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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
PRINCE OF DARKNESS
Some commentators would have you believe this film is one of John Carpenter’s biggest failures, while others maintain that it’s a masterwork—I say both views are wrong
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
It was inevitable that Japan’s Toho Studios, after decades of aggressively rebranding Godzilla for the international market, would finally get it right.
DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Director Robert Zemeckis’ ambitious but deadening take on Chsrles Dickens’ clsssic
THE PASSIONS OF CAROL
The one and only XXX take-off of A CHRISTMAS CAROL
THE OLD HOUSE, PASSING
Experimental mood-based horror from underground film legend Larry Jordan
THE VOICE OF THE CLOWN
For much of its existence this novel was just another of the countless undistinguished horror paperbacks that cluttered the 1980s fiction market
THIS THING BETWEEN US
This novel’s David-Searcy-meets-Stephen-King-meets-Philip-K.-Dick aesthetic makes for an invigorating reading experience
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
A CHILD CALLED “IT”
You nineties nostalgia buffs may remember this book, which received a fair amount of media coverage back in ‘95
CANNIBAL: THE MOST SICKENING CONSUMER GUIDE EVER!
A fast, user-friendly overview of the Italian cannibal film cycle
THE BYE BYE MAN AND OTHER STRANGE-BUT-TRUE TALES
In which author Robert Damon Schneck proves once again that his ability to dredge up odd and fascinating historical tidbits is unsurpassed
BLADE RUNNERS, DEER HUNTERS, AND BLOWING THE BLOODY DOORS OFF
A likeable and enjoyable memoir by Michael Deeley, a prolific British movie producer whose films have nearly all attained cult status
CHAIN SAW CONFIDENTIAL
This lively account of the making of THE CHAINSAW MASSACRE is certainly worth reading, but for TCM fans there probably won’t be a lot of information you haven’t already heard
Nicolas Roeg: 1928-2018
On November 23, 2018 we lost one of the world’s greatest filmmakers
William Goldman: 1931-2018
Yet another tragic celebrity death? I’m afraid so. The dear departed this time around is the great William Goldman, one of my longtime heroes
More Scary Kid Lit
A few years ago I wrote about children’s literature of an especially dark and aberrant nature. Here I’ll be revisiting this topic..
Funnybook Flashback: FROM BEYONDE, DOGHEAD and THE BIOLOGIC SHOW
It’s time for another trip back in time to the 1990s, when horror anthologies and David lynch-inspired weirdness were mainstays of the comic book universe—for a time, at least
The Taiwanese Inferno
Hell has always played well on screen. We’ve seen the inferno depicted in countless films over the years, from 1911’s Dante inspired L’INFERNO onwards