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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
EL HOMBRE DESNUDO
Here’s the most outrageous entry in the 1970s revisionist western craze
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS
I say VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS deserves a bit more attention than it’s thus far received, if only because it was one of the most calamitous flops of the 2010s
MOUNTAIN OF THE CANNIBAL GOD
The undoubted magnum opus of Italy’s Sergio Martino, and possibly the most ambitious entry in the Italian cannibal movie cycle
SCREAMERS
An Italian made MYSTERIOUS ISLAND-meets THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU-meets THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT trash-fest
COSMOS
“One of the strangest films that I’ve ever seen in my life…and incidentally, I made it.” –Andrzej Zulawski
ABOMINATIONS
A rare English translation of the comics of Belgium’s renowned Hermann
CODE BLUE: A LOVE STORY
An unabashedly depraved, darkly comedic short story from a longtime So Cal legend
MINE-HAHA, OR ON THE CORPORAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG GIRLS
This isn’t the first English translation of Frank Wedekind’s 1903 novella MINE-HAHA, but it is the most widely accessible
TENDER IS THE FLESH
A must-read due to its concept: a future world in which human flesh is harvested for food
THE SURVIVOR
A novel that directly foreshadows both the FINAL DESTINATION franchise and THE SIXTH SENSE
THE MAKING OF HITCHCOCK’S THE BIRDS
This book is most certainly, as a cover blurb proclaims, “The Definitive Production History of THE BIRDS”
MAKING FRIDAY THE 13th
The first of two thick books on the FRIDAY THE 13th film series. I haven’t read the 2006 coffee table hardcover CRYSTAL LAKE MEMORIES, but can’t imagine it’s much better than David Grove’s MAKING FRIDAY THE 13th
THE STRANGE GENIUS OF DAVID LINDSAY
This slim three author compilation was the first-ever study of the English fantasist David Lindsay, author of the immortal VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS, THE HAUNTED WOMAN and several other eccentric novels
STAY OUT OF THE SHOWER
Those wanting an overview of the “shocker” movies that followed Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO could certainly do worse than read this book
THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY
One of several autobiographical volumes written by the Chilean-born, Paris-based writer/filmmaker/spiritual guru Alejandro Jodorowsky
2018: The Year in Bedlam
Welcome to the 2018 edition of my annual Year in Bedlam THE BEST movie round-up
2000: The Year in Bedlam
The following marks the inaugural entry in a new and ambitious project: an overview of my favorite films from each year, starting with 2000 and working my way backward
Remembering Rick Sullivan and GORE GAZETTE
About Rick Sullivan (June 9, 1955 – December 18, 2017), a pivotal figure in the horror world
Remembering That Which is Better Forgotten: HOT DOG…THE MOVIE and HAMBURGER: THE MOTION PICTURE
HOT DOG…THE MOVIE and HAMBURGER: THE MOTION PICTURE are two not-very-distinguished products of the “raunch-com” cycle of ANIMAL HOUSE and PORKY’S inspired sex comedies
Jack Ketchum: 1946-2018
This one hurt. Certainly there have been a lot of famous people deaths that have affected me, but this one impacted me especially