APPLE VALLEY – Just messin’ with you. It was the family’s pit bull. But wouldn’t that have been a shocker, right? A 911 call was made on Saturday about a young boy who had been attacked by a dog and had stopped breathing. When paramedics arrived on the scene, they found 3-year-old Omar Martinez unresponsive. He would die two hours later at the hospital. The pit bull that attacked the boy was shot to death by a deputy after it became aggressive towards him and firefighters. An autopsy will be conducted on Martinez while sheriff’s deputies and animal control officials continue to investigate. It has not been reported if any adults were around at the time of the attack and no charges have been filed at this time.…
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Seeing as we are moving into the 2010′s I figured I might as well take advantage of some “best of the decade” type lists as they may be the only ones this site may ever have, starting with my personal list of best horror films from the last 10 years. And holy crap did this take a lot longer to put together than I initially thought. Most know that my tastes in film usually lean towards the twisted. So when it comes to horror, that is no exception. Admittedly I am a gorehound, but only in regards to the technical aspects. I love special effects, but gore does not make a horror movie for me and my favorite horror films are normally ones that deviate from tried-and-true formulas and get under your skin. Aside from the trailer for each entry, I have also added my thoughts. So let’s get going by starting with number 25 and working our way up to my top pick. …
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On the finale of the fourth season of Dexter, the chase is on. Dexter (Michael C. Hall) is caught off guard when Arthur Mitchell, the Trinity Killer himself (John Lithgow), marches straight up and ID’s him in the middle of the Miami Metro Homicide Department. However, Dexter is able to breathe easier when he realizes that Trinity thinks he is simply a vigilante cop and extortionist. Trinity simply warns him to stay away and leaves it at that. However, Dexter has no choice but to try and stop Trinity, since Miami Homicide has finally cracked the case wide open and is hot on Arthur Mitchell’s trail. Meanwhile, Dexter’s sister Deb (Jennifer Carpenter), uncovers the truth about Dexter’s origins – that he was, in fact, Dexter Moser – brother of season one’s Ice Truck Killer Brian Moser (Christian Camargo). As usual, if you haven’t seen the finale, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!!…
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Here’s a pitch black, Christmas-themed comedy from Spanish director, Álex de la Iglesia. Made in 1995, DAY OF THE BEAST was a giant hit in its native country winning six Goya’s (equivalent to our Oscar) including Best Director, Best New Actor, Best Special Effects and Best Sound. It’s a nice Christmas story about Father Angel (Álex Angulo), a Catholic priest in Madrid, who has spent a large chunk of his life studying the books of the Apocalypse. Through his research, he has discovered that on Christmas, the Antichrist will be born in Madrid. The problem is that Angel doesn’t know where in Madrid the birth will take place and Christmas is a mere three days away. To learn this secret location, Father Angel begins committing sin after atrocious sin hoping to fool the Devil into thinking he is one of his followers and be granted entry into the elite circle that will be present at the birth. Once there, Father Angel will try and kill the Antichrist as soon as he is born.…
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This week on Dexter, Arthur Mitchell, a.k.a. The Trinity Killer (John Lithgow) and Dexter (Michael C. Hall) engage in a cat and mouse game of leverage. All the while, Dexter is scrambling to clean up mess after mess, recklessly juggling the many identities he has assumed. Deborah (Jennifer Capenter) finally comes to know without doubt who shot her and killed her lover. Reporter Christine Hill (Courtney Ford) is put under immense heat, but still protects her father – Trinity – only to find out he wants nothing to do with her. Rita (Julie Benz) confesses her transgression with the neighbor to Dexter and is taken aback with his reaction. And finally, Dexter is caught off guard when Arthur comes in to the lion’s den, compromising Dexter’s secret life in a big bad way. The pieces are now in place for what should be an explosive finale. As always, if you aren’t caught up, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!…
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Thought some of you may be interested in this new Canadian thriller from director Daniel Grou coming out in 2010. Especially considering the subject matter and the way discussions usually go here when talking about child killers. “Bruno Hamel is a thirty eight year-old surgeon. He lives in Drummondville with his wife Sylvie, and their eight year-old daughter Jasmine. Like many happy people, he is leading an uneventful life until a beautiful fall afternoon, when his daughter is raped and murdered. From then on, the world of the Hamel family collapses. When the murderer is arrested, a terrible project germinates in Bruno’s darkened mind. He plans to capture the “monster” (Martin Dubreuil) and make him pay for his crime. The day the murderer appears in Court, Hamel, who had prepared his plan in great detail, kidnaps the monster and later sends the police a brief message stating that the rapist and murderer of his daughter was going to be tortured for 7 days and then executed. Once this task accomplished, he will then give himself up.…
