Every Tuesday, UNT Media Library highlights a title from their growing collection of tabletop games. This week, read about: Galaxy Trucker, Boardgame 203 Number of Players: 2-4 For Ages: 10+ Duration of Play: 60 minutes In Galaxy Trucker, it’s up to you to move cargo and a crew through space in a ship of your… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: October 2015
October Scare-A-Day: Fright Night (1985) DVD 257 and Fright Night (2011) DVD 16158
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Everyone has neighbors. Even all the creeps. Every creepy thing, every creepy creep… all live next door to someone. Do you know who your neighbors are? Do you ever see them out? In the daylight? In the Fright Night films, Charley Brewster gets a new neighbor with strange sleeping habits and a weird diet of fruit… and… Read more »
October Scare-A-Day: Horror Effects Hosted By Tom Savini Video On Demand
In an October Scare-A-Day post last week, we mentioned Tom Savini for his work on Dawn of the Dead (1978). Tom Savini is a master of movie makeup, gore, special effects, and visual effects. You have also seen him acting in several spooky/gorey flicks such as From Dusk Till Dawn, Planet Terror, and even in a… Read more »
October Scare-a-Day: Evil Dead DVD 14855
Sam Raimi burst on the scene with Bruce Campbell in this snappy horror that trims all the fat and cuts to chase with the urgency of a pencil to the ankle. Evil Dead has a group of friends plan to have some fun in an old cabin that happens to have a book bound with… Read more »
October Scare-a-Day: Dawn of the Dead DVD 491
George Romero, Dario Argento, and Tom Savini team up to make this zombie classic that is a sequel to a previous Scare-a-Day entry Night of the Living Dead. As far as zombie apocalypse plans go, heading to an abandoned shopping mall is not too shabby. You’ve got food, clothes, shelter and supplies. What could go… Read more »
October Scare-a-Day: Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 Game 6 & 45
Left 4 Dead and its sequel Left 4 Dead 2 gets you and 3 of your friends to venture out in various zombie infested areas with an assortment of firearms and melee weapons. Sounds simple enough, but when you consider the variety of zombies (I fear the witch and you should too) and the staggering… Read more »
October Scare-A-Day: Mansions of Madness Boardgame 275
Mansions of Madness Boardgame 275 Up ahead, isolated in the Massachusetts countryside, stands a secluded mansion. This is where the clues have led you. This is where you will finally find the answers you have been seeking. As you advance through the cold, driving rain, the dim light dancing in the ornate windows gives the… Read more »
Tabletop Spotlight: Rory’s Story Cubes Boardgame 8
Every Tuesday, UNT Media Library highlights a title from their growing collection of tabletop games. This week, read about: Rory’s Story Cubes, Boardgame 8 Number of Players: 1+ For Ages: 8+ Duration of Play: 20 minutes When you think about tabletop games, you might conjure up ideas of competition, a target goal, and victory…. Read more »
October Scare-a-Day: Night of the Living Dead DVD 5729
There’s no escaping Night of the Living Dead‘s ghouls roaming the countryside. Not that you’ll have to run very fast or anything. These poor shambling living-deads will eventually make their way to you, unlike their track star modern incarnations who can sprint Usain Bolt style. Nope, these zombies will give you some time to sit… Read more »
October Scare-a-Day: Real Life is Scary
So we can come to the consensus that horror films are meant to be scary. But what about reality? It can indeed be terrifying at times. Listed below are documentary films that, whether intended or not, are horrifying in their own particular ways. Cropsey (DVD 11802) Cropsey is a documentary discussing the… Read more »