Fifty Years of Mansonsploitation
August 9, 2019 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the murders committed by the Manson family
Rutger Hauer: 1944-2019
The Rutger Hauer saga was a curious one
THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI
One of the best movie novelizations I’ve ever read, complimenting and enhancing its source film considerably while standing as a uniquely spirited and invigorating piece of work in its own right
ULVETID
A most interesting and unorthodox “horror” movie from Denmark
IT’S ALIVE III: ISLAND OF THE ALIVE
The second sequel to IT’S ALIVE (following 1978’s IT LIVES AGAIN) was this straight to video goof from 1987
Larry Cohen: 1936-2019
My take on the late screenwriter, producer and director Larry Cohen is a complicated one
LABYRINTH OF FLOWER GARDEN
This erotic noir from 1988 is a female-centered, visually rapturous thriller
Remembering that which is Better Forgotten: NOT A LOVE STORY and THE MASCULINE MYSTIQUE
Here I’m going look at 1981’s NOT A LOVE STORY: A FILM ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY, one of the most infamous documentaries of its time, and 1984’s THE MASCULINE MYSTIQUE, which is considerably less well known
HANCOCK ON HANCOCK
This, the first in-depth account of the life and films of director John Hancock, is an extremely long book (900-plus pages in ebook format), but also a vital one
DON’T DISTURB THE DEAD
DON’T DISTRUB THE DEAD is the first-ever book about the Ramsays, and must be counted as the premiere print resource on the subject