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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
MUTANT
Dumber-than-average eighties horror, a testament to the never-waning influence of George Romero’s DAWN OF THE DEAD—but keep in mind that comparing the two films is giving MUTANT way too much credit!
THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN
Easily the BEST EVER short film to be adapted from the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN is a small classic from 1980 that fully retains the haunting aura of Lovecraft’s incomparable story of the same name
MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
A 1932 Bela Lugosi chiller notable for highly expressionistic visual design and shocking-for-its-time violence
MURDER ONE
A solid fact-based account of mass murder, thoughtful and naturalistic enough to satisfy true crime buffs while still bloody enough to sate most gore hounds
MURDER LOVES KILLERS TOO
The latest in an apparently neverending line of old school slashers, MURDER LOVES KILLERS TOO is a clever take on any number of splatter movie clichés
BLUE CANOE
T.M. Wright has written many strange books, including THE ISLAND, THE WAITING ROOM and COLD HOUSE. BLUE CANOE makes those novels look downright conventional,
BLOODY BAUDELAIRE
This novella, the first by R.B. Russell, is the essence of low key, or quiet, horror: literate, restrained and elegantly drafted, with a decadent flavor redolent of the output of its original publisher Ex Occidente Press (which specializes in neo-decadent fiction). I think the orgasmic blurbs BLOODY BAUDELAIRE has received are a bit excessive (example: “Russell is a master of subtlety, enfolding the reader in a smart net of elegant prose and ambiguous facts”), but it is a diverting little tale that leaves a pleasing gothic aftertaste.
BLOODHOUSE
With this outrageous novel Australia’s late Kenneth Cook turned out his finest work since WAKE IN FRIGHT
BLOOD AND SHADOWS
This isn’t the best comic miniseries scripted by the great Joe R. Lansdale, but it is almost certainly the craziest. It’s safe to say that in this time-tripping, epoch-spanning 4-issue epic about the fearsome God of the Razor (introduced in Lansdale’s novel THE NIGHTRUNNERS), Lansdale has gone clear over the top in every possible respect.
Open Grave: The Book of Horror
This new book is stronger, executed with much greater confidence and originality–indeed, stories like “Monday Night Dive” and “Cold Spot,” with their unpredictable narratives and wildly off-kilter yet satisfying conclusions, really aren’t like anything else I can think of, heralding the development of an altogether fresh and distinct voice.
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