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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
DOGMA
Angels, demons, Catholicism and Skee Ball, courtesy of Kevin Smith
MULTIPLE MANIACS
The second feature by John Waters, and in many respects his key film
SENSITIVE SPOTS
A little-known example of Central European science fiction, set in the far-off year 1998
RED DAWN
“Better dead than red” cinema got a memorable 1980s rethink in RED DAWN, a “what-if?” narrative about a Russian invasion of the US
THE WAR GAME
A profoundly shattering, staunchly reality-based look at the effects of a possible nuclear war on Great Britain
TESTAMENT
One of the most relentless thrillers of all time, and, if you ask me, the finest of David Morrell’s novels
A JOURNEY IN THE PHANTASMAGORICAL GARDEN OF APPARITIO ALBINUS
In the category of Raymond Roussel/H.P. Lovecraft/Clark Ashton Smith inspired oddities this quasi-graphic novel definitely stands out
THE INFINITE MAN
This was the first collection by the late William Relling, Jr.—or would have been, at least, had its publisher not gone belly-up before THE INFINITE MAN’S scheduled 1989 publication
TORTURED SOULS
A McFarlane Toy line doesn’t exactly sound like a promising beginning for a novelette by Clive Barker, but what Barker turned out here is one of his most memorable books in some time
THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS
This book, France’s answer to THE TURNER DIARIES, is the current bible of America’s alt-right movement
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Comic Con 2013
The endless Comic Con reportage over the past few days has invariably contained a lot of bitching
The 2013 Summer Movie Season
These days I find it difficult writing about Hollywood without sounding like an old fart
The State of the Midnight Movie Circa 2013
Back in 2009 I complained that the midnight movie scene had essentially become a venue for eighties nostalgia, but now…
Haunted California
When it comes to scary settings, California probably isn’t anyone’s first (or second, third or fourth) choice
Ranking the Rankings 1: Horror Fiction
Scary book/story rankings: the web is littered with such lists, and there’s even a whole book of them.