Ed Wood at the Carnival
Carnival life and Edward D. Wood, Jr. are two things that go together quite well
Remembering that which is Better Forgotten: NOT A LOVE STORY and THE MASCULINE MYSTIQUE
Here I’m going look at 1981’s NOT A LOVE STORY: A FILM ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY, one of the most infamous documentaries of its time, and 1984’s THE MASCULINE MYSTIQUE, which is considerably less well known
2018: Bedlam in Print
The books of 2018? There’s really not much to say, outside my usual observation that the really good stuff often lurks outside the mainstream
2018: A Look Back in Bedlam
Here it is, my latest Look Back in Bedlam overview of the previous year’s happenings that are of particular interest to this site
A Grab-Bag of Holiday Badness!
My Christmas posts are among the most consistently popular on this site, so here’s another
1994: The Year in Bedlam
1994 was the year of PULP FICTION and HOOP DREAMS; here I’ll be concentrating here on thirty lesser-known films, which provide a plethora of genre-spanning quality cinema!
Nicolas Roeg: 1928-2018
On November 23, 2018 we lost one of the world’s greatest filmmakers
William Goldman: 1931-2018
Yet another tragic celebrity death? I’m afraid so. The dear departed this time around is the great William Goldman, one of my longtime heroes
More Scary Kid Lit
A few years ago I wrote about children’s literature of an especially dark and aberrant nature. Here I’ll be revisiting this topic..
Funnybook Flashback: FROM BEYONDE, DOGHEAD and THE BIOLOGIC SHOW
It’s time for another trip back in time to the 1990s, when horror anthologies and David lynch-inspired weirdness were mainstays of the comic book universe—for a time, at least