2020: Bedlam in Print
Here, in the early days of 2021, is the latest edition of my annual Bedlam in Print overview
SANTA’S CHRISTMAS ELF (NAMED CALVIN)
I’d long believed SANTA AND THE ICE CREAM BUNNY was the absolute cheapest Christmas movie in existence. Turns out I was wrong, as SANTA’S CHRISTMAS ELF (NAMED CALVIN) is even cheaper
THE TRAVELING YEARS: A MEMOIR OF PUPPETS, PORNO AND PENURY
A household name Leo Eaton may not be, but he’s led an interesting life without question
CONFESSIONS OF A PUPPETMASTER
A memoir that’s more outrageous and exciting than most of Charles Band’s movies
SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN
Sometimes accidental brilliance is the most irresistible sort.
TV Flashback: THE HORROR HALL OF FAME
A horror movie Academy Awards? Here’s the closest thing that exists to such a program
LOVE ME DEADLY
Necrophilia meets mass murder in one of the sickest early-seventies exploiters
LISZTOMANIA, Ken Russell, Genius and Madness
LISZTOMANIA is not a widely admired film, but I say it deserves a reappraisal
NOT BAD FOR A HUMAN
The life story of the one and only Lance Henriksen
BIG BAD JOHN: THE JOHN MILIUS INTERVIEWS
A book of interviews with the famous screenwriter/director John Milius