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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
BAD BIOLOGY
A supremely immature “Godawful Love Story” from Frank Henenlotter
BRAIN DEAD
Fact: Roger Corman did manage to turn out some interesting films in the 1990s, with the superbly trippy BRAIN DEAD near the top of the list
THE MUNSTERS
The latest in a long line of unasked-for Hollywood reboots is Rob Zombie’s 2022 take on the classic TV sitcom THE MUNSTERS
BLONDE
This Marilyn Monroe biopic is no masterpiece, but it’s also not as terrible as many pundits have been claiming
EL HOMBRE DESNUDO
Here’s the most outrageous entry in the 1970s revisionist western craze
LUCIO FULCI’S THE GATES OF HELL
I’ve been interested in this comic series, adapted from Lucio Fulci’s anti-classic CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, ever since first hearing about it in the late nineties
HASHISH
Germany’s premiere example of “drug writing,” 1902’s HASHISH by Oscar A.H. Schmitz appears here in its first ever English translation
EDITH’S DIARY
A late period novel by the great Patricia Highsmith that showcases its author’s past-her-prime pedigree all too well
SAMALIO PARDULUS
A most fascinating excavation, this long-forgotten early twentieth century gothic novella by a German poet appears here in its first-ever English version
BLACK CHRISTMAS
It’s probably wrong to criticize this book overmuch, as novelizations are by nature an extremely hasty and disreputable form of literature. It’s true that occasionally a novelization will transcend its limitations, but this one doesn’t.
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The Movies of Summer 2009
Summer movies: for many of us those words represent everything wrong with modern-day Hollywood.
THE MASTER AND MARGARITA–The Miniseries
This Russian miniseries is the most monumental adaptation yet attempted of Mikhail Bulgakov’s MASTER AND MARGARITA
Directed By Clive Barker
Remember Clive Barker? You know, the onetime “future of horror?”
The RING Books
You’re likely familiar with the RING movies, but you may not know that, as with many successful films, they were books first
Andrei Tarkovsky: Horrormeister?
The following may be the most contentious piece I ever write.