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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
DREAM LOVER
Another nineties erotic thriller, and not one of the better ones
13 GHOSTS
Another goofy production by the incomparable William Castle, the king of movie gimmicks
THE FANTASTIC FOUR (1994)
What is Roger Corman’s greatest folly? I’d say that designation goes to THE FANTASTIC FOUR
BLOODSTONE
In an occurrence that should surprise no one, this US-Bollywood RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK wannabe flopped spectacularly
THE BLACK GESTAPO
If not for some misguided elements this would be a classic of the blaxploitaiton genre. Maybe it is anyway.
ALEISTER CROWLEY: WANDERING THE WASTE
A graphic novel that attempts to encompass the entirety of Aleister Crowley’s life into a 108-page whole–and very nearly succeeds
BEAR
A highly literary “Canadian classic” about a woman schtupping a bear.
SPICY LADY
The term “product of its time” could have been coined to describe this novel
THE DIAMOND BOGO
Impossible to adequately categorize, this “African Idyll” tells the story of a hunt for a buffalo with a priceless diamond stuck to its head
DEMONS BY DAYLIGHT
This collection was the fabled second book by the great Ramsey Campbell and is widely considered a landmark in scare fiction
A WRITER’S TALE
It’s a shame this book is currently so difficult to get a hold of, as it’s truly one of the finest-ever books about writing and publishing
WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES
This heavily illustrated volume is the first-ever English language book devoted to the making and reception of Benjamin Christensen’s 1922 classic HAXAN
WHO’S WHO IN HORROR AND FANTASY FICTION
This mini-encyclopedia is fairly obscure, but remains one of my favorite genre resources
WES CRAVEN’S LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT: THE MAKING OF A CULT CLASSIC
A solid, readable account of the making and reception of the original LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT as told to author David Szulkin
WAR EAGLES: THE UNMAKING OF AN EPIC
The “Greatest movie never made?” Not quite, but the 1939 production WAR EAGLES is an intriguing piece of film history
More on Hallmark Channel Movies
I’m sorry to keep beating this particular dead horse, as I promised in the last of my three articles about Hallmark Channel movies that I wouldn’t write about ‘em any more, but I’ve got a bit more to say
1987: The Year in Bedlam
In the 1980s movie-verse 1987 was something of an anomaly, being an authentically good year for film
Books about the Grand Guignol
The fabled Grand Guignol Theatre in Paris was and continues to be a source of endless fascination
On EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH
There’s nothing else quite like EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH
A Tale of Two Terminators
Here I’ll focus on the sole element relating to THE TERMINATOR that hasn’t already been picked over and/or argued about to death: the two novelizations it inspired