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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
TRIP TO MOON
In acknowledgment of the India’s moon landing, here’s a look back at a 1967 Indian made dramatization of just what the title promises
DEDICATED TO THE AEGEAN SEA
The one and only Japanese made, Italian financed, Greece set erotic drama
TWISTED ISSUES
The debut feature of SOV auteur Charles Pinion was this self-proclaimed “Psycho-Punk Splatter Comedy”
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Arguably the most interesting of William Friedkin’s pre-FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) films
BORDELLO OF BLOOD
The second, and last, TALES FROM THE CRYPT big screen spinoff
HEAD-TO-TOE PORTRAIT OF SUZANNE
An unspeakably demented concoction that could only have been dreamed up by France’s late Roland Topor
ON THE VERGE
A macabre anthology from France’s Maurice Sandoz that pivots on madness
MAGIC MIRROR
A worthy, if frustratingly little known, addition to the underground comics scene
THE THIRD STORY
An ambitious horror novel by a prominent Canadian author that suffers, in a not-uncommon issue, from seriously trashy packaging
THE BAT WOMAN
“Prepare for Shlock and Awe”…? That first adjective is accurate, but the second not at all.
SONG OF SPIDER-MAN
Here we get the inside story of SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK, apparently the “Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History.”
MY LAST BREATH
This was the final testament of Luis Bunuel, one of the world’s great troublemakers
BRONSON’S LOOSE!
Right now, with the Eli Roth directed remake of 1974’s DEATH WISH currently in theatrical release, I’d say it’s an opportune time for a look back at this book
BRAVE
In recent years Rose McGowan has gone from being a semi-famous actress, in films like THE DOOM GENERATION, JAWBREAKER and GRINDHOUSE, to a passionate feminist crusader
SHOLAY: THE MAKING OF A CLASSIC
In the rarefied world of Bollywood SHOLAY is possibly the most iconic and influential film in existence
Alan Parker: 1944-2020
I’m very sorry to bid farewell to Sir Alan Parker, who passed on July 31
1984: The Year in Bedlam
Continuing with my Year in Bedlam year-end overviews, we arrive at 1984
HOUSE OF LEAVES at 20
In the modern horror pantheon there are a handful of books so revered their publications have been touted as Major Events. HOUSE OF LEAVES by Mark Z. Danielewski deserves a place in that pantheon.
R.I.P Joel Schumacher
For those of us who came of age in the 1980s, the name Joel Schumacher, a film director who died on June 22 at age 80, has great meaning
Misspent 1980s-era TV Watching: Six Examples
Looking back on the many misspent hours of 1980s TV watching, I find that a few (only a few) programs have stuck in my mind