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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves

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MAREBITO

One of the more interesting products of the early-00’s J-Horror boom, a twisted and consistently unpredictable depiction of psychosis, vampirism and Lovecraftian dread

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MARAT/SADE

Peter Brook’s infamous filming of Peter Weiss’ MARAT/SADE is one of the screen’s great depictions of unfettered insanity, as well as a historical drama with definite contemporary relevance

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MANTIS IN LACE

Sex and psychedelia merge in this supremely silly late-sixties freak-out about an acidhead stripper on a killing rampage.  It’s stupid as shit but fun nonetheless! 

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THE MANSTER

An American-Japanese co-production that apparently horrified an entire generation of sixties-era youngsters

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MANSION OF THE LIVING DEAD

This 1982 outrage is said to be one of the craziest movies by Spain’s late Jesus “Jess” Franco. That, however, doesn’t mean it’s any good!

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THE ARCHITECT

Of the handful of books I’ve read by Brendan Connell this fast moving novella is the most accessible. Unfortunately it’s also the most problematic.

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APPLE OF MY EYE

This snappy paperback short story collection is a good sampling of author Amy Grech’s talents.

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APOCALYPSE

An early novel by the popular fantasist Nancy Springer that reads like a more fanciful WITCHES OF EASTWICK. It’s pretty good, too, with many pleasingly imaginative touches and an enjoyable feminist-minded narrative packed with a goodly amount of death, destruction and scary monsters.

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APELAND

Another enjoyably depraved relic from the anything-goes seventies.

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THE ANUBIS GATES

As with all the Tim Powers novels I’ve read, THE ANUBIS GATES is a difficult book to summarize. At its simplest it’s about Brendan Doyle, an American professor thrust back in time to England of 1810.

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