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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
FACELESS
This is said to be one of the better films directed by the late Jess Franco
SALT, SALIVA, SPERM AND SWEAT
The title tells the “story” of this very odd, and very gross, mini-feature from Australia’s Philip Brophy
COME TRUE
Canadian horror, executive produced by CUBE’s Vincenzo Natali, that offers up some strikingly stylish visuals
MAUSOLEUM
Plenty stupid, but a reasonably entertaining time-passer
THE TOUCH
A horror-themed relic from what has been called “the most dark and surreal time of Russian history”: the early 1990s
CRIMSON KISSES
An unfairly ignored, and later revised, DRACULA pastiche that deserves to be rediscovered
THE UNIVERSE AS PERFORMANCE ART
Weird fiction is alive and well in the twenty first century, and THE UNIVERSE AS PERFORMANCE ART is a standout example
BEWARE US FLOWERS OF THE ANNIHILATOR
The latest and most comprehensive collection of stories by Canada’s master of elegantly drafted bizarrie Alexander Zelenyj
SWEETHEART, SWEETHEART
Not a bad novel by any means, but SWEETHEART, SWEETHEART is overlong and not entirely satisfying
VAMPIRES: STORIES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
This anthology contains four tales of the supernatural, written by Leo Tolstoy’s cousin Alexis
THE STRANGE WORLD OF WILLIE SEABROOK
All about the late travelogue writer William Seabrook and his weird fetishes, written by his wife
I AM NOT ASHAMED
This shouldn’t be taken as a definitive biographical resource, but as an unabashedly sensationalistic Old Hollywood expose it’s pretty damn compelling
DANGEROUS VISIONS AND NEW WORLDS: RADICAL SCIENCE FICTION, 1950-1985
If you’re a fan of literary science fiction this book is absolutely essential reading
NIGHTMARE OF ECSTASY: THE LIFE AND ART OF EDWARD D. WOOD JR.
An oral history made up entirely of quotes from people who knew Mr. Wood
THE TRAVELING YEARS: A MEMOIR OF PUPPETS, PORNO AND PENURY
A household name Leo Eaton may not be, but he’s led an interesting life without question
THE LAST DANGEROUS VISIONS: Anatomy of a Non-Publication
Exploring one of the most famous non-publications of our time
VIC, BLOOD, AND HARLAN
About the strange yet wondrous tales of Vic, a teenage punk, and his telepathic dog Blood, who subsist in a post-nuclear wasteland.
“I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream” at 56
Examining science fiction’s darkest story
AU HASARD BALTHAZAR vs. EO
Two donkey-headlined films, one from 1966 and one from 2022, one an enduring classic and the other not quite
On SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG
In the lexicon of “revolutionary” black cinema SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG exists in a category of its own