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I saw the remake, then the original. What stands...

I saw the remake, then the original. What stands out for me about the latter is that I disliked the scenes of the consequences of seeing the tape — the distorted, static faces. Comparing it to the...
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Strange – that makes it sound like there's a...

Strange – that makes it sound like there's a chain of improvements :). The Japanese film improving on the book, and — in my opinion at least — the American remake improving again.
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Unquiet – not a word you hear often :). Mark...

Unquiet – not a word you hear often :). Mark Gatiss' The Unquiet Dead is the last time I remember seeing it used. I'm a fan of Liv Ullmann so this intrigues me.
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Sounds good. The Folk-Stories of Iceland is one...

Sounds good. The Folk-Stories of Iceland is one of my favourite books; incidentally it also contains quotes from Max von Sydow's father, who was an ethnologist :). Plenty of troll action too as you...
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I didn't know they were Kindle books either...

I didn't know they were Kindle books either Stirch :D:bashful: – that is a good system.
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Yes, I think he acknowledged that he'd ruined the...

Yes, I think he acknowledged that he'd ruined the relationship in an interview of a few years back.
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That's a great cover.

That's a great cover.
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Yes she was supposedly the love of his life.

Yes she was supposedly the love of his life.
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Is that a recent book? It's just that she was on...

Is that a recent book? It's just that she was on The Graham Norton Show the other day along with Michael Caine, who was also promoting a new biography. They were talking about the lousy films they...
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I'm not keen on the typography for this one – I...

I'm not keen on the typography for this one – I didn't immediately see the author's name for what it was. Lowercase letters would have made it clearer.
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Ah, Norwegian author as well :). I saw the name...

Ah, Norwegian author as well :). I saw the name but didn't check it at first.
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The swirls in the woman's silhouette remind me of...

The swirls in the woman's silhouette remind me of The Scream.
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I love your thinking there Ms. M. Totally agree...

I love your thinking there Ms. M. Totally agree with you.
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Yeah they're very useful items.

Yeah they're very useful items.
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I found my copy of Charles Dickens' Christmas...

I found my copy of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books today, which is virtually brand new – and the newness and smell of the paper just brought back good memories.

I think I'd still get a Kindle or...
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Do you own a book Stirch ;D:laugh:?

Do you own a book Stirch ;D:laugh:?
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Haven't read it but I liked the film a lot. It...

Haven't read it but I liked the film a lot. It was interesting to see Julia Ormond playing such a relatively unlikeable character.
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That's a shame. I was surprised when I was...

That's a shame. I was surprised when I was reading Arthur Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger stories that there was a really early reference to a teleporter. Whether he was the first writer to...
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Good cover :).

Good cover :).
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Three more from Great Horror Stories: The...

Three more from Great Horror Stories:

The Frontier Guards by H. Russell Wakefield – 5/10
Brief and okay but a little confusing at the end.

To Be Taken With a Grain of Salt by Charles Dickens –...
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I'll try and read a good few more before posting...

I'll try and read a good few more before posting again but I've just finished The New Sun by J. S. Fletcher. Actually science fiction horror, which was unexpected and welcome. The story is terrifying...
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Just started with another anthology, Great Horror...

Just started with another anthology, Great Horror Stories. I'm reading the tales at random and yesterday went with The Red Room by H. G. Wells. Very good, well-written and scary — 7.5/10.
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Ratings for the last two stories in this...

Ratings for the last two stories in this collection:

The Case is Altered by Margery Allingham — 6/10
The Price of Light by Ellis Peters – 7.5/10
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Getting towards the end now, with only two more...

Getting towards the end now, with only two more to go. The last two rated as follows:

Death on the Air by Ngaio Marsh — 7.5/10
Persons or Things Unknown by Carter Dickson — 4.5/10
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Some more from this book: The Adventure of...

Some more from this book:

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle — 8/10
The Invisible Man by G. K. Chesterton — 6/10
Cinders by Ian Rankin — 4/10

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