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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
NIGHTBREED
The second, and most ambitious, of Clive Barker’s self-directed features
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
Not too many movies can be said to have attained success based solely on the quality of a monster suit, but in CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON that is indeed the case
NECROMANIA
This XXX-rated “Tale of Weird Love” was one of the final films directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr.
THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS
The first horror film made by Disney, and a bust
JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX
A film that plays like it was made by the Joker himself and, I say, a worthwhile effort
THE ELEMENTALS
Haunting and atmospheric haunted house scares from the late Michael McDowell
WHERE THE NIGHTMARE ENDS
A posthumously published horror novel by the late critic Robin Wood
THE SNOW-WHITE SOLILOQUIES
Amid all the modern-day ire being aired about Snow White, here’s a most unorthodox, 1970 take on that immortal Brothers Grimm fairy tale
HOUSE OF FLESH
Yet another novel that was considered quite the shocker when it was initially published, but now…
AFTER THE BOMB
A very eighties Cold War inflected post-nuke novel
CHASING THE LIGHT
Speaking as one who quite literally grew up watching his films, I couldn’t help but gravitate toward this, Oliver Stone’s long-in-coming memoir
THE CANNON FILM GUIDE Volume 1 (1980-84)
This hefty 527 page book is either a standout example of gonzo scholarship or an extended manifestation of unfiltered insanity
CUBE: INSIDE THE MAKING OF A CULT FILM CLASSIC
An excellent idea for a book if you ask me: a behind-the-scenes look at Vincenzo Natali’s 1997 science fiction-horror classic CUBE, one of the most interesting low-budgeters to emerge from the nineties
THE BROOD (Book)
This hefty study of David Cronenberg’s THE BROOD is, quite simply, the most thorough and wide-ranging textual analysis of a horror movie ever written
ROBOCOP: THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY
That title is somewhat misleading, as this is not the “definitive” history of ROBOCOP (1987) and its offshoots
2021: Bedlam in Print
The latest installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s Bedlam Files-friendly publications
2021: The Year in Bedlam
The latest edition of my Year in Bedlam overview of the movie releases of the previous twelve months
2021: A Look Back in Bedlam
Anyone doubting that we’re currently living in Bizarro World need only take a look at the entertainment field of 2021
2020: Bedlam in Print
Here, in the early days of 2021, is the latest edition of my annual Bedlam in Print overview
2020: The Year in Bedlam
2020 was a hell of a year