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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
THE NIGHTMARE NEVER ENDS
Featuring a stand-out non-NIGHT COURT performance by the recenlty deceased Richard Moll
RAWHEAD REX
Not a good movie, although it is a fun one
BOY MAKES GIRL
Autism and robotics: an irresistible combo!
NAME ABOVE TITLE
A Portuguese made “Giallo Serial Killer Fever Dream”
HEART OF A DOG
A lavish two-part dramatization of Mikhail Bulgakov’s long-banned 1925 satire
OUT OF TIME
This uber-rarity is, as of 2021, the sole English language collection by George Langelaan (1908-1972)
WORMS
An example of the “nasties” model popular in the seventies, fused with the age-old psychological horror trope
WEEPING IN RAMAH
Evangelical fiction whose publishers clearly had outsized hopes
ZULMA
A sensation-packed concoction that reads like MIDNIGHT EXPRESS crossed with LET ME DIE A WOMAN
FALLING
I’m not sure that anyone was calling for a post-9/11 throwback to the airplane thrillers of old, but it’s here
HORRIPILATIONS: THE ART OF J. K. POTTER
HORRIPILATIONS was the first-ever book devoted to the surreal art of J. K. Potter, and if you ask me it was long overdue
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
Hallmark Channel Spring Fever Movies
Last December I discussed the altogether ridiculous Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie phenomenon. Here, I’m afraid, I’ll be returning to the subject..
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