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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
ESME, MY LOVE
A powerful two-character indie that combines superbly rendered imagery with innovative sound design
THE TIMEKEEPERS OF ETERNITY
A reworking of the mid-nineties TV miniseries THE LANGOLIERS that transforms it into an unnerving depiction of otherworldly insanity
THE BOOGEY MAN
One of the few movies by the late German auteur Ulli Lommel that’s of any worth, and it’s not even that good
LIMBO (2021)
An above-average example of the new Hong Kong filmmaking aesthetic
THE LOVED ONE
“The Motion Picture with Something to Offend Everyone”…?
THE TALE OF WILLY’S RATS
In which Mick Farren went the write-what-you-know route, charting the misadventures of a UK rock group closely patterned on Farren’s own band the Deviants
MONSIEUR DE PHOCAS
A key text of the Decadent Movement of the late 19th Century
THE NIGHT
From France, a fearsome 1970s-era creation that’s outrageous, overwrought, disorienting and downright psychotic by turns
RAW DOG
RAW DOG was released with lurid cover art highlighting the story’s more exploitable elements, but the novel is far richer and more thoughtful than it might seem
TOMIE (Graphic Novel)
An oft-filmed landmark in the field of horror manga that offers an unflattering glimpse into some of the uglier corners of Japan’s national psyche
HOLLYWOOD MONSTER
I’ll confess I wasn’t expecting much from this memoir by actor Robert Englund, a.k.a. Freddy Krueger, yet I wound up pleasantly surprised by this fun little book
HIP POCKET SLEAZE
The vintage adult paperback community is a small one to be sure, but for those of us who are into such things John Harrison’s HIP POCKET SLEAZE is an essential acquisition
HAUNTED HEART
A decent but ultimately superfluous biography of the one and only Stephen King
H.R. GIGER’S NECRONOMICON
One of several large format hardcovers covering H.R. Giger, the Swiss surrealist whose paintings have irrevocably changed the course of fantastic art
GODS IN SPANDEX
A sequel to the well received seventies-sploitation anthology GODS IN POLYESTER. GODS IN SPANDEX is a similarly formatted compilation that focuses on obscure exploitation films from the 1980s
Ranking The Rankings: The “Best” Canadian Films
It’s been claimed that a third of the world’s most depressing films emerge from Canada and, having viewed many a Canadian film, I believe it
On THE INTERFACE SERIES
Here’s something interesting: a horror-science fiction “novel” related entirely in the form of Reddit posts
Cult Films In Search of A Cult
Having written about the subject for the past 20 years, I can discern what marks out cult films, and the following, I believe, are all prime candidates
Books You Should Be Reading
Many will disagree, but I say it’s a fact that my book reviews have in many cases helped inspire cults
TV Flashback: HARLAN ELLISON’S WATCHING
HARLAN ELLISON’S WATCHING was initially broadcast as part of the Sci-Fi Channel’s SCI-FI BUZZ series during the years 1993 to ‘96