THE RETURNING
A product of the Hong Kong “Ghostly Romance” subgenre, and a decent one
A product of the Hong Kong “Ghostly Romance” subgenre, and a decent one
On August 7, 2023, film director extraordinaire William Friedkin, a.k.a. Hurricane Billy, passed away. Here’s my ranking of his 20 features.
A 50 year overview of an enduring classic, written by an author who was ideally suited for the job
Until just a few years ago one of the major plusses of collecting horror fiction was that it was incredibly easy, and inexpensive, to acquire. Not anymore!
I say this is the best of the AMITYVILLE movies. No, AMITYVILLE II isn’t particularly good, but it is superior to its overrated predecessor and the innumerable follow-ups
A gripping exploration of the making of “one of the most unintentionally silly films ever released by a major studio.”
The debut feature by the Austrian performance artist Valie Export was this avant-garde take on INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
Overrated!
The 1970s parody novel is a format that deserves at least a glance. Case in point: THE EXERCISER
For much of its existence this novel was just another of the countless undistinguished horror paperbacks that cluttered the 1980s fiction market