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
I’M SCREAMING AS FAST AS I CAN: MY LIFE IN B-MOVIES
A slim but reasonably satisfying mini-memoir by Linnea Quigley, the most prominent of the 1980s and ‘90s scream queens
RIDLEY SCOTT: A BIOGRAPHY
A book about the prolific British filmmaker Ridley Scott that isn’t what I’d call revelatory
CONTAGION
This above-average 2011 disease thriller is one of director Steven Soderbergh’s most purely entertaining films
FEAR
This is the long awaited autobiography by Dario Argento, and (for once) it doesn’t disappoint
PURANA MANDIR
By Bollywood standards this 1984 film is quite good, packed with chills and boasting a tight storyline that nearly manages to sustain itself over a fast moving 145 minutes
CATS
As I write this 2019’s CATS has only been in release a little over two weeks, yet it’s already joined the ranks of PAINT YOUR WAGON, AT LONG LAST LOVE and CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC
KINGS AND DESPERATE MEN
PRISONER fans take note: this 1981 Canadian production reunites the principal actors of that immortal series Patrick McGoohan and Alexis Kanner in an arty suspense drama
THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
The legendary Grand Guignol Theatre provided the source material for this silent drama from 1929