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Only now does it occur to me.... DANGEROUSLY CLOSE
Only now does it occur to me... that Cannon Films––the studio of DEATH WISH 3 and INVASION U.S.A.––was capable of turning out a socially progressive message picture! While BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO...
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Only now does it occur to me... STORM WARNING
Only now does it occur to me... I never thought I would see Hollywood dancing legend Ginger Rogers being brutalized by members of the Ku Klux Klan......and that said tableau would not be "kitschy," but...
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Only now does it occur to me... SEA OF LOVE
Only now does it occur to me... that not only does SEA OF LOVE offer the trappings of a kinda-mediocre-but-fun sex thriller in the FATAL ATTRACTION/BASIC INSTINCT/SLIVER/BODY OF EVIDENCE vein, not only...
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"Past Lives, Now Available on Videocassette" in Scrutiny
My magical realist short story "Past Lives, Now Available on Videocassette,"is available to read online at the literary journal Scrutiny. Longtime devotees of this site will likely not be surprised by...
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Sean Gill's "Shore Leave" in Columbia Journal
My latest short fiction "Shore Leave," a nontraditional ghost story set in modern-day Vietnam, has been published online in Columbia Journal, the literary journal of the Columbia University School of...
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Only now does it occur to me... SPEED
Only now does it occur to me... that the SPEED franchise shares peculiar connections with the David Lynch universe. Now: to merely cite that it contains Dennis Hopper doing a poor man's Frank Booth...
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Only now does it occur to me... LOST IN AMERICA
Only now does it occur to me... that a throwaway line in Albert Brooks' road-trip satire may have influenced the TERMINATOR franchise.During a brief exchange between Brooks, Julie Hagerty, and a...
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Interview with Sean Gill in Scrutiny
Scrutiny, a literary journal of magical realism (that recently published my short story "Past Lives, Now Available on Videocassette") has interviewed me for their website, and you can read the whole...
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R.I.P., Michael Parks
Dammit––another great one gone.Parks as Ambrose Bierce in FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 3.From playing "Adam" in THE BIBLE to "Josey" in THE RETURN OF JOSEY WALES to the scariest Renault brother in TWIN PEAKS to...
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Film Review: NATION AFLAME (1937, Victor Halperin)
Stars: 4 of 5.Running Time: 74 minutes.Notable Cast or Crew: Directed by Victor Halperin (WHITE ZOMBIE, PARTY GIRL). Story by Thomas Dixon, Jr. (THE BIRTH OF A NATION, MARK OF THE BEAST). Starring Noel...
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R.I.P., Powers Boothe
It saddens me to report that we've lost another one of the greats. While he was known to most for his booming voice, cast-iron stare, and pants-shittingly terrifying performances (like DEADWOOD, U...
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Sean Gill's "Edifice and Artifice in Buda and Pest" wins the 2017...
River Styx has announced that my short story "Edifice and Artifice in Buda and Pest" is the winner of their 2017 Schlafly Micro-Brew Micro-Fiction Contest. The story will appear in print this summer in...
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"In the Cutting Room" in Fiction Southeast
My latest story, "In the Cutting Room," has been published online in Fiction Southeast, an online literary journal of short fiction. Fiction Southeast has previously featured work by Joyce Carol Oates,...
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Film Review: CONGO (1995, Frank Marshall)
Stars: 3 of 5.Running Time: 109 minutes.Notable Cast or Crew: Laura Linney (THE TRUMAN SHOW, TALES OF THE CITY), Dylan Walsh (NIP/TUCK, ARCTIC BLUE), Ernie Hudson (GHOSTBUSTERS, THE CROW), Tim Curry...
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Only now does it occur to me... LEGIONNAIRE
Only now does it occur to me... that when Jean-Claude Van Damme makes a $35 million prestige picture and it ends up going straight-to-video... there's a reason for that.Written by JCVD himself in...
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Only now does it occur to me... IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS
Only now does it occur to me... that John Carpenter's IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994) is such a wealth of creatively horrific visuals and ideas that one of its throwaway scares (not even really a scare,...
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"The Dead Woman's Cubicle" in Fourteen Hills
My latest short story, "The Dead Woman's Cubicle," has been published and is now available for purchase in the latest issue (Volume 23, No. 2) of Fourteen Hills, the literary magazine of San Francisco...
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Only now does it occur to me... THE WICKER MAN
Only now does it occur to me... that perennial recording artist Cher is clearly Christopher Lee's spirit animal. (As evidenced by these screencaps from the pagan revelries at the heart of THE WICKER...
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"The Bone That Cracks the Loudest" in Crannóg Magazine
My latest short story, a peculiar kind of ghost tale called "The Bone That Cracks the Loudest," has been published in the latest issue (No. 45) of Crannóg Magazine, a literary journal based out of...
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Film Review: GHOULIES II (1988, Albert Band)
Ghoulies: A lot more than two.Running Time: 89 minutes.Notable Cast or Crew: Directed by Albert Band (I BURY THE LIVING, PREHYSTERIA!). Produced by Charles Band (TRANCERS, TROLL, TOURIST TRAP) and...
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