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As the slithery Serpent reveals his plan to plunge the world into peril our hairy hero and his pal A..

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February 1922. Hollywood is young but already mired in scandal. When a leading movie director is mur..

Rosie Strange doesn't believe in ghosts or witches or magic. It’s no surprise therefore when she i..

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Iceland 1934: Two boys playing see something they shouldn't have. The consequences will haunt them a..

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