favorite NIN songs, but the video is quite kick ass also.

Nine Inch Nails: Closer (Uncensored) (1994) from Nine Inch Nails on Vimeo.
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		<title>Fight!  Rock!</title>
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		<title>Sweeney Todd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems a little odd that the tale of a murderous barber who uses his victims&#8217; remains to make meat pies would be the ideal subject matter for a Broadway musical.  But Stephen Sondheim thought so, and it only seems natural that Tim Burton would come along almost three decades later and do the film version.
I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/sweeney-todd/</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year</title>
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		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/happy-new-year/</link>
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		<title>Favorites of &#8216;09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I know, everybody and their granny makes out a list of the best and worst movies and books and such and such of the year.  It&#8217;s a bandwagon, jump on.  Here are my picks of my favorites, and most loathed, from 2009.  Are they the best?  Maybe, maybe not.  Are they the worst?  See the answer to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Try Some, Buy Some</title>
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		<title>A Little Something Posted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I posted this very brief missive called &#8220;Every Day I Break Her Heart&#8221;.  To summarize it:  a man can&#8217;t get over the death of his wife.  Read it and discuss, y&#8217;all.
J.
the_novacula
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		<title>No Last Calls:  2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a hell of a year.  I guess that can be said about most years, though.  But in 2009 we lost Farrah Fawcett, David Carradine, James &#8220;The Rev&#8221; Sullivan, Dan O&#8217;Bannon, Gene Barry, Mary Travers, Patrick Swayze, Ted Kennedy, Les Paul, John Hughes, Karl Malden, Ed McMahon, Dom DeLuise, Bea Arthur, Horton Foote, James [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angels &amp; Demons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My problems with the movie versions of Dan Brown&#8217;s bestsellers are the same problems I have with the books themselves.  They tend to get bogged down in all the story, and the trivia is better than the plot.  I must admit, though, that I enjoy the movies more so than the novels.  It took me quite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/angels-demons/</link>
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		<title>Vanish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In Pawlik&#8217;s debut novel of inspirational suspense, two men and one woman wake up one morning to find that every other human being on the planet seems to have disappeared. (Yes, one character even uses that tell-tale phrase &#8220;left behind.&#8221;) The three survivors hallucinate and sense they are being watched. But by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twisted Christmas</title>
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		<title>Week of December 8th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coraline Limited Edition Gift Set
From the Director of The Nightmare Before Christmas comes a visually stunning stop-motion animated feature &#8211; the first to be originally filmed in 3-D! Discover how the filmmakers and artisans created the magical handmade world of Coraline, exclusively in this 2-Disc Collector&#8217;s Edition! Coraline Jones is bored in her new home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Audrey&#8217;s Door</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Langan is not a horror author for every horror fan.  She is in an advanced class all her own.  She is an acquired taste, and what a taste she is:  delicate, deep, and wrenching.  Langan&#8217;s latest novel, Audrey&#8217;s Door, is by far her best.  And that&#8217;s saying a lot considering her previous efforts, The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Week of December 1st</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Deader Country
From the director and star of Dead Country comes the next tale of terror! Whilst wagging school, two teenagers stumble across a strange hybrid creature, a beast that is half man, half alien and ALL zombie, which has managed to make its way unseen across desolate countryside to the town of Pleasance. Upon nursing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/week-of-december-1st/</link>
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		<title>from the desk of the_novacula</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone.  Just wanted to drop a quick word to let you know that, hopefully, after this Thanksgiving holiday, I&#8217;ll be back here at the site with more frequency.  There has been a lot of things going on lately; like the old saying says, &#8220;Life is one damn thing after another.&#8221;  Very true.
So, I plan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/from-the-desk-of-the_novacula/</link>
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		<title>Week of November 24th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Angels &#038; Demons
 In Ron Howard&#8217;s thrilling follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, expert symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) follows ancient clues on a heart-racing hunt through Rome to find the four Cardinals kidnapped by the deadly secret society, the Illuminati. With the Cardinals&#8217; lives on the line, and the Camerlengo (Ewan McGregor) desperate for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/week-of-november-24th/</link>
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		<title>New Moon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I went to see the latest in the Twilight saga on Friday, in its first full day of release.  I am not one of the rabid fans, I have not read the books, and I did not think the first movie was all that good (I would marginally suggest a non-fan see it).  Not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/new-moon/</link>
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		<title>Week of November 17th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Franklyn
 Four souls bound by fate, romance and tragedy collide in the parallel worlds of London and the futuristic Meanwhile City, where a single bullet will alter the course of their lives forever. A masked detective, a self-destructive art student, a desperate father, and a lovelorn romantic are just a few of the unforgettable characters [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/week-of-november-17th/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Pirate Latitudes&#8217; Trailer</title>
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		<title>The Echo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bobby Walker is fresh out of prison, having served time for involuntary manslaughter.  He moves into his mother&#8217;s old apartment; she died while he was doing time.  Bobby has no other family, and when he tries to reconnect with some old friends, they blow him off.  Even his old flame, Alyssa, is hesitant to try [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/the-echo/</link>
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		<title>Well Wishes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I received the news Monday that one of my very dear friends, Abby, was in the hospital; she had a stroke on Saturday night.  As of the last news I received from her sister, Lebby, on Wednesday, she is awake and talking, though she does have a some confusion.  All the tests results are not back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/well-wishes/</link>
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		<title>Week of November 10th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Echo
Fear and paranoia seep from every wall in this tense and creepy psychological thriller from the producers of The Ring and Dark Water. Jesse Bradford (W., Bring It On) is Bobby Walker, fresh out of prison and living in his dead mother&#8217;s apartment as a condition of his parole. Plagued by eerie echoes of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/week-of-november-10th/</link>
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		<title>Full Moon Alert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just happened to browse over to Full Moon, Inc. (located in our blogroll over there) and thought I would pass this along to my fellow Tennesseans, and those who travel to town for the Full Moon Tattoo and Horror Festival.
