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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
ZACHARIAH
This, the world’s “First Electric Western,” hails from 1971
THE GOLDEN KEY
With all the newfound interest in PINOCCHIO, I say it’s a good time to revisit one of its most unique variants: the 1939 Soviet children’s fantasy THE GOLDEN KEY
SAVAGES (1972)
The very definition of a Cult Film: odd, esoteric and appreciated by only a select few
INVISIBLE ADVERSARIES
The debut feature by the Austrian performance artist Valie Export was this avant-garde take on INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
NEMESIS
This 1992 sci-fier is often proclaimed the best film made by the late Albert Pyun, and that assessment may well be accurate
ANAÏS NIN AT THE GRAND GUIGNOL
Yet another example of mislabeled literary horror
PRANKS
This justifiably forgotten Halloween themed relic is most interesting not for what it is but, rather, for what it isn’t
A TOPIARY
Here we have what has fast become one of the most fabled unfilmed screenplays: a 245 page science fiction themed oddity from Shane Carruth, of PRIMER (2004) and UPSTREAM COLOR (2013)
ALAMUT
A historical epic in the grand tradition, ALAMUT is notable for its subject, a fascinating one that has been surprisingly under-utilized in literature: the so-called “Old Man of the Mountain” Hasan-i Sabbah
THE MASK OF THE BLACK DEATH
Among the world’s most intriguing unmade film projects this 128 page screenplay, the final script to be written by Japan’s late Akira Kurosawa (together with frequent collaborator Masato Ide, who goes uncredited), looms rather largely
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Debunking More Stupid Sayings
This debunks several popular horror-movie-related sayings such as, “They don’t make good horror movies anymore.”
Zombies in Film and Fiction
If there’s one thing horror fans can’t seem to get enough of these days it’s the living dead.
RARE EXPORTS: Three Christmas Tales
2010’s evil Santa Claus feature RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE has gained a sizeable cult following
2010: A Look Back in Horror
Contrary to what you might have heard, horror is not dead. It is, however, in a decidedly precarious place.
THE BRAVE Turns 20
According to its own cover description, THE BRAVE “contains episodes that will shock even the most jaded reader: it is not for the weak at heart.”