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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
THE AMUSEMENT PARK
Yes, this is the now-famous “lost” 1973 film by the late George A. Romero
THE HOUSE ON TOMBSTONE HILL
Yet another movie that tends to be vastly overhyped, largely (I’m guessing) because of its scarcity
THE MATRIX
Yes, children: 1999’s THE MATRIX was once the coolest thing around
A PARTY IN HELL
From Iran, a wildly ambitious fantasy hailing from 1956
ARMY OF THE DEAD
Netflix’s major 2021 summer tent-pole was this Zack Snyder directed zombie blow-out
NECROPOLIS
An extended prose poem masquerading as a horror novella, this is a wondrously strange, occasionally gruesome tale, somewhat reminiscent of the poetic horror fests of T.M. Wright but very much the product of the extremely gifted John Urbanicik.
THE NECROPHILIAC
Beyond that I believe THE NECROPHILIAC is best categorized by what it isn’t: refined, polite or sparing to the sensibilities of squeamish readers.
NATURAL ENEMIES
This taut and compact first person shocker is simply one of the most disturbing novels to emerge from the 1970s.
THE NAIL
Over-the-top gore is what this comic mini promises and delivers. If you’re looking for something beyond that you should probably pick something else.
MR. OVERBY IS FALLING: DIRECTOR CUT
After reading this newly revised “Director’s Cut” version, which contains a retrospective introduction by the author and several newly written footnotes, I fully understand the book’s popularity.
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On THE DUCHESS OF AVILA
The 1973 French miniseries LA DUCHESSE D’AVILA/THE DUCHESS OF AVILA is one of the great unknown works of the fantastique
The Tangled Lineage of Belphegor
BELPHEGOR is a multi-film crime saga whose origins can be traced back to 1909
2009: A Look Back in Bedlam
Here it is, my second annual look back at many noteworthy events in the world of horror film and literature
Graphic Novels: 20 Off-The-Beaten-Track Selections
What twenty selections have in common is that, simply, all are well worth your time to read and/or track down
Scary Kid Lit 1: Fairy Tales
For truly potent kid lit one has to go back to the (so-called) fairy tales that underlie today’s fiction