Tag: horror

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin

February 10, 2015 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin

First Impressions The first think I think of when I hear the words Rosemary’s Baby are Mia Farrow and Roman Polanski.  A bad reader I know, associating the novel with its director not the author Ira Levin.   Impressions While Reading Rosemary’s Baby is strange.  Strange is the best descriptive word, with Satan and demonic […]

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The Shining by Stephen King

January 12, 2015 Whitney Review 0 Comments
The Shining by Stephen King

First Impressions I have tried to watch Forrest Gump several times but with each attempt I fall asleep.  The stretch between his college football games and saving Lieutenant Dan had me yawning.  Until recently this has been my experience with The Shining by Stephen King.  I found it slow and wasn’t able to slog my […]

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Review: Exorcist Road

October 30, 2014 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Review: Exorcist Road

When one thinks of  ‘exorcist’ Reagan, split pea soup and spinning heads come to mind. William Peter Blatty taught us all we need to know about exorcisms, what is so radically new and inventive about Exorcist Road?  Casey’s exorcism is not the main focus here.  It is a game of “Guess Who” to discover the […]

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Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

January 31, 2014 Whitney Review 4 Comments
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

Interview with the Vampire had been recommended to me by several friends and picked up at my latest trip to the public library. I immediately became engrossed in this novel and was transported to 18th-century Louisiana. Anne Rice’s descriptions on a vampire’s day-to-day or night-to night life were fascinating; from the transformation to mortal to […]

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