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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
STOP!
One of the most famous “lost” films of the late Twentieth Century was this never-released counterculture drama from the late Bill Gunn
DESERTERS
If you’re willing to put up with an abundance of low budget distraction you’ll find this to be one of the most interesting Canadian films of the 1980s
THE FALLS
An astonishing tapestry that’s comedic, alarming and poetic by turns, THE FALLS was the first feature by Peter Greenaway, who went for broke in a panoramic 194 minute epic
DONKEY SKIN
A fairy tale adaptation from 1970 that despite a creepy incest angle emerges as a justified classic
COLOR OF NIGHT
I wish I could report that COLOR OF NIGHT, the final film directed by filmmaker extraordinaire Richard Rush, was a superior example of the erotic thriller format, but I’m afraid that’s not the cas
UGLY MUG 7
The latest installment of the UK based House of Harley’s UGLY MUG series of underground comix art
THE FUNGUS
London is destroyed yet again in this 1980s example of “Nasties” horror writing
HALLOWEEN HORRORS
A 1980s collection that’s become a classic in its field
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
Almost certainly the finest-ever graphic interpretation of this particular story
THE AMULET
The very definition of a “Paperback from Hell”
VHS VIDEO COVER ART
The British-centric follow-up to 2011’s All-American VHS cover art compilation PORTABLE GRINDHOUSE
PORTABLE GRINDHOUSE: THE LOST ART OF THE VHS BOX
A gorgeously designed trade paperback that comes complete with a slipcover mimicking the VHS boxes of old
BRUSHING THE TIP OF FAME
An ideal book for anyone interested in how to stay sane (or not) in the world of off-Hollywood moviemaking
THE SHARK IS ROARING: THE STORY OF JAWS: THE REVENGE
One of the lesser BearManor movie making-of books, although the major problem is mostly with the mediocre movie it profiles
HORRIBLE AND FASCINATING–JOHN BOORMAN’S EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC
A gripping exploration of the making of “one of the most unintentionally silly films ever released by a major studio.”
Barbie, Movie Star?
On the Barbie headlined films SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY, BARBIE (1977), COOL KIDS HIGH and DOLLA MORTE.
FLICKER vs. ANCIENT IMAGES
I’ve always believed that in the category of movie-themed fiction horror is the ideal genre, as proven by FLICKER by Theodore Roszak and ANCIENT IMAGES by Ramsey Campbell
Cult Fiction 3: XXX Fiction
Here I’ll be turning my gaze to the most widely derided format of them all: smut, or XXX, books
Cult Fiction 2: Movie Novelizations
Movie Novelizations: the good, the bad and the hard to find!
Cult Fiction 1: Horror
Until just a few years ago one of the major plusses of collecting horror fiction was that it was incredibly easy, and inexpensive, to acquire. Not anymore!