Bloody Quills

Monday, April 24, 2017

Tales of Poe

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This is one of the reasons I’ll miss these RIG courses: being “forced” to return to the classics. Last semester I was treated to H.P. Lo...
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Saturday, April 15, 2017

The Killing Joke

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Written by: Alan Moore Illustrated by: Brian Bolland Here’s a psycho that knows how to have a good time! In all fairness, he’s the o...
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Saturday, April 8, 2017

Joyride, Jack Ketchum

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And here it is! My favorite part of the semester. The part where I get to crack a book that’s just going to take me on a wild ride for n...
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Monday, April 3, 2017

Seven, Directed by David Fincher

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Starring: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, and Gwyneth Paltrow I remember watching Seven when it first came out. I don’t remember the where ...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017

Taxi Driver, Directed by Martin Scorsese

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Starring Robert De Niro Behold! One of the greatest films of all time, according to critics and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and S...
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Monday, March 13, 2017

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders, by Vincent Bugliosi

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I don’t know what I’m supposed to do with this blog. Do I write about the writing prowess of LA prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi (with a li...
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Sunday, March 5, 2017

Misery, by Stephen King

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This is one of the first books I read by Stephen King. It was the early ‘90s, and while I didn’t catch the full extent of the underlying...
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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Silence of the Lambs

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Directed by Jonathan Demme Starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins I’ve never met anybody that said they didn’t like Sil...
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Monday, February 20, 2017

Red Dragon, by Thomas Harris

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Yes! A thousand times, yes ! This is the book that The Sculptor wanted to be. It had absolutely everything the other book didn’t: Grea...
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Friday, February 17, 2017

Thus, I read this book because it was assigned

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The Sculptor I spent more time on this in MS Paint and PowerPoint than Greg Funaro spent on characterization and plot. Gregory Funar...
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Sunday, February 5, 2017

The Church of Dead Girls, or "Stephen Dobyns Opens a Phone Book and Tells Us About Everybody In It. And, Oh Yeah, One of Them is a Murdering Pscho" by Stephen Dobyns

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The Church of Dead Girls is, quite possibly, the most painful read I’ve had in quite some time. I really wanted this semester to be th...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis

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If ever there is a book that captured the essence and excess of the late 1980s, it is American Psycho. It is a book that is set so...
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Monday, January 16, 2017

Psycho, by Robert Bloch

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Well, that escalated quickly. I’m still digesting the book, and the prudent thing to do is to wait a day or so before doing this, but...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

30 Days of Night by Steve Niles

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(Art by Ben Templesmith) I’m 36 years old. I’m not saying that because I need somebody to help me keep track until I reach AARP age...
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Friday, November 25, 2016

Relic, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

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Relic was one of the first books I remember reading as a kid. I read plenty others, before and definitely after, but it is one that stuck wi...
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Saturday, November 19, 2016

The Blob (1988), Directed by Chuck Russell

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The Blob is better than it should have been. In fact, I would venture so far as to say I loved this film. As far as creature features ...
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Sunday, November 13, 2016

The Outsider, Pickman's Model, and The Call of Cthulhu, by H.P. Lovecraft

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft This is where I lose friends and acquaintances. This is where I lose the last bits of respect anybody might ...
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This blog provides me a space to critique and analyze multiple books and movies as they pertain to my pursuit of a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Seton Hill University. The views expressed in this blog (further referred to as "Facts"), are my own and do not represent the opinions of Seton Hill University or good Catholics everywhere.
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