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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
THE NEST
A mutant roach cheapie that delivers exactly what you’d expect
STRANGE DAYS
If there’s such a thing as a New Years thriller then 1995’s STRANGE DAYS is certainly an ideal candidate
NIGHT OF THE COMET
“Valley girls at the end of the world” was the pitch by writer-director Thom Eberhardt for this low budgeter from 1984
THE POLAR EXPRESS
This 2004 movie has problems, but it’s still the most interesting entry in director Robert Zemeckis’ post-2000 filmography
A BILTMORE CHRISTMAS
A shocker: a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie that’s actually good (and not so-bad-it’s-good)
WALKERS (G Masterton)
WALKERS is vintage Graham Masterton, meaning it’s an eminently readable book with a unique premise and an unwieldy structure
WALKERS (G Brandner)
A Gary Brandner novel that matches up with most other Gary Brandner novels is passable
THE TORTURE GARDEN
I can sum up the essence of this fin-de-siecle classic in two words: Ecstatic Delirium
THE DOLL WHO ATE HIS MOTHER
The first novel by Ramsey Campbell, and a mixed bag
THRILLING MURDER COMICS
An underground comic in which S. Clay Wilson, R. Crumb, Kim Deitch and others turned away from their standard choice of subject matter—sex and drugs—to focus on a new taboo: murder
THE DIRECTOR SHOULD’VE SHOT YOU
A book about movie novelizations–I can’t see how it could possibly NOT be a must-read
BARLOWE’S INFERNO
A vision of Hell that in originality, ingenuity and inspiration rivals the classics
YOU’RE THE DIRECTOR…YOU FIGURE IT OUT
The first and only biography of the late Richard Donner
PRINCE OF DARKNESS
A book that purports to be a biography of the title character, who’s also known as Satan, Lucifer, Adversary and many other names
SKIN
The object of this glossy large format paperback, from scream quenn Linnea Quigley, was to spoof Madonna’s SEX
Peter Straub: 1943-2022
If you’re a reader of horror fiction the chances are better-than-average that you’re at least partially familiar with the writings of Peter Straub
More Illustrated Oddments
Here we have a new batch of Illustrated Oddments, books that deserve some ink on this site, even if I can’t justify writing full reviews.
1982—The Greatest Summer Movie Season Ever?
I say yes!
Four Films Called ELDORADO
Edgar Allan Poe, diptheria, improvisation, an unlikely road trip, slumming stars and eldorado!
On WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP
A rare (perhaps sole) example of surreal history