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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
KOOKY
This amazing puppet animation feature, hailing from the Czech Republic, was made by the Oscar winning Jan Sverák
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE
I’ve heard this film called a profound exploration of identity, and also a “two hour perfume commercial.” There are strong arguments to be made for both views
HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK
After CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST this is the most extreme film ever made by Italy’s Ruggero Deodato
ANNETTE
The most sublimely nutty movie musical in some time, featuring songs performed by non-singer actors and a puppet
THE SWARM
Yet another so-so Netflix movie, although this one has some impressive things
NULL IMMORTALIS
As a summation of all things Nemonymous I’m unsure how this volume rates (not having read the first seven installments), but as an example of the ineffable strangeness that defines these books it’s first rate.
NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY
The wit, verve and imagination that characterize Goldman’s best work are very much evident in this suspenseful and macabre novel that predates everything from DEXTER to NATURAL BORN KILLERS in its furiously inventive account of the fortunes of a mass murderer. I say it’s one of William Goldman’s finest books.
NINTH & HELL STREET
NINTH & HELL STREET isn’t the goriest novel I’ve ever read, but it outdoes most splatterpunk fiction in sheer nastiness
Night Trippers
Mega List of Everything By Mark Ricketts and Micah Farritor (Image; 2006) This one-shot graphic novel presents a stunningly visualized, black-humored account of vampirism, 1960s style. The setting is Swinging London and the protagonist a spindly, fatally naïve blonde...
NIGHT SHOW
Rereading the book, I found that its initial hold remains largely intact; NIGHT SHOW is nothing if not a page-turner, with a consistently inventive narrative and some mighty potent nastiness.
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HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES
HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES is the title of the first volume of Charles Baudelaire’s renowned French translations of the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. This volume, first published in 1856, is credited with inspiring Poe’s exalted reputation in Europe, so it makes sense that HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES was the name given to not one but two French-made compilations of Poe-adapted films.
Horror Movie Mash-Ups
The genesis of the following piece occurred upon seeing PREDATOR for the first time. That was back in 1987, and I, naïve though I was back then, couldn’t help but flash back to two then-recent hits: RAMBO from 1985 and the following year’s ALIENS
Grindhouse Nostalgia: Myth and Reality
Everyone, it seems, loves grindhouse cinema
On Film Threat Video
2020 marks an anniversary you probably didn’t know about: Film Threat turned thirty five
French Horror: An Appreciation
Over the past week the world-renowned glories of France were tragically blighted by terror and death. No matter: the richness of French culture will persist