QUIN’S SHANGHAI CIRCUS
This novel is ostensibly about a man attempting to find his parents in WWII-era Shanghai, but its true concerns are far more dense and kaleidoscopic
The Gore Boom—Is It A Bust?
Gore is back.
Tracking the Fortunes of the New Friday the 13th
It’s the week of February 13, 2009 and the hotly promoted FRIDAY THE 13th remake has opened number one at the U.S. box office.
2016: The Year in Bedlam
Welcome to the first installment of my “Year in Bedlam” end-of-the-year movie rankings.
Looking Back on Some Bad Influences
Here you’ll find a slew of wild, goofy, unpredictable and absolutely first rate reading.
The Subjugated Beast
Mega List of Everything View by Topic60s Cinema 70s Cinema 80s Cinema 90's Cinema Adults only Aliens Anthology Apocalyptic Arthouse Bizarre British Horror Canadian Horror Cannibalism Cult TV Dark Comedy Dark Eroticism Directors Dream Logic Evil Animals French...NINTH & HELL STREET
NINTH & HELL STREET isn’t the goriest novel I’ve ever read, but it outdoes most splatterpunk fiction in sheer nastiness
THE LONG LAST CALL
THE LONG LAST CALL apparently began life as a screenplay to be directed by Skipp himself. He apparently couldn’t find financing for the film, however, so Skipp refashioned the material into a novel. As such it works beautifully.
THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE
Of THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE, a horrific western, I’ll say this: it reads very much like an Eric Red movie with its fast moving narrative that mixes breakneck action and gory horror in a manner Red practically invented, albeit without the budgetary and censorship issues that tend to mar so many of his films.
THE GOD OF THE RAZOR
An essential volume for Joe Lansdale fans, this is a 20th anniversary hardcover reprinting of Lansdale’s splat happy 1987 classic THE NIGHTRUNNERS.