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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (1970)
An hour long mini-feature that’s required viewing for any David Cronenberg completest
THE BROOD (Film)
The horror movie inverse of KRAMER VS. KRAMER?
BABY: SECRET OF THE LOST LEGEND
Few people remember this adventure-oriented Disney disaster from 1985
DEADLINE
A halfway worthwhile film, meaning its first half is provocative and compelling, and its second not so much
THE DEVIL AT YOUR HEELS
This National Film Board of Canada produced documentary is in the grand tradition of quirky Canadian nonfiction cinema
NIGHT OF THE CRABS
I can’t imagine how anyone could not get a kick out of this novel’s premise of giant flesh-eating crabs rampaging through a British seaside community.
NIGHT OF TEARS
NIGHT OF TEARS is actually a tepid and uneventful potboiler that attempts to blend three distinct subgenres–gothic romance, alien invasion and crime thriller–into a not-very-satisfying whole.
A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER
I’ve always found Zelazny overrated, after all, and nor am I too fond of the type of whimsical silliness that suffuses A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER.
NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER
Like quite a few (if not most) of Laymon’s novels, it pivots on horny young people, is related in startlingly immediate minute-by-minute fashion, and is a damn satisfying read overall.
The Night Cache
A recent entry in PS Publishing’s Holiday Chapbook series, it’s neither profound nor Earth-shaking, but leaves a mark nonetheless.
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