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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
YOR: THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE
One of the more endearingly ridiculous entries in the early 1980s sword and sorcery movie craze was this Italian-Turkish co-production, which plays like an unholy mash-up of QUEST FOR FIRE, CONAN THE BARBARIAN and STAR WARS
ULVETID
A most interesting and unorthodox “horror” movie from Denmark
DEFIANCE
THE DEFIANCE OF GOOD was one of the better films to emerge from the golden age of porn, and this novelization was written by the famed porn novelist and poet Michael Perkins
PORCILE
This 1969 Italian import is one of the odder films made by the late Pier Paolo Pasolini
IT’S ALIVE III: ISLAND OF THE ALIVE
The second sequel to IT’S ALIVE (following 1978’s IT LIVES AGAIN) was this straight to video goof from 1987
HASHISH: THE LOST LEGEND
It’s not a timeless masterpiece, but Fritz Lemmermayer’s HASHISH is certainly a strange and fascinating concoction combining elements from the ARABIAN NIGHTS inspired Oriental fantasies in vogue at the time and the nearly-as-popular drug literature of the era.
HAPPY NOW
Thankfully HAPPY NOW, Charles Higson’s equally English-centric follow-up, is a far better book overall, equal to best work of authors like Iain Banks and Patricia Highsmith.
HANDLING THE UNDEAD
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m sick to death of zombie novels but this is an original take on the subject.
A HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN PRAYER
An extremely literate and well written novel that must nonetheless be classified as a disappointment.
HALLOWEENLAND
While I don’t feel HALLOWEENLAND is fully successful, I was impressed with the lean, confident, almost Richard Laymon-esque prose, and will definitely be reading more Sarrantonio publications.
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THE LAYPERSON’S GUIDE TO MODERN LIVING: A True Tale of Terror!
Have you seen THE LAYPERSON’S GUIDE TO MODERN LIVING? No? Don’t worry, neither has 99.9 percent of the rest of the world
These Movies DID Play at a Theater Near You…but You Didn’t See ‘Em!
The following piece was written in response to the snippy emails I’ve been getting
A Progress Report on 2002’s Horror Movies
Mainstream movie wise, 2002 hasn’t been all that distinguished a year thus far, but horror movie wise it’s actually been better than average
Is It Just Me or Do These Movies Suck?
Here I’ll take some potshots at a number of horror’s most revered figures
Debunking Some Stupid Sayings
The horror genre, like any other, is host to a number of ideas perceived by many to be Gospel. I’m debunking them.