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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
MISERY
A highly skilled, if somewhat bland, Stephen King adaptation
EYES OF LAURA MARS
One of the foremost examples of American made giallo, but not without its faults
VAMPIRA: ABOUT SEX, DEATH AND TAXES
A now-obscure Finnish made documentary from 1995 about the one and only Maila Nurmi, a.k.a. Vampira
DARR: A VIOLENT LOVE STORY
Stalking and harrassment, Bollywood style.
THE RETURNING
A product of the Hong Kong “Ghostly Romance” subgenre, and a decent one
NOVA GIRLS FUN HOUSE
A rare (and better forgotten) example of an American made photo illustrated comic
WINDOWS ON THE WORLD
A minute-by-minute depiction of the events of 9/11 from 8:30 AM to 10:29 AM
ROVERS
An action-oriented vampire odyssey that’s equal parts Bram Stoker and Sam Peckinpah
THE SWALLOWER SWALLOWED
Here we have the psychotic inverse of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE: an unsparing first-person account of adolescent upset and dissatisfaction
CHASING THE BOOGEYMAN
The first solo novel by Richard Chizmar was this unique account of crime and detection, which blends autobiography and crime fiction
THE DANCE OF REALITY
A positively mind-expanding memoir by everybody’s favorite Chilean madman Alejandro Jodorowsky
THE DAMAGE DONE
This book (titled 4,000 DAYS in the U.S.) was apparently quite popular in its native Australia, and is very likely the most harrowing prison memoir I’ve read
KINO DELIRIUM
This is one of the very few books devoted to Maddin and his films, and a must-read volume for fans
A KIM JONG-IL PRODUCTION
Here’s a real-life account that is in fact stranger than fiction: the 1978 kidnapping of the veteran South Korean film director Shin Sang-Ok and his actress ex-wife Choi Eun-Hee by Kim Jong-Il
KILLER INSTINCT
In the category of books about moviemaking this one for me ranks among the top of the heap
TV Flashback: LES DOCUMENTS INTERDITS
2019 marked the 20th anniversary of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, but I say it’s time for a look back even further, to that film’s true progenitor: the French TV program LES DOCUMENTS INTERDITS
1991: The Year in Bedlam
1991 wasn’t an especially auspicious year for movies, but it was a formative one for this (once) young cineaste
1992: The Year in Bedlam
For me the cinema of 1992 will always be shadowed by one all-encompassing real-life event: the rioting that took place on April 29 to May 4 in Los Angeles
Larry Cohen: 1936-2019
My take on the late screenwriter, producer and director Larry Cohen is a complicated one
Funnybook Flashback: SKULL COMICS
Looking back at the underground comix of the early 1970s, one finds that horror, unsurprisingly, was a popular topic