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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
TRON
A rare example of Disney, the most risk-averse studio in Hollywood, taking a chance on material that’s defiantly unique (borderline experimental, even) in both conception and execution
SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS
Very likely the magnum opus of the London-based animators The Brothers Quay
TREMORS
One of the stand-out horror fests of the nineties
MS. 45
Quite simply, one of the greatest films to emerge from the Grindhouse era.
CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER
A change of pace for the UK’s Hammer Films that still feels quite archaic
THE MEN IN THE JUNGLE
A nasty ‘Nam allegory by sci fi legend Norman Spinrad
COLD FRONT
A recently republished 1980s horror novel that’s strong, descriptive and thoroughly Canadian
SKIN
The third and most widely praised of Kathe Koja’s grunge-era horror novels, resissued in a snazzy new edition
THE AWAKENING
Imaginative and ambitious vampire fiction by John Russo
MR. TURTLE
A weird one: a cyborg turtle, constructed as an instrument of war, headlines a Japanese import that functions as a bizarre speculative narrative, a philosophical fable and a surreal mind-tugger
JOHN KOBAL PRESENTS THE TOP 100 MOVIES
Exactly what the title promises: a listing of the 100 “best” movies ever, put together by the Canadian author and archivist John Kobal
THE UNSEEN FORCE: THE FILMS OF SAM RAIMI
The first book devoted entirely to the life and films of Sam Raimi
DEAN KOONTZ: A WRITER’S BIOGRAPHY
Katherine Ramsland, who’s best known for authoring several nonfiction books about Anne Rice, here turns her sights on another bestselling genre novelist: Dean Koontz
CINEMA SPECULATION
Passionate and entertaining writing on cinema by the one and only Quentin Tarantino
LIVING IN FEAR: A HISTORY OF HORROR IN THE MASS MEDIA
Just what the title says
TV Flashback: A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS
The Christmas ghost story is a British tradition that found its ideal screen capture in the BBC’s A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS
On KIN-DZA-DZA!
One of the world’s major science fiction films, regardless of whether the world knows about it or not
H.P. Lovecraft and Colin Wilson: A Match Made in Kadath
About the Lovecraft inspired fiction of the late Colin Wilson
TV Flashback: YOGI AT THE MOVIES
Yogi Berra, film critic?
John Carpenter, Halloween Maestro
The aesthetic qualities of John Carpenter’s films are certainly worth enumerating. My interest here is in how those films and their maker transformed Hollywood