THIS THING BETWEEN US

This novel’s David-Searcy-meets-Stephen-King-meets-Philip-K.-Dick aesthetic makes for an invigorating reading experience

POSSESSOR

The second feature by Brandon Cronenberg, who as in his first (2012’s ANTIVIRAL), created a film that’s heavily informed by the work of his father David

PURANA MANDIR

By Bollywood standards this 1984 film is quite good, packed with chills and boasting a tight storyline that nearly manages to sustain itself over a fast moving 145 minutes

The Man Upstairs

The paperback edition goes out of its way to avoid the dreaded H-word, instead proclaiming it a “Psychosexual Thriller” and “Modern Gothic.” Don’t be fooled: this is very much a work of horror fiction, and an unusually potent and unflinching one.

LEGION

This is the official sequel to THE EXORCIST (the novel) written by its creator William Peter Blatty. Most of the things that made THE EXORCIST such a memorable read are in evidence in LEGION, including page-turning suspense, strong characterizations and a powerful sense of raging evil.

JOKO’S ANNIVERSARY

Maybe this obscure exercise in European absurdism doesn’t belong in a horror book review, but it does contain generous helpings of mutilation, cannibalism and demonic possession.