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[Special Feature] 10 Widely Seen And Wildly Underrated Horror Performances!

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Posted by EvanDickson on March 06, 2012 @ 3:53pm
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[Special Feature] 10 Widely Seen And Wildly Underrated Horror Performances!

While many of our favorite horror performances enjoy their richly deserved iconic status, there are plenty of great turns out their that don’t get nearly enough credit. And it can happen for a variety of reasons. Perhaps the movie tanked or wasn’t well regarded. But sometimes the films were hugely successful (or found cult popularity later) and their roles were simply outshined by the other stars, or elements, in the picture.

In this list I take a look at 10 performances that I feel haven’t gotten their due. I wanted the focus to be on films that you’ve likely seen (and love), so there’s a chance you may already feel the same way about many of these performances. In some cases these are roles that already get a fair amount of credit in the horror community – but are ignored in popular discussion of the performer’s overall career.

Disagree? Did I miss someone? Make sure your voice is heard in the comments!

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‘Attack the Block’ Sequel, Remake and Potential TV Series?

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 14, 2011 @ 9:21pm
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Attack the Block Sequel, Remake and Potential TV Series?

One of the best movies of the year is easily Joe Cornish’s sci-fi horror Attack the Block (review), which followed a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.

This afternoon IFC posted an interview with Cornish who revealed that an American remake and television series spin-off are been discussed, and also gave the first details about one of the ideas around an Attack the Block sequel. Could a franchise be in the works? Just to make this happen I’d carry a rotting alien corpse around on my back…

Newcomer star John Boyega, who plays the teenage group leader and chief monster-killer Moses, is also the leader of ideas: “He has this image of a bigger alien attack on London, as if the attack we saw in ‘Attack the Block’ was just the [first] wave and there’s another wave of bigger creatures. And he described to me this image of Moses leading a whole army of hood kids across the Thames, next to the houses of Parliament,” said Cornish to press. “He had an image of Moses on a police horse. So he’s on a horse leading this army of South London kids across the river to take on this bigger wave of aliens.”
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‘Attack the Block’ Gets Loaded October Release

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Posted by MrDisgusting on September 15, 2011 @ 10:40pm
Category: Movies / Home Video

Attack the Block, the British sci-fi/comedy from Joe Cornish, will invade Blu-ray October 25, says High Def Digest.

The film about an alien invasion and a street gang of Londonites who band together to save their apartment complex stars John Boyega and Nick Frost (‘Shaun of the Dead’).

The Blu-ray will feature 1080p video, a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and supplements include: “Junior” commentary with writer/director Joe Cornish and actors John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Simon Howard, and Leeon Jones; “Senior” commentary with Cornish and actors Jodie Whittaker, Luke Treadaway, and Nick Frost; “Executive Producer” commentary with Cornish and executive producer Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz); Behind the Block; Creature Feature; Meet the Gang; Unfilmed Action; and That’s a Rap (an actual featurette, not me just ending the sentence).
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‘Attack the Block’ Roundup, Clips — Only Eight Theaters?

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 29, 2011 @ 3:23pm
Category: Movies / News

Sony Pictures is starting slow with the release of Joe Cornish’s widely beloved UK horror Attack the Block, opening it only 8 theaters before hopefully expanding over the next few weeks. You’ll find a list of the initial theaters below.

In addition, by clicking here you’ll find a trio of clips, with our video interview and trailers from the flick that follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.

But in the end we just want to know what YOU think of the movie. So head on over to our review page and write your own to tell all of Bloody what you thought.

Attack the Block

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on July 29, 2011 @ 12:00am
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A gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.

LONG: Attack The Block is a fast, funny, frightening action adventure movie that pits a teen gang against an invasion of savage alien monsters. It turns a housing estate into a SCI-FI PLAYGROUND. A tower block into a fortress under siege. And weapon wielding teenage thugs into heroes. Think ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 only with monsters and a tower block. Or LA HAINE crossed with ALIENS. It’s inner city versus outer space.

Trainee nurse Sam is walking home to her flat in a scary South London tower block when she’s robbed by a gang of masked, hooded youths. She’s saved when the gang are distracted by a bright meteorite, which falls from the sky and hits a nearby parked car. Sam flees, just before the gang are attacked by a small alien creature that leaps from the wreckage. The gang chase the creature and kill it, dragging its ghoulish carcass to the top of the block, with they treat as their territory.

While Sam and the police hunt for the gang, a second wave of meteors fall. Confident of victory against such feeble invaders, the gang grab weapons, mount bikes and mopeds, and set out to defend their turf. But this time the creatures are bigger. Much bigger. Savage, shadowy and bestial, they are hunting their fallen comrade and nothing will stand in their way. THE ESTATE IS ABOUT TO BECOME A BATTLEGROUND. And the bunch of no-hope kids who just attacked Sam are about to become her, and the block’s, only hope.

