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[BD Book Giveaway] Scott Campbell’s ‘The Great Showdowns’

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We’ve got a fun contest for you today from Titan Books. The publisher is releasing an art book showcasing Scott Campbell’s Great Showdowns series on October 30th. Campbell, known for his charming naive style, uses watercolors to paint famous scenes from classic films of every genre.

Below is a gallery of Campbell’s paintings from famous horror films. The first to identify all the films correctly will win a copy of the book. Simple as that. There’s only one winner, so get on this fast!

CONTEST OVER: VersaVulture is the winner (There was no specification of which Friday the 13th it was in the info I got from publisher, so I’m sticking to that.)

Contest is open to all American and Canadian residents. The winner will be notified in the comments and they will be asked to DM me their mailing address (No PO Box). Titan Books will then send you a copy in a timely fashion (roughly 2 to 3 weeks). NOTE: This is completely separate from currently running caption contests.

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Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ Is Now Available to Watch at Home!

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After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.

You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!

Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.

Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”

“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.

She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”

Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.

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