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This week on Dexter, America’s favorite serial killer (Michael C. Hall) is scrambling to clean up the Trinity Killer (John Lithgow) fallout after the Thanksgiving dinner blunder. Dexter also discovers a chilling fourth step in Trinity’s devious killing cycle and rushes to shut Trinity down for good before an innocent child’s life is lost. Meanwhile, Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) begins to explore her suspicions surrounding reporter Christine Hill (Courtney Ford) and her involvement in the shooting that left her with a bullet wound and a lost lover. Vince Masuka (C.S. Lee) is torn up about accidentally seeing Dexter’s wife Rita (Julie Benz) kissed by the next door neighbor. He also makes a huge break in the Trinity case when it is discovered that the reporter’s DNA shows a blood relationship with the anonymous Trinity DNA. And finally, we begin to understand the nature of the relationship between Trinity and the reporter, Christine Hill.…
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The cast enjoys Thanksgiving this week on Dexter (as best they can). Dexter (Michael C. Hall) pulls double duty on Turkey Day, eating dinner at both his home and with the Trinity Killer (John Lithgow). However, the facade of Trinity’s perfect family crumbles before Dexter’s eyes, ending with an epidsode of domestic violence and a blunder by Dex himself. Meanwhile, Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) continues to make headway on the Trinity investigation, even during Thanksgiving dinner. Rita shares an awkward kiss with the creepy next-door neighbor, accidentally witnessed by Vince Masuka (C.S. Lee). Laguerta (Maria Velez) and Batista (David Zayas) risk their careers for their relationship. And finally, we learn Quinn’s (Desmond Harrington) reporter girlfriend (Christine Hill, played by Courtney Ford), has a big secret. As usual – BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!…
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This week on Dexter, Miami Metro Homicide begins to give more credibility and manpower to Deborah Morgan’s (Jennifer Carpenter) Trinity Killler case. However, it has become clear that Trinity(John Lithgow) was seemingly NOT the shooter who wounded Deb and killed Frank Lundy (Keith Carradine). Meanwhile, Dexter invites himself along on Trinity’s sinister road trip, this time with intent to kill. Angel Batistia (David Zayas) and Maria Laguerta (Lauren Velez) can’t resist each other, despite their warning from the higher-ups. Finally, Rita (Julie Benz) finds herself having dinner with her creepy and aggressive single-father neighbor.…
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In the high stakes Hollywood blockbuster poker game, Roland Emmerich is going all in with “2012.” A disaster movie to end all disaster movies, “2012” is an enormous moviegoing event guaranteed to make eyes bleed and ears burst with its sheer scale and thundering execution. To bend the dictionary a little, it’s positively ginormous. “2012” is also disturbingly repetitive, obnoxiously noisy, and almost pornographic in length. Instead of providing a comforting bowl of melted apocalyptic cheese, Emmerich wants to beat the living hell out of his audience instead, staging doom after doom, death after death, until it reaches a nauseating spin of sensorial overload. It’s cinematic waterboarding and there was more than one occasion during the film when I was convinced it was never going to end. …
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This week on Dexter, Dex (Michael C. Hall) maintains his contact with the Trinity Killer (John Lithgow). His family life and serial killing continue to mix like oil and water. Meanwhile, Detective Debra Morgan (Jennifer Carpenter) settles in to her brother’s old apartment and promptly makes it her new, private war room to track down Trinity. Angel Batista (David Zayas) and Lieutenant Laguerta (Lauren Velez) continue to try and stifle their feelings for one another to keep their jobs. Detective Quinn (Desmond Harrington) gets the bright idea to begin tailing Dexter for dirt to use as defense against Dex seeing him steal money from a crime scene. As usual with The Dexter Recap here at The Demon, beware of spoilers if you haven’t seen this episode.…
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Every night when you sleep, two forces emerge from their parallel world to join in battle over your very soul. They do so by manipulating your subconscious. The Storytellers try to help you with peaceful sleep infused with good dreams of happiness, confidence and strength. Tilting the scale on the other side are the sinister Incubis who use nightmares of death, fear and humiliation. In Ink, the focus of their attention is on the souls of John (Chris Kelly) and his daughter Emma (Quinn Hunchar) after Emma is snatched from her bed by a creature named Ink. If he delivers Emma to the Incubis, Ink will finally join their ranks and “become numb.” What follows is a fantasy-action tale detailing two separate journeys. One is Ink’s as he holds Emma hostage while meeting various other characters in order to complete his task. The other journey is Emma’s father’s who has lost himself long ago after succumbing to grief, guilt and pride. He has been offered a chance at redemption while unbeknownst to him, a fight for his soul – and that of his daughter’s – is being waged by forces unseen.…
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