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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
ROBOT CARNIVAL
Nothing less than 1980s-era Japan’s answer to FANTASIA
FANTASTIC PLANET
After THE YELLOW SUBMARINE this is the premiere example of feature-length psychedelic animation
THE TREASURE PLANET
A 1982 Bulgarian animated feature (apparently the first such film) that takes Robert Luis Stevenson’s immortal novel for quite a ride
BRAINSTORM
A film that, given the level of talent involved, shouldn’t be that awful—but I’m afraid BRAINSTORM really IS that awful
ARENA BRAINS
An avant-garde film in the guise of a music video compilation of a type that was once ubiquitous on VHS
THE JUDAS FISH
The late Kenneth Cook was never more inspired than has was in this novel
JEFFERY DAHMER: AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF A SERIAL KILLER
This was perhaps the most infamous underground comic of the nineties
JOHN SKIPP & CRAIG SPECTOR’S MALFORMED
An intriguing flashback to the indie comic scene of the 1990s, courtesy of the decade’s premiere splatterpunk duo John Skipp and Craig Spector
MAD MAX (Book)
It’s been said that George Miller was so impressed with this novelization of MAD MAX that he hired its writer to co-script THE ROAD WARRIOR
BRANCHES
Mitch Cullin is best known for providing the source novel for Terry Gilliam’s “PSYCHO-meets-DAYS OF HEAVEN” reverie TIDELAND, and this earlier Cullin text is just as twisted
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Further Thoughts on Fangoria
Roughly three years ago this week I wrote a diatribe about Fangoria magazine and its uncertain new direction following a 2010 corporate shake-up
From the Grindhouse to the Arthouse
The grindhouse and the arthouse: two distinct modes of cinema that would appear to be leagues removed–and for the most part they are.
FIGHT CLUB at 15
FIGHT CLUB, released in October of 1999, was and remains one of the most outrageously subversive big studio movies of all time.
My Idea of Fun
You know what’s fun? After the fact end-of-the-world predictions!
Horror in the Workplace: 1990-94
The situation was this: a patron complained to the theater manager that someone was talking during a movie. As an usher it was my job to quiet the person down