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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
THE CANDY SNATCHERS
I caught up with this 1973 obscurity fairly recently, but it immediately jumped to the top of my grindhouse fave list
THE CALL OF CTHULHU
One of the more unique films made from the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, a silent movie based on one of the maestro’s most famous stories
CALIGULA
CALIGULA is of course the legendary Penthouse-financed historical porno epic, a one-of-a-kind debacle with a background as outrageous as the film itself
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI
Often cited as the world’s first true horror film, this German classic from 1920 has taken on near-legendary status among cultists, and retains a loopy aura that has yet to be matched
THE WORLD’S GREATEST SINNER
A truly astounding early sixties artifact that remains frustratingly obscure
CORALINE (Book)
The rapturous reception CORALINE has received is surprising, as it’s likely the darkest children’s novel I’ve ever read.
CONSUMED
CONSUMED is the better-late-than-never debut novel 71-year-old David Cronenberg. It has a thoroughly unique and individual voice that falls somewhere between those of William Gibson and Don DeLillo in its concentration on technological minutiae and elegant perversity. It’s also fully in keeping with the obsessions and subject matter of Cronenberg’s films.
CONE ZERO
Not having read any of the other Nemonymous anthologies, I was unsure what to expect. That, it turns out, was an ideal state of mind in which to approach this book
THE COMPASS STONE
Fernando Arrabal is Spain’s grand master of the avant-garde, a playwright, artist, filmmaker and sometime novelist. THE COMPASS STONE (LA PIERDA ILLUMINADA), translated by Andrew Hurley, is one of a handful of Arrabal novels available in English (the others are BAAL BABYLON, THE BURIAL OF THE SARDINE, THE TOWER STRUCK BY LIGHTNING and THE RED VIRGIN), and for me the standout, an astounding torrent of madness, perversion, hallucination and murder, but graced with a probing, boldly intellectual edge. It’s told from the point of view of an unnamed teenage girl living in a vast, crumbling mansion run by her father, known only as “the Maimed One”, who spends his days watching TV and decrying the decadence of modern society. “The Sisters”, two gluttonous handmaidens, are on hand to attend to his every need.
COMPARTMENTS
I’m firmly convinced that anything by Zoran Zivkovic is worth your time, and that’s definitely true of this strange and wonderful five story collection. Drafted in Zivkovic’s usual clear and uncluttered prose, it’s quite short (161 pages of large printing) but contains enough wisdom and imagination to fill a sci fi trilogy.
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