I LOST IT AT THE VIDEO STORE
This short and sweet oral history of the VHS era is enjoyable enough, but far from the definitive book on the subject
THE CANNON FILM GUIDE Volume II (1985-1987)
Anyone who’s read my review of volume one of THE CANNON FILM GUIDE will know I’m quite partial to it. Now volume two is here, and I say it’s even better
CIMINO: THE DEER HUNTER, HEAVEN’S GATE AND THE PRICE OF A VISION
A frustrating and inconclusive book, although that’s an inevitability give its subject: the notoriously hermetic Michael Cimino
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER
This publication deserves praise for being the first book devoted entirely to HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER
THE LEATHER NUN AND OTHER INCREDIBLY STRANGE COMICS
Odd and obscure (though not quite “incredibly strange”) comics
LITTLE GIRL LOST
In the category of memoirs written by fourteen year olds LITTLE GIRL LOST is about average
LEARN TO LOSE YOUR MIND
A parody of the self-help manuals that asserts “It’s smart to be psychotic”
MONSTER MIDWAY
A nonfiction anthology that explores all aspects of early Twentieth Century carnival lore, as observed by the late William Lindsay Gresham
HOLLYWOOD GOTHIC: THE TANGLED WEB OF DRACULA FROM NOVEL TO STAGE TO SCREEN
An ambitious undertaking: an examination of Bram Stoker’s immortal DRACULA and its bumpy road to pop culture immortality
MASTER OF HORROR: THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF MICK GARRIS
This long-in-coming biography is as thorough a portrait of Mick Garris as anyone could desire