A Vicious Trip Down a Blood-Soaked Memory Lane.
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"Hatchet" is everything that horror used to be in the 80's.
So naturally it reminded me of being a kid again.
And as a result...I loved it.

Remember when horror was fun??
When curvey chics unabashedly flashed the camera like every other scene.
Remember loving the bad guy??
When each death scene was something you looked foward to.
When each death scene was a gorey vision to behold
Well this flick has got it all,
Bad jokes, Lovable/Hatable characters, Fake [...], & Vicious death scenes,
I mean really freakin' vicious death scenes.
(I love when that guy gets cut from shoulder to waist)
(And who could forget the instant classic; belt sander to the face)

What's even better is that this flick never once takes itself seriously.
It knows who its influences are. (He!! they're in the movie)
It knows the tongue in cheek joke they've all become.
And it runs with that joke.
What's wrong with having a good time every so often??
I don't want my every slasher flick to be serious.
(But when they are, I want them to be "Murder Set Pieces: DC" serious)
I wanna laugh and cheer sometimes.
I want my main-character to be the villian,
And I wanna watch with glee as the buffons get slaughtered.
One by clueless one.
But hey, that's just me.

If you really like this flick, try "Wrong Turn 2" (if you haven't already)

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Burying the hatchet, has never been so viciously fun.
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These are old-school scene-of-death photos from the 30's-50's collected by a former Los Angeles Homicide Detective. The guy had his own scrapbook.

All photos are in black & white and are very graphic. Most photos are of murder scenes. Some are suicides and accidents. A few are also of unusual physical diseases.

A lot of the photos were marked by the detective with a date and some type of identification. Most photos in this book are augmented with some kind of background info, however brief.

Gun-shot wounds, stabbings, strangulation, decapitations, and more. Hell, there is even a section of old police mug shots..boy, a lot of em are more horrible to look at than the death photos.

Obviously, this book is only for those interested in this kind of thing. If you are one of those interested, then this book is sure to please the "gore-hound" in you.
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This book is devastating. I suggest turning to the "S's" and reading the definition of "Strappado" before proceeding to read the book.

The horror of what happened to thousands of women over a period of several hundred years is unfathomable. This volume documents the widespread arrest, torture, trial, and brutal murder of thousands of European women (and some men) accused of the crime of "witchcraft."

I don't think I've ever cried so hard in my life as when I finally read the definition of "strappado." Because this was a routine form of torture.

