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	Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film 3.73 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Soul of Wes Craven by Joseph Maddrey (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Craven (foreword) 4.38 avg rating — 37 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Corners of the Old Dominion: A Virginia Horrors Anthology by Joseph Maddrey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Rook (Editor), Brian Keene (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Simply Eliot (Great Lives Book 15) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adapting Stephen King: Vol. 1, Carrie, 'Salem's Lot, and The Shining from Novel to Screenplay really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Fear: Reflections on Stephen King, Wes Craven, and George Romero's Living Dead 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adapting Stephen King: Volume 2, Night Shift from Short Stories to Screenplays 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making of T.S. Eliot: A Study of the Literary Influences really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brainstorm 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quick, the Dead and the Revived: The Many Lives of the Western Film 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Remembering Jerry Harrell (Doctor Madblood)

In the Fall of 2004, I was 25 years old and trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. I’d worked for about three years at a pair of TV production companies in the Hampton Roads area, and I’d just published my first book. Feeling secure, I bought a condo in Virginia Beach. Then I lost my job. Suddenly, I had a mortgage and no job prospects. If I wanted to keep working in television Read more of this blog post »

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