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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
THE SHIP OF MONSTERS
Mexican made lunacy with a difference: it’s a sci fi-western-vampire movie!
TRAGOS: A CYBER-NOIR WITCH HUNT
This, if you ask me, is the most interesting film made by the underground auteur Antero Alli
BUCKET OF BLOOD
This 49 minute British shocker is nearly ninety years old, yet remains an astonishing example of expressionistic filmmaking
TAKE AN EASY RIDE
A true oddity from the UK that has been called the “British answer to LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT”
BODY TROOPERS
In which FANTASTIC VOYAGE gets a kid-oriented overhaul
OLD ORDER
This vivid and surprising backwoods horror tale is only 31 pages long, yet packs a considerable punch.
Oddkins
ODDKINS, a large format hardcover “for all ages” with large text and colorful illustrations by Phil Parks, is in many ways a standard Koontz product.
Oak-Mot
The overhauled OAK-MOT is, in Glover’s own words, “a story of epic proportions involving pride and prejudice.” It’s also confounding, perverse and demented as fuck.
THE NURSERY
It can be read as the literary equivalent of the Christian scare films of Ron Ormond and others, what with its consistently sleazy and exploitive set-pieces matched by equally consistent Christian sermonizing to remind us that we shouldn’t be enjoying the lovingly described mayhem.
The Nun
The legendary French classic THE NUN (or LA RELIGIEUSE) may well be the first true example of “nunsploitation.”
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In Defense of Sequels: The Sequel
In today’s franchise-obsessed Hollywood sequels are all-important. Sequels, after all, are the easiest type of film to market (they have a built-in fan base), and can on occasion far out gross the original film.
South African Horror Essentials
It’s a fact that South Africa isn’t exactly known for quality cinema. The “best” South African film, after all, is widely reputed to be Jamie Uys’ patronizing and nonsensical comedy THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY. With that in mind it’s hardly a surprise that when choosing worthwhile South African horror flicks the pickings tend to be slim…
The Horror Cinema of Walter Hugo Khouri
Brazil’s Walter Hugo Khouri’s (1929-2003) THE ANGEL OF THE NIGHT and DAUGHTERS OF FIRE are unquestioned genre standouts with David Lynch-worthy surrealism.
Horror Cinema in the Summer of 1986
Right now we find ourselves in the midst of an important movie related thirty-year anniversary: the summer of 1986. No, that period was not, as some are claiming, “the Best Summer Movie Season Ever,” but it was seminal for popular filmmaking.
TV Flashback: I GIOCHI DEL DIAVOLO
The Italian TV miniseries I GIOCHI DEL DIAVOLO: STORIE FANTASTICHE DELL’OTTOCENTO (THE DEVIL’S GAMES: FANTASTIC STORIES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY) consists of six mini-films by varied directors. Each episode runs a little over an hour, and each is based on a 19th Century horror story.