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Ben Watches Television : Stranger Things, Season Two (2017)
Nov 1

Nov 1 Ben Watches Television : Stranger Things, Season Two (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Ben Watches Television

Stranger Things, Season Two is out there and I have opinions on it. Created by the Duffer brothers. 

Album Review : The Melvins - Houdini (1993)
Oct 31

Oct 31 Album Review : The Melvins - Houdini (1993)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

Everyone's heard of The Melvins, but few have ever actually listened to them. Today, you guys are losing your Melvins cherry by listening to their seminal album Houdini.

Book Review : Glenn Gray - Transgemination (2017)
Oct 30

Oct 30 Book Review : Glenn Gray - Transgemination (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

There is a little bit of everything to Glenn Gray's Transgemination, from Carl Sagan to B-movies. It's over before it starts but it's fun nonetheless.

Book Review : Ed Kurtz - The Rib from Which I Remake the World (2016)
Oct 27

Oct 27 Book Review : Ed Kurtz - The Rib from Which I Remake the World (2016)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Ed Kurtz' freaky Satanic horror novel The Rib from Which I Remake the World isn't just freaky and Satanic. It's also kind of smart. 

Movie Review : Awakening of the Beast (1970)
Oct 26

Oct 26 Movie Review : Awakening of the Beast (1970)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

CLASH Media's Leza Cantoral is back on Dead End Follies to finish the job and review the final installment of the Coffin Joe trilogy: Awakening of the Beast.

Understanding Memes
Oct 25

Oct 25 Understanding Memes

Benoit Lelievre
Essays

Why do we make memes? Are they a hollow form of humor? I try to explain why it isn't and why memes should go on like, forever. 

Movie Review : Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Oct 24

Oct 24 Movie Review : Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Blade Runner 2049 is not the revolutionary sequel we were all waiting for, but it almost is? We're a couple of suit-wearing execs away still, but there's a lot to like about it. Directed by MY BOY Denis Villeneuve. Written by Hampton Fancher. Starring Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford and Beared Leto.

Book Review : Brian Evenson - A Collapse of Horses (2016)
Oct 23

Oct 23 Book Review : Brian Evenson - A Collapse of Horses (2016)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

A Collapse of Horses is my favorite short story collection by Brian Evenson. Read my review to find out why.

Album Review : Death Grips - Fashion Week (2015)
Oct 20

Oct 20 Album Review : Death Grips - Fashion Week (2015)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

What the hell was Death Grips' Fashion Week about? Well, let's me explain...

Movie Review : This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967)
Oct 19

Oct 19 Movie Review : This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Did you follow Leza Cantoral's advice and watched the first Coffin Joe movie At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul? I hope so, because today, she reviews the sequel This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse.

Book Review : Brian Evenson - Altmann's Tongue (1994)
Oct 18

Oct 18 Book Review : Brian Evenson - Altmann's Tongue (1994)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Altmann's Tongue is reputable for getting its author Brian Evenson in trouble with Brigham Young University and Mormon Church. Is it that bad, though? Let's find out together.

Movie Review : Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
Oct 17

Oct 17 Movie Review : Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Some movies look better on paper than they do on film and Hobo with a Shotgun unfortunately fits this category, like most contemporary grindhouse does.

Ben Watches Television : Mindhunter, Season One (2017)
Oct 16

Oct 16 Ben Watches Television : Mindhunter, Season One (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Ben Watches Television

Mindhunter is slow, cerebral and definitely unsexy, but it's great. Read my review to know how it pulled it off. Written by Joe Penhall. Based on the book by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker.

Book Review : Peter Straub - Ghost Story (1979)
Oct 13

Oct 13 Book Review : Peter Straub - Ghost Story (1979)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Ghosts are a hard sell in literature, but Peter Straub's ghosts are well-worth the time, effort and money invested.

Movie Review : At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
Oct 12

Oct 12 Movie Review : At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Author and editor in chief of CLASH Books Leza Cantoral reviews Brazilian cult movie At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul.  Keep an eye out for more Halloween movie suggestions. You don't have to rewatch the Friday the 13th with your friends, this year. 

Album Review : Marylin Manson - Heaven Upside Down (2017)
Oct 11

Oct 11 Album Review : Marylin Manson - Heaven Upside Down (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Album Reviews

I'm a fan of Marilyn Manson, but Heaven Upside Down is not a successful album. Not at all. 

Cover reveal for Jennifer Hillier's new novel Jar of Hearts
Oct 10

Oct 10 Cover reveal for Jennifer Hillier's new novel Jar of Hearts

Benoit Lelievre
Blogging

Ladies and gentlemen, I have the immense pleasure of hosting the cover reveal of Jennifer Hillier's new novel Jar of Hearts! Of course, I wouldn't use it for thumbnail, you'll have to click on the post to find out!

Book Review : J.G Ballard - Concrete Island (1973)
Oct 9

Oct 9 Book Review : J.G Ballard - Concrete Island (1973)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Concrete Island is great. It's much more than it claims to be. It's just not as gorgeous as J.G Ballard's magnum opus High-Rise, but what is?

Book Review : Laird Barron - Occultation and Other Stories (2010)
Oct 6

Oct 6 Book Review : Laird Barron - Occultation and Other Stories (2010)

Benoit Lelievre
Book Reviews

Want to get creeped out for Halloween? If you're into H.P Lovecraft and cosmic horror, I've got the book just for you.

Movie Review : Blade Runner - Black Out 2022 (2017)
Oct 5

Oct 5 Movie Review : Blade Runner - Black Out 2022 (2017)

Benoit Lelievre
Movie Reviews

Watch the movie, read the review, discuss it with me. This is your one stop shop for Blade Runner : Black Out 2022. Written and directed by the legendary Shinichiro Watanabe.

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