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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
NOMADS
Another movie with a hyperbolic tagline–“If you’ve never been frightened by anything, you’ll be frightened by this!”–that wasn’t justified by the film it adorns
U.F.O. ABDUCTION
This SOV mini-epic was one of the first-ever found footage horror films
AIR CREW
Often described as the first Soviet disaster film, AIR CREW (EKIPAZH; 1980) borrows heavily from EARTHQUAKE, AIRPORT, WHEN TIME RAN OUT and just about every other disaster movie released in the 1970s
TO BE TWENTY
This Italian oddity is among the most notorious grindhouse productions due solely to its final ten minutes
BLOOD RAGE
Eighties splatter cheese, of note because it’s a rare example of Thanksgiving themed horror
THE HORDE
Reading this thoroughly bizarre, spiritually infused graphic novel from Ukrainian writer/illustrator Igor Baranko, I couldn’t help but wonder if Alejandro Jodorowsky had a hand in its creation.
HERO AND THE TERROR (Book)
HERO AND THE TERROR inspired little attention of any sort; there’s a reason for the neglect, of course, as truth be told this simply isn’t a very good book.
HERE COMES A CANDLE
As he often did, Brown adds many eccentric and unexpected elements, including a warped sense of humor and a pointed political angle, as well as quite a few experimental touches that place HERE COMES A CANDLE in a category of its own.
HÉLOÏSE
Sometimes, to get to the really good stuff the horror fiction buff must look outside the horror shelves for mislabeled genre fiction. One example would be this “surreal fairy tale,” an impressive 100 page exercise in contained apprehension.
HELLFIRE & DAMNATION
In horror fiction, as in most any other sort, true originality is an increasingly rare commodity. But it does exist, as proven by Connie Wilson’s HELLFIRE AND DAMNATION, an anthology that is genuinely, blazingly original.
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CACHE and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: Mutually Exclusive or Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Exploring the real differences between art and exploitation cinema–which, as it turns out, are pretty slim
Remembering Bob Clark
On the morning of April 4, 2007, movie director Bob Clark was killed, together with his son Ariel, when a drunk driver swerved into the lane in which the two were driving on CA’s Pacific Coast Highway in the Pacific Palisades
Scattered Thoughts on Imported DVDs and Theatrical Distribution
A few months ago Magnolia Pictures released the Steven Soderberg film BUBBLE in theaters while simultaneously premiering it on pay-per-view TV, and on DVD a few days later…
AMERICAN PSYCHO (Book): Fifteen Years Later
If you were a reader back in 1991, as I was, then you probably recall, as I do, the furor that accompanied the publication of AMERICAN PSYCHO
Remembering Forrest J. Ackerman and Bettie Page
Here’s an odd combo: Forrest J. Ackerman, the famously genial editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland, and the infamous pin-up queen Bettie Page