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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR
One of the standout roles of the late Diane Keaton was in this dark 1977 drama, which Stephen King called one of the scariest films of all time
MY SCIENCE PROJECT
A 1985 Disney product that partook, clumsily, of the year’s popular teens-and-SF movie model
PAYCHECK
Further proof that Hollywood is incapable of doing justice to the work of Philip K. Dick
DEVIL DOLL
This 1964 cheapie is, I feel, the finest evil ventriloquist doll movie on the market
INVASION U.S.A.
Quite simply the ultimate Chuck Norris movie
EPOCH: A POETIC PSY-PHI SAGA
This “Poetic Psy-Phi Saga” does the famed epic science fiction poem ANIARA one better, offering an even more epic example of SF poetry
THE INVERTED WORLD
One of the SF field’s most provocative and enduring concepts is contained in THE INVERTED WORLD by the late Christopher Priest
CLUE
A novelization by Michael McDowell that gives CLUE (1985) far more class than it deserves
GILDED NEEDLES
A scrupulously researched, fitfully horrific depiction of New York City in the late 19th Century.
FRANKENSTEIN IN LOVE
The most notorious of Clive Barker’s pre-BOOKS OF BLOOD plays
THE BRADBURY CHRONICLES
The first major biography of the late Ray Bradbury and, I’m pleased to report, a good one
ART! TRASH! TERROR! ADVENTURES IN STRANGE CINEMA
Quite simply, if you’re a horror fan this book, which collects several decades’ worth of reviews of “movies that refuse to behave,” is a must read
THE KILLING OF THE UNICORN: DOROTHY STRATTEN 1960-1980
A grief-fueled remembrance of the late Dorothy Stratten by “the director who loved her.”
IMAGES
A gaudily designed coffee table art book by the incomparable David Lynch
ECCO: THE STORY OF A FAKE MAN ON 42ND STREET
This is actually the final issue of the initial iteration of SLEAZOID EXPRESS, which took the form of a nonfiction novella by that publication’s editors Bill Landis and Jimmy McDonough
TV Flashback: FANTASTIC TALES BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
An Edgar Allan Poe inspired TV anthology; at least one segment is quite good.
Robert Redford: 1936-2025
RIP
R.I.P. Nelvana
This week we bid adieu to Nelvana, the Toronto-based animation outfit
HELL HOUSE LLC, Critics and Creative Campaigns
All about the recent furor over the marketing of HELL HOUSE LLC: LINEAGE, with info on Tom Laughlin, David Lynch and James Cameron
Terence Stamp: 1938-2025
There was nobody else quite like the recently deceased Terence Stamp