2021: Bedlam in Print
The latest installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s Bedlam Files-friendly publications
CHASING THE BOOGEYMAN
The first solo novel by Richard Chizmar was this unique account of crime and detection, which blends autobiography and crime fiction
MANIAC
One of the sickest surprises of December 2020 was the release of this graphic novel, which breaks new ground in splatterific excess
Weird and Wonderful Christmas Cinema from Around the World
A much-needed addendum to a previous essay, with an overview of weird holiday-themed films emerging from around the world
CHRISTMAS CRUELTY!
As of 2020 this no-budgeter is very likely the nastiest Christmas-themed horror movie ever made
THE CELL at 20
On THE CELL (2000) and the effects, pro and con, of controversy
Brian De Palma’s Films, Ranked
Here we pay homage to one of screen’s pre-eminent visual stylists and most irrepressible troublemakers
DOCTOR PETIOT
A 1990 French period piece that stars the veteran actor Michel Serrault (1928-2007) and was made, brilliantly, by Christian de Chalonge
Dutch Horror Essentials
Continuing with my “Essentials” horror surveys (see here, here, here and here for the others) we arrive at the Netherlands, which isn’t exactly a hotbed for horror fare
TEN MONOLOGUES FROM THE LIVES OF THE SERIAL KILLERS
A 1994 “documentary” about serial killers that mixes actual confessions by mass murderers with fictional works by J.G. Ballard, Roberta Lannes and Henry Rollins