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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
NUTCRACKER FANTASY
From Japan, a stop motion epic in the mold of the classic Rankin-Bass Christmas specials that’s deeply, thoroughly and profoundly weird
GOODNIGHT, HALLOWEEN
This short film is simply too ambitious for its budget (which was quite scant) and runtime (13 minutes), but I do recommend it
SOY LEYENDA
This 1967 adaptation of I AM LEGEND is interesting enough to at least warrant some attention
THE DAY OF DESTRUCTION
DAY OF DESTRUCTION was intended to mark the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, but the coronavirus turned the film into something else entirely
GIRLY
This British oddity represents yet another case of promising material given indifferent treatment
The Mall of Cthulhu
In the category of funny Cthulhu novels THE MALL OF CTHULHU by Seamus Cooper doesn’t rank too high.
THE MAILMAN
THE MAILMAN is a bit of a misfire, but it’s also quite entertaining.
MAGICK AND MISERY
A collection of eleven short pieces by a Noncommissioned U.S. Army Officer and Iraq War veteran. This explains the impact of these ostensibly escapist tales, which aren’t unusually graphic or excessive but have a kick missing from most of today’s horror.
THE MAGIC WAGON
There’s never been a western novel quite like THE MAGIC WAGON, an insightful and touching account of Texas circa 1909 that incorporates elements of comedy and the supernatural.
MADAM SEX THIEF
Reading this delirious relic from the glory days of erotic fiction, it occurred to me that there exist very few fictional treatments of the horrors of castration. The only serious contenders I can think of are Jim Thompson’s THE NOTHING MAN and EAT THEM ALIVE by Pierce Nace, and MADAM SEX THIEF outdoes both in grossness and outrage.
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2013: Bedlam in Print
Here we have the latest (admittedly quite belayed) installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s horror-minded publications
R.I.P. H.R. Giger
The death of Swiss artist Hans Rüdi Giger on May 12, 2014 was an incalculable loss to the horror field, the art world and all lovers of the fantastique
FANTAZIUS MALLARE and THE KINGDOM OF EVIL
The subject matter of 1922’s FANTAZIUS MALLARE remains quite eye-opening, and the same holds true for its 1924 sequel THE KINGDOM OF EVIL
An Infernal Trio of Dark Fiction
Q: What do THE MARTYR by David Meltzer, LET’S GO PLAY AT THE ADAMS’ by Mendal Johnson and THE GIRL NEXT DOOR by Jack Ketchum have in common? A: They’re among the most profoundly disturbing novels of their respective decades
TITLES: Books and Movies
Here we’re going to discuss titles: movie and book titles, to be exact