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[Video Interview] ‘Attack the Block’ Director Joe Cornish

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 28, 2011 @ 2:46pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Finally arriving in theaters tomorrow is Sony Pictures’ Attack the Block (review), the widely hyped sci-fi horror film from the producers of Shaun of the Dead.

Described as an ’80s Amblin horror film, the violent pic follows “a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.”

Gearing up for tomorrows release, Bloody Disgusting Chris Eggertsen caught up with UK director Joe Cornish in the following exclusive video interview. Check back here tomorrow to write your own review and tell all of Bloody what YOU thought!
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New Look at Kid Baddies From ‘Attack the Block’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 27, 2011 @ 5:39pm
Category: Movies / News

David Harley was among the first ever to see Joe Cornish’s UK sci-fi horror flick Attack the Block, which preemed to a huge response at this past March’s SXSW Film Festival. Since then, Sony has been hosting tons of word of mouth screenings in a strong display of confidence for the Joe Cornish-directed sci-fi horror. It’ll open in theaters this coming Friday.

From the producers of Shaun of the Dead, the flick that follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack. Buzz has been incredibly strong.

Click the pic below for the full gallery:

Attackblock2hires072711 New Look at Kid Baddies From Attack the Block

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Comic-Con ’11 [Interview] ‘Attack the Block’ Star John Boyega!

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Posted by Maria Lewis on July 26, 2011 @ 3:57pm
Category: Movies / Interviews

He was the 17-year-old kid plucked from obscurity to carry Joe Cornish’s ghetto alien invasion flick Attack The Block (review). A year older and a little wiser, rising star John Boyega talked all thing Attack The Block with Bloody Disgusting at Comic-Con over the weekend.

Attack The Block follows a teen gang in South London as they try to defend their block from an alien invasion. Written and directed by Joe Cornish, with Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim, Hot Fuzz, Shaun Of The Dead) onboard as executive producer, the genre flick is shaping up to be one of the indie hits of the year. Applauded by critics and audiences alike, Boyega has emerged as one of the film’s breakout stars for his stoic portrayal of gang leader Moses. Below, he talks horror, Hollywood and the pressure to be Bruce Willis.

attackblock072011 Comic Con 11 [Interview] Attack the Block Star John Boyega!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 20, 2011 @ 3:50pm
Category: Movies / News

Kicking off the San Diego Comic-Con hype, Screen Gems is hoping to gain hundreds of thousands of eyeballs for their forthcoming sci-fi horror Attack the Block (review), which opens in theaters next Friday.

This morning the studio unleashed the final official trailer, along with an exclusive clip from Joe Cornish’s pic that follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.

Since its premiere at SXSW, Attack the Block has been embraced by the online community with a string of free screenings and raving reviews. To say the flick is good is an understatement. Watch the new footage inside and don’t miss one of the best movies this summer next weekend.

attackblock072011 San Diego Comic Con 11: New Attack the Block Trailer and First Clip!

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Posted by David Harley on June 11, 2011 @ 1:02am
Category: Movies / News

Word of mouth has been nothing short of great since Attack The Block (review) debuted at SXSW earlier this year. I was lucky enough to catch it again with Tex Massacre last month when stateside distributor Screen Gems screened it in 25 cities to get more buzz, and it holds up remarkably well the second time around. Looks like “Fan Appreciation Night” went over like gangbusters because the film has just gotten a July 29 release date, which will put it up against Cowboys and Aliens at the box office.

In the film “a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.”

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Posted by MrDisgusting on May 05, 2011 @ 2:42am
Category: Movies / News

While Sony Screen Gems decides what to do with the film here in the States, the lucky bastards in the UK get to see Joe Cornish’s sci-fi comedy Attack the Block in cinemas on May 11.

With the new official one sheet being released yesterday, we’ve now been supplied with a batch of new imagery that can be viewed by clicking the colorful still below.

Receiving rave reviews (including David Harley’s review here), the pic follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.

attackblockimages050311 Kids Becomes Urban Warfare in New Attack the Block Stills

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Posted by David Harley on May 03, 2011 @ 3:08pm
Category: Movies / News

Today, a new poster emerged for Joe Cornish’s fantastic Attack The Block (review), giving us a small taste of the incredible rotoscoping effects used for the creatures. It kind of reminds me of the newest DVD and Blu-ray cover art for The Relic…

Check out the brand spanking new poster beyond the break. Attack The Block follows a gang of South London teenagers as they defend their housing project home against an alien attack.

The film, which is receiving rave reviews, premiered at the March SXSW Film Festival and will open in the UK on May 11.
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Second ‘Attack The Block’ Trailer Lands!

