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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
THE SERPENT’S EGG
A mislabelled horror film from Ingmar Bergman, his biggest folly and his greatest financial success.
THE PORTRAIT
A newly restored 22 minute version of a 1915 horror classic (far longer than the 8 minute cut with which we previously had to make do)
ALIEN ON STAGE
A 2020 documentary about a dramatic adaptation of ALIEN put on by a consortium of UK bus drivers
EMBRACE OF THE VAMPIRE
A film whose reception has then and now centered entirely on the nudity displayed by its star Alyssa Milano
TRIP TO MOON
In acknowledgment of the India’s moon landing, here’s a look back at a 1967 Indian made dramatization of just what the title promises
STRANGE OBJECTS
In the midst of near-universal adulation I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that I didn’t much care for this novel
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
This, the premiere work of prose fiction by Quentin Tarantino, is in many respects just like his films
THE WATCHER
Yet another example of a book done in, commercially speaking, by poor packaging
THE DAY THE GODS DIED
A third party companion-piece to CHARIOTS OF THE GODS, and a dispatch from an era in which allegedly true revelations of incredible events were popular
BRAINSTORM
A YA novel that has a number of agreeable elements, but is done in by a simplistic treatment.
THE ART OF S. CLAY WILSON
An absolutely essential acquisition for lovers of Underground Comics, or, I contend, anyone with an interest in the visual arts
THE ART OF ROZZ WILLIAMS: FROM CHRISTIAN DEATH TO DEATH
This thick large format paperback celebrates Rozz Williams (a.k.a. Roger Painter), a superstar on the Death Rock scene who committed suicide in 1998
INTO THE UNKNOWN: THE FANTASTIC LIFE OF NIGEL KNEALE
England’s Thomas Nigel Kneale (1922-2006) was and is one of the guiding lights of modern horror, and this terrific biography is long overdue
INSIDE THE WICKER MAN
For anyone with even a passing interest in the 1973 English horror classic THE WICKER MAN this book is a must, being an unusually erudite and well written account of the film’s making and reception
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DRACULA
Here’s a travel book I think we can all enjoy: a guidebook to the European locations specified in Bram Stoker’s immortal DRACULA
1996: The Year in Bedlam
From a cinematic standpoint 1996 can be viewed as the beginning of the end on two counts
Kid Movies in the Summer of 1985
Looking back at the summer movie season of 1985, it becomes immediately apparent that kid movies were all the rage
Hallmark Channel Summer Nights Movies
Having already covered the Hallmark Christmas movie phenomenon and “Spring Fever” cycle, I feel it’s time to discuss the movies of Hallmark’s “Summer Nights
Exploring THE NIGHT LAND
A 1912 novel that H.P. Lovecraft praised as “one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written”
Harlan Ellison: 1934-2018
What is there to say about writer/gadfly Harlan Ellison? Frankly, not a whole lot that hasn’t already been said