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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
INGAGI
A long out of circulation 1930 poverty row wonder that has at last resurfaced
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
The latest in a long line of avant-garde film adaptations of Poe’s immortal story, and of avant-garde film projects from Philip Glass
THE DOLL
A most confounding 1962 masterwork about a man’s doomed love for a mannequin
CHANGE OF MIND
In which a white DA gets his brain transplanted into the body of an African-American man. It shoulda been better!
GRIZZLY II: REVENGE
Where to start with this one?
MEFISTO IN ONYX
Think SCANNERS crossed with SILENCE OF THE LAMBS as related by Jim Thompson and you’ll have the gist of this weird and wonderful novella by Harlan Ellison.
MEMORIA
A provocative updating of the mad scientist subgenre of yore (see DONOVAN’S BRAIN, PROFESSOR DOWELL’S HEAD, etc.), the independently published MEMORIA encapsulates both the pros and cons of “underground” horror.
THE MELANCHOLY DEATH OF OYSTER BOY & OTHER STORIES
Tim Burton’s unique imagination isn’t always optimized onscreen, but his distinctive vision definitely shines through in this collection of macabre poetry and drawings.
MEDUSA
This profusely illustrated limited edition 2010 hardcover (which is already a collector’s item) was promoted as the definitive edition of this “neglected masterpiece,” featuring a newly written introduction by Colin Wilson and 12 short stories and a nonfiction piece by Visiak.
A MAZE OF DEATH
If any of the late Philip K. Dick’s novels can be classified as horror-related, A MAZE OF DEATH can. It’s not one of his better works but is worth a look, as virtually anything by PKD is superior to most everything else on the bookshelves.
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The Comics of 1986: Then and Now
It’s an unequivocal fact that 1986 was the pivotal year of the adult comic book renaissance
Remembering the Zebra Books Horror Line
If you were a horror fan in the 1980s and early-to-mid 90s you probably remember Zebra Books
The Dregs
One of the unfortunate realities of being a movie buff, especially a bad movie buff, is running into—or better yet, stepping in—“films” like those listed below
Exploring THE PIT
Here I’m going to delve into the odd and fascinating relic that is THE PIT: A GROUP ENCOUNTER DEFILED by Gene Church and Conrad D. Carnes
The (Stephen) King and I
By now it seems there’s not a whole lot left to say about Stephen King, the world’s bestselling horror writer. In fact, there is one facet that has never been told, namely my own relationship with Mr. King’s fiction