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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
THIS MAN MUST DIE
One of the finest-ever films directed by the late Claude Chabrol, a most unique and distinct revenge thriller
SLEEPWALKERS
The first wholly original screenplay written by Stephen King and, frankly, a pretty lousy movie
HUNTING HOUSEWIVES
Rich housefrows hunted MOST DANGEROUS GAME style through the Canadian wilderness—yes, it’s every bit as stupid as it sounds
CHICAGO JOE AND THE SHOWGIRL
The second feature by the UK’s Bernard Rose, a hard-hitting true crime drama that’s better than you’ve heard
AMERICAN GRINDHOUSE
A feature length documentary overview of exploitation filmmaking, and a strong one
JOYRIDE
The word for this splatterific book is fun—dumb fun, yes, but fun, nonetheless
SUPERGIRL
This is about what you would expect quality-wise from a novelization of what was (until the 1987 release of SUPERMAN 4: THE QUEST FOR PEACE) the worst of the SUPERMAN movies
SEVEN COFFINS FOR THE KILLER
The final novel by the late James Williamson, writing as James Havoc, who offers up a full blast of splatterific nastiness in a wild west milieu
DREAMS OF THE RAREBIT FIEND
The legendary early-1900s comic strip by Windsor McCay, which I found authentically dreamlike
THE SOULSUCKER
A long out-of-print paperback, involving blood drinking alien spiders, that really isn’t very good at all
WAR IS HELL: MAKING HELLRAISER III HELL ON EARTH
Another book by the irrepressible Danny Stewart, who specializes in boosting underappreciated films
HOW IT HAPPENED HERE
An incredibly entertaining book that offers aspiring filmmakers a potent object lesson in what not to do
THE GREATEST GANGSTER MOVIE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN: ABEL FERRARA’S THE FUNERAL
A passionate exploration of Abel Ferrara’s THE FUNERAL (1996), which is indeed the finest gangster movie you’ve “never seen”
PERFORMANCE—THE MAKING OF A CLASSIC
In which the UK’s Jay Glennie once again works his magic in a gorgeously designed movie making-of book
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE! AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SEX IN SCIENCE FICTION
Supposedly a history of sex in science fiction, but actually a history of sex in science fiction art
Remembering That Which Is Better Forgotten: THE REAL CANCUN
An inaugural entry in the reality film genre, which sought to do for feature filmmaking what reality TV did for television
FRANKENSTEIN INVERTED
Eight interesting FRANKENSTEIN films that I say are worth your time
Dan Simmons: 1948-2026
There was no more talented or dependable modern writer than the recently deceased Dan Simmons
On THE STATE OF THINGS, STRANGER THAN PARADISE and THE TERRITORY
In answer to the query “What do Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch, Roger Corman, Raul Ruiz, Jon Jost, the district of Sintra and the city of Lisbon have in common?”
2025: Bedlam in Print
The books of 2025, ranked by moi