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Posted by David Harley on April 21, 2011 @ 8:58pm
Category: Movies / News

In the four years I’ve been going to SXSW, I have never seen a film blow up quite the way Joe Cornish’s Attack The Block (review) has. This is a flick that was so much fun, it had attendees watching it again and again, filling the theatre to capacity EVERY SINGLE TIME it played despite the mind-blowing amount of other new films there were to explore. And then there was the LA screening…

Today a new trailer dropped, showcasing the great score by Basement Jaxx. With its UK theatrical debut on the horizon, hopefully Screen Gems will follow suit sooner rather than later.

In the flick, a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 06, 2011 @ 7:52pm
Category: Movies / News

It’s been a long, long time since I’ve seen an indie genre film get this much hype. The difference is that people have actually seen Joe Cornish’s UK Attack the Block, and have since raved about it (our own David Harley caught it at SXSW where it won the “Midnight Feature Audience Award”; read his review). Even horror icon Eli Roth spent the past two days sticking on the topic via his personal Twitter. I personally have yet to see a negative reaction.

The hype is real…

Sony Screen Gems, known for mediocre PG-13 thrillers, has acquired it. Could this be the start of something new? Let’s hope so!

Attack The Block pits a gang of South London inner city youths against marauding aliens. Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter and Nick Frost star. Popular Shaun of the Dead star Edgar Wright served as executive producer.

Attack the Block Hype is REAL, Sony Screen Gems Acquires!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 01, 2011 @ 4:43pm
Category: Movies / News

The big winner of SXSW was Joe Cornish’s UK horror comedy Attack the Block, an alien invasion thriller that has critics raving (including David Harley; read his review).

Even though U.S. rights have yet to be sold, Optimum Releasing UK has unloaded two clips that give you a first ever look at one of the alien creatures.

“The pic follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.”

Clips and long synopsis inside.
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SXSW ’11 REVIEW: ‘Attack the Block’ the Best of the Fest!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 28, 2011 @ 5:30pm
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Our final review out of this month’s SXSW Film Festival is for Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block, which has been receiving RAVE reviews over the past few weeks. The genre comedy follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack. David Harley LOVED it:

“A heavy dose of dry, witty humor mixed with engaging action and a score by Basement Jaxx that will appeal to fans of Daft Punk’s ‘Tron: Legacy’ work, ‘Attack The Block’ is an unquestionable homerun and the kind of film that doesn’t come around often enough. Cornish manages to take what could have been unlikeable antagonists and transforms them into heroes with razor-sharp wits and tongues through the occurrence of unlikely, random circumstances, making him come off like a British Shane Black. It’s a shame that the dialect is what the industry is buzzing about as the film looks for a distributor, and not how fun and refreshing an experience it is.”

Click the title above for the full review or catch up on all of our SXSW coverage here.

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 21, 2011 @ 7:13pm
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Scoring RAVe reviews out of last week’s SXSW Film Festival was Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block, his alien invasion horror flick which stars Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, and Nick Frost in a film that follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.

Still with no U.S. distro in place, the boys over at /Film score an excluisve look at the following UK quad poster that displays Earth’s young defenders in a new film from the producers of . Also dig on the official website and Facebook.

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SXSW ’11: Kids Rally in New ‘Attack the Block’ Stills

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 12, 2011 @ 2:18am
Category: Movies / News

We just scored a look at a trio of new stills from Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block, his alien invasion horror flick which stars Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, and Nick Frost in a film that follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.

It will premiere at this month’s SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Also dig on the official website and Facebook. Watch for a review in the coming weeks.

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 08, 2011 @ 3:50pm
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Torque director Joseph Kahn is bringing this stylish commercial directing to this month’s SXSW Film Festival as they’ll be holding the world premiere of Detention, his slasher film that look like Scream meets Prom Night meets a SyFy original, with the Burger King’s Queen as the killer, as we previously reported.

The trailer premiered last week to a flurry of positive remarks, now we got our hands on two more stills and the official festival one sheet. “Cancel your future…”

“ ‘Detention’ tells the story of the senior class at Grizzly Lake high school. The road to graduation is never an easy one, but it’s further complicated for these students by the arrival of a slasher movie killer who has seemingly come to life. The only ones who can stop the killer are a handful of students, but they’ll have to cut out of detention if they’re to stand a chance at saving the world.” Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke, Parker Bagley, Alison Woods, Walter Perez, and Carrie Wiita all star.

