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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS
The “Most Amazing, Incredible, Remarkable True Story Ever Told”?
MIDORI-KO
The magnum opus of Japanese dementoid Keita Kurosaka
BATTLEFIELD EARTH
A rare example of a film to which the passage of time has actually been kind
THE GIFT
In which the problem of the miscast director, Sam Raimi in this case, comes into play
LOST IN SPACE
A 1998 adaptation of the classic TV series LOST IN SPACE that could have been worthwhile but isn’t
MARDI GRAS MASSACRE
In which the 1978 Southern-fried slasher of that title gets the Brad Carter novelization treatment
THE MYSTERY OF WOOLVERINE WOO-BAIT
The fact that this is the only solo comic book by the fringe culture legend Joe Coleman renders THE MYSTERY OF WOOLVERINE WOOL-BAIT a must read
THE FUNHOUSE
From Dean Koontz, a movie novelization that’s not one of his better books
TAPPING THE SOURCE
The debut novel of Kem Nunn, and the premiere example of “surf noir”
THE LATE GREAT CREATURE
I know this literary relic is considered a “lost classic” by many, but it did very little for me
HANCOCK ON HANCOCK
This, the first in-depth account of the life and films of director John Hancock, is an extremely long book (900-plus pages in ebook format), but also a vital one
DON’T DISTURB THE DEAD
DON’T DISTRUB THE DEAD is the first-ever book about the Ramsays, and must be counted as the premiere print resource on the subject
AD NAUSEAM: NEWSPRINT NIGHTMARES FROM THE 1980s
Now here’s a fun book: a handsomely laid out collection of horror movie newspaper adverts from the 1980s
YOU DON’T KNOW ME, BUT YOU LOVE ME
The first-ever biography of actor/American treasure Dick Miller, and so a vital resource for all film buffs
JOE DANTE’S THE HOWLING: STUDIES IN THE HORROR FILM
Another in Centipede Press’s irresistible “Studies in the Horror Film” series, this one devoted to Joe Dante’s THE HOWLING
Racial Apocalypse Novels: Science Fiction or Prophetic Fact?
Racially motivated science fiction? It definitely exists
Performer Profile: Eddie Deezen
This is one actor you simply will not mistake for anyone else
On DARK FORCES
To many this is THE standout anthology. But is DARK FORCES really that great a book? Let’s see.
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