ANNOUNCEMENT !!!!!!  Here are the dates for Next Years Show.  THE 9TH ANNUAL FULL MOON TATTOO [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/full-moon-alert/</link>
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		<title>After The Rush</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Halloween is over.  It&#8217;s been a week now.  Luckily, we can still carry the spirit of the season with us for another year.  How was your Halloween?  What did you do?  Were you able to post bail?
I was hanging out with KatieBella and Obi Ken Kenobi at their Bungalow of Infamy.  We were joined by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orphan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coleman&#8217;s, John and Kate (plus two), are on the road to recovery having suffered through a couple of tragic events.  As told in the opening sequence, their third child was stillborn; it is later revealed that Kate is in therapy, had has a history of alcohol abuse.  It hasn&#8217;t been that long since their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/orphan/</link>
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		<title>Damnable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jake Hatcher is locked up in a military prison as the fall guy for a dirty job that had to be done.  No one else could do it, so it fell to him.  He was a Special Forces brand interrogation expert.  That one particular interrogation got wild, he ended up in the clink.  Lucky for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/damnable/</link>
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		<title>Week of November 3rd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dark Mirror
Lisa Vidal of ER delivers a startling performance as Deborah Martin, a former photographer turned stay-at-home mom who moves her family into a strange old house filled with cut-glass windows and mirrors. But when Deborah begins seeing chilling visions within the reflections, she will become obsessed with trying to capture the truth behind the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/week-of-november-3rd/</link>
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		<title>HAPPY HALLOWEEN!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I&#8217;ve already posted the last article in the October Countdown.  I&#8217;m taking a little vacation, and I shall return next week (maybe Tuesday, maybe Wednesday&#8211;depends on what KatieBella lets me get away with). 
Have a scary Halloween, howl at the moon, drink a little blood, commune with some spirits, the undead, and any other creatures [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/happy-halloween/</link>
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		<title>October 31st&#8230;Lady In White</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For my money, Lady In White is one of the best movies to watch at Halloween.  Yes, it takes place at Halloween.  It has a kid, a ghost, a murder to solve, and a killer on the loose.  It&#8217;s nostalgic, suspenseful, sometimes funny, and maybe a tad too sweet for some.  It is also a reminder, in some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/october-31st-lady-in-white/</link>
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		<title>October 30th&#8230;Scarecrows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know how it happened, I&#8217;m not aware of any childhood trauma (it could be repressed), I don&#8217;t know exactly its origin, but scarecrows have always scared the hell out of me.  Now that I think about it, I can remember back when I was very, very, young, maybe three or four, when my grandfather [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/october-30th-scarecrows/</link>
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		<title>October 29th&#8230;Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Captain Kronos is one of my favorite vampire movies.  The thing I really love about it is that it&#8217;s a little different in its vampirism, and it mixes mystery with its horror.  The good Captain, shady to a degree himself, is kick butt bad, charms the ladies, has a cool hunchback sidekick, and  he is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/october-29th-captain-kronos-vampire-hunter/</link>
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		<title>October 28th&#8230;Pumpkinhead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the backwoods, if you have a problem and are desperate enough, you can raise a demon to mete out revenge.  That&#8217;s exactly what Ed Harley does in Stan Winston&#8217;s classic, Pumpkinhead.
Ed is a single father doing the best he can to provide for his son.  They live way in the back woods, one of those very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/october-28th-pumpkinhead/</link>
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		<title>New Story&#8230;&#8221;Lois Holl&#8217;r&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Terror in a small town.  That&#8217;s what &#8220;Lois Holl&#8217;r&#8221; is.  I wanted to write something set in Fall, hopefully I&#8217;ve captured the essence of the season well enough.  It&#8217;s a story I tried to write several months ago, but I just couldn&#8217;t get it.  Finally, last month, I think I got it.
&#8220;Lois Holl&#8217;r&#8221; stems from those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/new-story-lois-hollr/</link>
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		<title>Week of October 27th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Black Devil Doll
Heather thought that a Ouija board was nothing but an innocent child&#8217;s game. Little did she know, this child&#8217;s game would open a flaming door to hell and re-animate the soul of a recently executed black militant serial killer! With his spirit now trapped in the body of a trash-talking ventriloquist doll, Heather [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/week-of-october-27th/</link>
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		<title>October 27th&#8230;Night of the Creeps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prepare for fun.  Night of the Creeps has freshly escaped to DVD.  We can all live life a better now.  I&#8217;ve only seen this movie one time, uncut, and that was on IFC or something.  The only other times I had seen it was years ago on some syndication channels; that was after its little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/october-27th-night-of-the-creeps/</link>
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		<title>Lord of the Dead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know what you wanted-
I&#8217;m sorry what you found.
There&#8217;s no one here to set you free,
only me to keep you bound.
You dream love in bloom as a rose,
but the thorns keep it real;
the sad reality brings the blood
and crucifies the heart&#8217;s ideal.
If I confessed to your every tear,
then more the tears you will shed;
if I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.literalremains.com/lord-of-the-dead/</link>
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