Horror Novels by Horror Moviemakers
The director-novelist: it’s a rare combination, but it does exist
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
1982: The Year in Bedlam
What follows are the type of little-known films that tend to comprise my “Look Back in Bedlam” listings, of which this is the 1982 entry
TV Flashback: MAX HEADROOM
If ever a show shouldn’t have worked it was this one, yet somehow MAX HEADROOM emerged as one of the great American TV programs of the decade
On CITY ZERO and VERNANDA
Here we’re going back to a very particular time and place: the Soviet Union, circa 1988
Joe Kane: 1947-2020
In an age filled with self-anointed “B-movie historians” the now-deceased Joe Kane remains one of the very few writers who can truly be said to have earned that designation
On THE WHITE HOTEL
THE WHITE HOTEL is one of the few examples of literary fiction that can truly be said to have just about everything
The Halloween Issue
Here we’re going to explore the phenomenon of the Halloween issue
Funnybook Flashback: FLINCH
It’s impossible not to be struck by the range of artwork and subject matter of this Vertigo horror comics anthology
THE CELL at 20
On THE CELL (2000) and the effects, pro and con, of controversy