R.I.P Joel Schumacher
For those of us who came of age in the 1980s, the name Joel Schumacher, a film director who died on June 22 at age 80, has great meaning
Misspent 1980s-era TV Watching: Six Examples
Looking back on the many misspent hours of 1980s TV watching, I find that a few (only a few) programs have stuck in my mind
RED HEDZ, SZMONHFU and JANE’S GAME
It’s been said of TOMIE that there is “nothing in Western horror literature, cinema and comics quite like it.” Not unless you take into account the 1989 novella RED HEDZ, revised as SZMONHFU and JANE’S GAME
The Films of Richard Stanley
Richard Stanley is one of the most interesting genre filmmakers on the scene, and also one of the least prolific
E-Books, Astrologers, Ocean Parks, Buried Treasure and SURVIVOR
The decline of print media is a subject that in the post-Coronavirus era has taken on a new relevance
1985: The Year in Bedlam
It makes sense that, in what is universally acknowledged as the worst-ever decade for film, the midpoint of that decade marks its low point
On TIGER KING and Lucky Documentarians
A bonafide phenomenon, TIGER KING enjoyed a 25 day ranking as Netflix’s number one show, and the reasons for its popularity aren’t difficult to figure out
Brian De Palma’s Films, Ranked
Here we pay homage to one of screen’s pre-eminent visual stylists and most irrepressible troublemakers
Disease Movies: An Informal History
With the advent of 2020 the disease movie has taken on an entirely new resonance
Stuart Gordon: 1947-2020
You may not know the name Stuart Gordon, but the chances are good that if you’re a fan of post-1980 horror cinema then you’re a Stuart Gordon fan