This books documents in detail a horrific female holocaust that has been conveniently expunged from the pages of history.
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A true story regarding a brutal killer, but primitive human.
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A true story of mans inhumanity to women, indescribable  cruellty.
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A startlingly harsh look at the evil made possible by a regime of hatred and powerlust.
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Experience the classic glory days of the ECW in this compilation of some of the bloodiest matches in pro wrestling history. If you have never seen an ECW match before then you are in for a big treat of gory action violence, epic matches that contain real blood and paralyzing feats of daring. ECW wrestlers did lots of different kinds of hardcore such as barbed wire matches, cane beatings, fire tables, chairs to the head, daring leaps of courage, all out brawls in the crowd, and lots of tables. See some hardcore action from greats such as Taz, Rob Van Damme, The Dudley Boyz, Tommy Dreamer, Mick Foley, Terry Funk, Sandman, Sabu, Bam Bam Bigelow, and other legends. If you're a fan of Pro Wrestling and want to see how far it can go, this dvd is a must have for the collection.
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Before you read this book, buckle yourself in, because it's a wild and rough ride. It's all about sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll. And violence. If all that's your jam, you'll love it. Our hapless and slightly bored protagonist is in Cincinnati in the 1980's, a drummer in a metal cover band. Sex seems more like a chore than a pleasure, until he meets a special woman who rocks his world. Complications ensue. This book is gritty, down and dirty, and smacks of lives of going-nowhere desperation. Some clever setups in the narrative hint at outcomes. It's an adrenaline-fueled chronicle of lives gone bad, and choices even worse. It'll hook ya.
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I was traveling to Budapest and I wanted to know a little about their history.  This was a very brutal episode in human history.  It was very sad to read about such inhumanity.
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A blood-dripping dozen tales of creepiness, crazy killers, and all-around spookiness.
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Shambling out of every swamp, jungle hell and open grave are the hungry dead that thrilled and delighted our youthful memories.  These are the zombies, ghouls and mummies from various B&W adult-orientated horror comic magazines of the sixties and seventies.  Please don't confuse this book with the weak and goofy monster comics churned out by the kiddie-friendly Marvel or DC, this is the real deal- blood-soaked tales of sadism and gore, brutal in their unflinching portrayal of "monster vs. man" violence.
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Scary! Too much blood and gore for mepretty excessive,I thinkbut otherwise a five/five. Taking one off for the guts.
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Geoff Dyer visits the various fields and memorials of the Battle of the Somme, setting his trip in the context of a survey of British reactions, memorials, attitudes to war and remembrance that shows a rare level of sensitivity and descriptive power. In his narrative the journey to the battlefields of the Somme,  now the graves of the missing of that great World War I battle of attrition (Passchendaele was the other ) --the journey becomes a Dante-like trip down into the depths of grief itself, and along the way, an acknowledgement of the stupidity of the conflict and the gratuitous cruelty and dishonourable behavior of Douglas Haig and other leaders of the madness. We need books like this and writers with the candor and intensity of feeling displayed here by its author.
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Lest we forget, the civil rights era and the horrors that it wrought still echoes and reverberates within us. Now comes a poignant reminder that there still are some closets that have stored secrets and are full of old ghosts. Paul Hendrickson braves the wrath and guilt of those that may want this sordid part of our history to continue to lie fallow. This is a story of Mississippi's pained past, one that is in the forefront of efforts to eradicate and ply for a new frame of reference. The author profiles seven Mississippi sheriffs photographed while one of their number showboats with a billy club in an apparent show of glee in beating a would be students' quest to integrate the University Of Mississippi. The real story about this book as more to do with telling the truth than hiding it. and the author uses the front cover picture on the book as metaphor to illustrate what transpired during this time, and the aftermath years later.
The genesis of Hendrickson's curiosity about the picture gives rise to why he felt that there's more to tell about the men that perpetuated and fueled actions extolling the indelible image of racism for the times. His question was:  Is racism a genetic thing? Could it be possible that the sons of the perpetrators are just as racist? In other words, How has it changed for the families that had to witness the shock and sorrow of their loved ones. Where did the hatred and remorse go that strengthened the viewpoints of these so-called law enforcers?  The compelling point of it all is what is extracted from the sons and grandsons to feed the pages of this book. He follows the careers of the proponents up to their deaths, with the quips, quotes, and anecdotes condoning violence, and the various interviews with leading subjects of the day.  He begins with a wrenching retelling of the Emmett Till lynching-seven years before James Meredith fought for and finally won admission to Ole Miss, a bloody story Hendrickson also recounts (in addition to a fascinating recent interview with Meredith himself). I found this part of the book revealing, and gave credence to the depths that Hendrickson took to solidify his research methodology. The book's final third tries to get at the legacy of Mississippi's particular brand of segregation, but tells us nothing that we don't already know.  He tries to rectify quality by profiling the children of the men in the photo, and of Meredith, with sad and inconclusive results.
 While Hendrickson can be intrusive in telling readers how to interpret his subjects, he repeatedly comes up with issues that are repeated in previous and later sections of the book.  The electric interview material, and deftly places these men did their horrors masterfully defines events of their times, and adds yet another chapter to this period that Mississippi would rather be left dead and buried. This book and story should not be looked down on, but should be placed among other books that endeavor to give some semblance of accord in understanding mindsets of a racist enclave.
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Jim arrived quietly in the spring of 1973, moving to Maine, leaving his family home in Greenwich after the surgery that removed half of his leg.  He seems to sense that he is dying; the loss of his leg only part of it.  Today, we would say that Jim had PTSD; during the war, it was called battle neurosis or battle fatigue.  In July, Cadillac - the daughter of his wartime native partner, Tosca, -arrives to spend the summer with Jim prior to going on to study medicine at Yale.  She brings Jim a carefully skinned and stuffed bird from her father and memories of Jim and Toscas participation in the war of the Pacific in the Solomon Islands.
The book is broken into segments. There are chapters about the current (1973) summer and Jims memories of his wartime experiences.  The wartime horrors are presented through his memories in excruciating bloody detail, including mutilation of the bodies of soldiers on both sides of the conflict by bombs, machine gun fire, and enemy soldiers.  Jims memories are mostly of his time as a coast watcher; his partner, Tosca, is a native cannibal with a deep cultural hatred of the Japanese.
The writing is excellent.  Ms Greenway paints pictures with words; you feel like you are there. I like the writing, but the style is different from what I usually read.
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"The Monster's Daughter" opens in 2010 in Unie, a South African town that "was flat and dusty with only two tarred roads."  Constable Alet Berg was banished there in disgrace six months earlier for violating departmental guidelines during her previous posting as a member of an elite task force.  Alet thinks, "Unie was what she believed purgatory would be like."  In spite of her demotion, she remains defiant, impulsive, and rebellious.  When a murder case falls in her lap, she steps on important toes in her eagerness to learn who killed and immolated a female victim.  Instead of going through the usual chain of command, Alet launches her own investigation, and uncovers terrifying facts that reveal a long-standing pattern of racism, police corruption, and blatant cover-ups. In addition, a vicious serial killer ("He alone stood as the judge and jury, the Angel of Death, hiding in plain sight.") has been taking innocent lives with impunity for years. Why is he able to operate freely and who will bring him down?  Sergeant Johannes Mathebe is Alet's frustrated superior; he tries to keep her in line to no avail.

