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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
TOKYO BLOOD
A 33-minute four parter by Japan’s Sogo Ishii, returning to form after a nine-year gap.
THE ‘BURBS
I know many of you love this film. I don’t!
FEAR AND DESIRE
Yes, this was the first feature film made by 22-year-old Stanley Kubrick, and not exactly a monumental debut
THE ERL-KING
Goethe’s classic poem, adapted for film in 1931–painfully minimalistic, but worth a watch
THE EMBALMER
A tricky film, this: a cunning and perverse thriller that takes the guise of, and works best as, a dark character study
THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND SINS
Fifteen stories: energetic and focused to a fault, and exhibiting an unnerving willingness to gaze unblinkingly into the darkest depths of madness, mutilation and sexual deviance
IN THE DARK
By 1994 the late Richard Laymon had been a professional writer for over fifteen years, and that accumulated skill illuminates IN THE DARK
9/30/55
A unique movie novelization from one of the top novelizers of the 1970s and 80s
THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED
The most notorious “lost” film of our—if not all—time, reviewed in screenplay form
FULLY DRESSED AND IN HIS RIGHT MIND
Certainly one of the most unusual novels to emerge from the 1930s hard-boiled school
FANTASIA OF COLOR IN EARLY CINEMA
A wholly unique and eye-popping pictorially oriented look at the silent movie era with a most unexpected emphasis: color.
THE LINNEA QUIGLEY BIO & CHAINSAW BOOK
My exploration of the literary output of Linnea Quigley continues with this, her first publication
YOU’VE GOT RED ON YOU: HOW SHAUN OF THE DEAD WAS BROUGHT TO LIFE
The making of SHAUN OF THE DEAD is covered with admirable thoroughness in this beautifully designed book
I WAS FLESH GORDON
FLESH GORDON is a film whose behind-the-scenes drama was arguably more compelling than what ended up onscreen, as proven by this book
THE STRANGE WORLD OF WILLIE SEABROOK
All about the late travelogue writer William Seabrook and his weird fetishes, written by his wife
2022: The Year in Bedlam
The latest installment of my annual Year in Bedlam overview
2022: A Look Back in Bedlam
The latest installment of my annual Look Back in Bedlam year end overview
Ruggero Deodato: 1939-2022
My thoughts on the recently deceased director of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST
On HOME ALONE
One of the more inexplicable cultural touchstones of our era is 1990’s HOME ALONE
TV Flashback: KINGDOM HOSPITAL
Stephen King adapts THE KINGDOM, and not very well