LOVE ME DEADLY
Necrophilia meets mass murder in one of the sickest early-seventies exploiters
The DUNEiverse and Its Discontents
DUNE: the novels, films and everything else
PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE
A great deal of dumb fun, but those in search of the true worst movie ever made are advised to keep looking
GLAMOUR GHOUL: THE PASSIONS AND PAIN OF THE REAL VAMPIRA, MAILA NURMI
This isn’t the first book about Maila Nurmi, a.k.a. Vampira, but it is very likely the best
VAMPIRA AND ME
Filmmaker R.H. Greene didn’t make things easy on himself when crafting this film, a documentary about Maila Nurmi, a.k.a. Vampira
LISZTOMANIA, Ken Russell, Genius and Madness
LISZTOMANIA is not a widely admired film, but I say it deserves a reappraisal
LAID BARE
In which true crime author John Gilmore lays bare his early years as an actor, and his dealings with the soon-to-be-famous
PREY
Five guys on a forest jaunt and an unseen shooter: that about sums up this no-frills German Netflixer from 2021
AMIGO
A two-hander featuring a real-life Spanish comic team going slowly bonkers
YOURS CRUELLY, ELVIRA: MEMOIRS OF THE MISTRESS OF THE DARK
Everyone loves Elvira, whose life story is told quite well in these pages