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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
NAME ABOVE TITLE
A Portuguese made “Giallo Serial Killer Fever Dream”
HEART OF A DOG
A lavish two-part dramatization of Mikhail Bulgakov’s long-banned 1925 satire
DIABOLIQUE
The most iconic film made by France’s Henri-Georges Clouzot, DIABOLIQUE was the reason he was branded the “Gallic Hitchcock.”
DR. RENAULT’S SECRET
Forgotten, but worthwhile, horrors from 1942
FAREWELL
A key film of Russia’s Elem Klimov, and an interesting failure
THE VISITOR
A killer rat themed paperback original with an edge
HELLSTROM’S HIVE
There are some good ideas in this, a post-DUNE Frank Herbert science fiction novel bearing a concept that evidently obsessed him: human-insect hybridization
BIG GURL
What the Hell were Thom Metzger and Richard P. Scott thinking when they created this near-indescribably nutty concoction?
THE VOICE OF THE CLOWN
For much of its existence this novel was just another of the countless undistinguished horror paperbacks that cluttered the 1980s fiction market
THIS THING BETWEEN US
This novel’s David-Searcy-meets-Stephen-King-meets-Philip-K.-Dick aesthetic makes for an invigorating reading experience
DISPATCHES FROM ARMAGEDDON: MAKING THE MOVIE MEGIDDO
A “Devilish Diary” by the British actor Michael York about his experience playing the Devil in the Christian feature MEGIDDO: THE OMEGA CODE 2
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
This eminently readable slice of history alternates the accounts of Daniel Burnham, the director of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and Herman Mudgett, a.k.a. H.H. Holmes, the serial killer who haunted the event
THE DAY OF ST. ANTHONY’S FIRE
Here’s a real-life horror story that rivals just about any fiction
THE DAY CHRIST DIED
It’s fascinating how much attention Christians devote to the death of Jesus Christ, of which this book stands as a telling example
DAVID CRONENBERG: INTERVIEWS WITH SERGE GRUNBERG
A book of interviews with the inimitable David Cronenberg, very similar to the Chris Rodley edited CRONENBERG ON CRONENBERG
Fifty Years of Manson-sploitation
August 9, 2019 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the murders committed by the Manson family
Rutger Hauer: 1944-2019
The Rutger Hauer saga was a curious one
1990: The year in Bedlam
Here, in the latest installment of my Look Back in Bedlam at the year’s more obscure and underappreciated films, we arrive at 1990
More Topps Trading Card Madness
In sifting through America’s pop culture detritus I’ve found Topps Trading Cards are elements that continually demand one’s attention
Dennis Etchison: 1943-2019
Dennis Etchison, who died on May 28, 2019, may not be particularly well known to the public at large, but he had an exceedingly large and dedicated following, and left a sizeable mark