Michelle Pretorius has written a sprawling saga that stretches back to 1901 and makes liberal use of flashbacks. We revisit the bloody Boer War between the Dutch settlers and their British antagonists.  The author describes horrendous atrocities and a strange series of experiments that left children marked for life.  In addition, we follow the long odyssey of a courageous and resourceful woman, Tessa Morgan, who keeps moving from place to place in order to survive.  Along the way, we encounter Nazi-like thugs and black South Africans who refuse to relinquish their dreams of independence.  When an increasingly large number of protesters speak out forcefully against the South African government, there are harbingers of huge changes in store for this embattled country.

"The Monster's Daughter" has numerous disturbing scenes of explicit violence.  In addition, various people speak in dialect that may sometimes--but not always--be understood from the context of their remarks.  It is unfortunate that, as the book progresses, it becomes increasingly weighed down by too many characters and a series of dizzying subplots. Fortunately, Alet's presence is a breath of fresh air amid all the chaos.  She is a firebrand who is proud of her insubordination, and we admire her spunk, intelligence, fearlessness, and persistence.  "The Monster's Daughter" is a challenging work of fiction that provides a taste of what it might have been like to live in South Africa during the appalling years of Apartheid. This provocative and, at times, powerful and atmospheric novel is kept from being an unqualified success by its excessive length and unwieldy structure.
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I cannot state how important this book is to history. This shocking, horrifying and mentally unsettling book does a remarkable job of describing the true filth of war. Not yo mention that i recieved an "A" in History and English combined because we were able to recreate and relive the battles on a huge floor model we made. It was my Freshman year at Seton Hall Preparatory school in 1976. What a rush! What a thrill to see the battlefields! Unfortunately, we can't learn from our mistakes. The toys only get bigger, better and made to murder many millions more, more easily.