SXSW 11: Genre Bending One Sheet Debut for Detention

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 03, 2011 @ 4:13pm
Category: Movies / News

Remember the days when you’d be watching Showtime or TMC and they’d play House, Night of the Creeps, Fright Night or even Monster Squad? There was something special about that time where movies were always engaging and fun. Maybe it was seeing someone closer to your age battling ghouls, or something else, but when I finished watching the trailer for Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block I had “that” feeling.

Inside you’ll find the trailer debut for the alien invasion horror film which stars Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, and Nick Frost in a film that follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.

The pic will have its premiere at this month’s SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Also dig on the official website and Facebook.

SXSW 11: Attack the Block Trailer Reminds Me of When Movies Were Fun!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 01, 2011 @ 4:15pm
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With the SXSW premiere just weeks away, we just now got our hands on two gorgeous posters for Room for Tourists director Adrián García Bogliano’s Cold Sweat, which we’ve been hearing really good things about (people explode!) From Argentina, the pic premieres March 15 in Austin, Texas.

“A young man searching for his missing girlfriend. A loyal friend willing to do anything to uncover the truth. An investigation that culminates in an old house. Inside two brutal murderers expect them, armed with twenty-five boxes of explosives stolen from the last military dictatorship in Argentina.”

Inside you’ll find the film’s official trailer and the two new one sheets, while you can click the image for our full image gallery!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 28, 2011 @ 5:38am
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Not getting enough attention leading up to its SXSW premiere is Room for Tourists director Adrián García Bogliano’s Cold Sweat, which we’ve been hearing really good things about. From Argentina, the pic premieres March 15 in Austin, Texas.

Inside you’ll find the film’s official trailer, while you can click the image for our full image gallery!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 28, 2011 @ 5:19am
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Premiering at mext month’s SXSW Film Festival is Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block, which stars Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, and Nick Frost in a film that follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.

Gearing up for the fest, the official website and Facebook have launched, featuring your first ever look at the film, along with a crazy long synopsis. I love genre films that are targeted towards kids, some of my all-time favorite horror films were made for the youngins.

SXSW 11: Aliens Will Attack the Block in First Stills!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 11, 2011 @ 4:17pm
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Just announced as part of this March’s SXSW Film Festival, early indication was that Nicolas Goldbart’s Argentinean Phase 7 (Fase 7) wasn’t good for our audience. I think I judged way too soon.

This afternoon I made a few calls and got my hands on the official festival poster, images, a Metallica-rocking international trailer, a Dawn of the Dead-ish festival trailer, and an exclusive clip that also taps musically into Assault on Precinct 13.

From the executive producer of Paranormal Activity, Phase 7 looks like it taps into early Romero and can be described as a cross between The Crazies, Dawn of the Dead and 28 Days Later. We’re told Goldbart loves Carpenter and used temp music from Assault on Precinct 13, The Thing and Escape From New York.

Starring Daniel Hendler, Federico Luppi, Jazmin Stuart, and Jose “Yayo” Guridi, “Coco just moved to his new apartment with 7-month pregnant wife. When the building is in quarantined for a deadly flue. The neighbors became unexpected enemies.”

[Special Feature] 10 Widely Seen And Wildly Underrated Horror Performances!

‘Attack the Block’ Sequel, Remake and Potential TV Series?

‘Attack the Block’ Gets Loaded October Release

‘Attack the Block’ Roundup, Clips — Only Eight Theaters?

Attack the Block

[Video Interview] ‘Attack the Block’ Director Joe Cornish

New Look at Kid Baddies From ‘Attack the Block’

Comic-Con ’11 [Interview] ‘Attack the Block’ Star John Boyega!

San Diego Comic-Con ’11: New ‘Attack the Block’ Trailer and First Clip!

‘Attack The Block’ Lands In July

Kids Becomes Urban Warfare in New ‘Attack the Block’ Stills

New ‘Attack The Block’ Poster Is Jawsome!

Second ‘Attack The Block’ Trailer Lands!

‘Attack the Block’ Hype is REAL, Sony Screen Gems Acquires!

Aliens Attack, Aliens Lose in ‘Attack the Block’ Clipage

SXSW ’11 REVIEW: ‘Attack the Block’ the Best of the Fest!

Earth’s Defenders Highlight ‘Attack the Block’ UK Quad

SXSW ’11: Kids Rally in New ‘Attack the Block’ Stills

SXSW ’11: Genre-Bending One Sheet Debut for ‘Detention’

SXSW ’11: ‘Attack the Block’ Trailer Reminds Me of When Movies Were Fun!

SXSW ’11: Two Arty New Posters for ‘Cold Sweat’

SXSW ’11: Trailer, Poster, First Info on ‘Cold Sweat’

SXSW ’11: Aliens Will ‘Attack the Block’ in First Stills!

SXSW ’11: Trailers, Clips, Posters, Images from Carpenter-Inspired ‘Phase 7′!!

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