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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: HOUSE OF 1000 BAD REVIEWS

By | June 2003

There are valid criticisms of Zombie’s first feature, but it didn’t deserve the rough treatment it got in the hands of many critics. If Zombie takes the bad reviews to heart, we can be assured his sequel will be a financial success and a colossal failure…

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