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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
THE MISADVENTURES OF THE NEW SATAN
1964’s PÕRGUPÕHJA UUS VANAPAGAN, a.k.a. DEVIL WITH A FALSE PASSPORT, DEVIL ON EARTH, THE NEW DEVIL OF HELLSBOTTOM or (as the film is most commonly known) THE MISADVENTURES OF THE NEW SATAN, is all-but completely unknown in the English speaking world but widely considered a classic of Estonian cinema
LOLA
A “lost” film in the filmography of Spain’s late Bigas Luna (1946–2013), LOLA is a 1986 erotic thriller that received very little attention and has largely vanished from sight
NIGHT ON THE TOWN
A twelve minute animated amazement from 1981 that remains shockingly little known
DOCTOR PETIOT
A 1990 French period piece that stars the veteran actor Michel Serrault (1928-2007) and was made, brilliantly, by Christian de Chalonge
TEN MONOLOGUES FROM THE LIVES OF THE SERIAL KILLERS
A 1994 “documentary” about serial killers that mixes actual confessions by mass murderers with fictional works by J.G. Ballard, Roberta Lannes and Henry Rollins
ICE
This bizarre novel is widely acclaimed as the masterpiece of England’s Anna Kavan (1905-1968).
I’M THE KING OF THE CASTLE
Nowadays, with pubescent bullying a hot-button issue, I’m surprised this 1970 novel hasn’t gotten renewed attention in the US.
I’M NOT SAM
This book suffers somewhat from being a short story stretched to novella length (with all the noticeable flaws that entails) and the fact that its premise isn’t terribly original, yet no Jack Ketchum effort is entirely unworthy, including I’M NOT SAM.
I WILL RISE
Books like this are the reason I slog through so many “underground” horror novels, most of which leave me cold.
I SAW ZOMBIES EATING SANTA CLAUS
I may be sick of zombies, but I do enjoy twisted holiday stories, and anyway that title was just too outrageous to pass up!
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On Working for Free
The full story of my toils in Hollyweird would take a multi-volume encyclopedia’s worth of verbiage to fully relate, so here I’m going to concentrate on one aspect of the biz that really irks me: the practice of working for free
Japanese Cyber-Horror
Japanese Cyberpunk: for those familiar with the films of Shinya Tsukamoto and Shozin Fukui, those words have a very particular connotation, promising an unflinching exploration of the darkest extremes of technology and madness
Two Books (and One Film) by Ladislav Fuks
Here’s a brilliant author few seem to remember: the Czech Ladislav Fuks, who is known in the English speaking world for just two books, MR. THEODORE MUNDSTOCK and THE CREMATOR
Four Essential Books by Michael Blumlein
Michael Blumlein, a San Francisco-based doctor, is one of the most distinctive horror/sci fi writers on the scene, as evinced by three absolutely stunning novels and an equally dazzling short story collection
R.I.P. Michael Crichton
Here’s an author with whom I’ve had my differences over the years: the brilliant but erratic Michael Crichton, who on November 4, 2008 passed away at age 66