NAKED THEATER AND UNCENSORED HORROR
The long-in-coming memoir of filmmaker Stuart Gordon (1947-2020), a book he spent a great deal of his final years writing
HALLOWEEN 3–“WHERE THE HELL IS MICHAEL MYERS?”
A history of “horror’s most misunderstood film,” written by that film’s own writer-director
BEETLEJUICE 1988
Tim Burton’s second feature was this 1988 triumph, his first collaboration with novelist Michael McDowell
THE NIGHTMARE NEVER ENDS
Featuring a stand-out non-NIGHT COURT performance by the recenlty deceased Richard Moll
RAWHEAD REX
Not a good movie, although it is a fun one
Documenting Terry Gilliam
Two books and four docs about the one and only Terry Gilliam
FAREWELL
A key film of Russia’s Elem Klimov, and an interesting failure
THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST at 35
On the most controversial film of our time
THE EXOTIC ONES: THAT FABULOUS FILMMAKING FAMILY FROM MUSIC CITY, USA–THE ORMONDS
It’s hard to believe this large format hardcover is the first book devoted to the Ormonds, but I’m glad it’s finally here, and that it delivers on its promise
AESTHETIC DEVIATIONS: A CRITICAL VIEW OF AMERICAN SHOT-ON-VIDEO HORROR, 1984-1994
The first in-depth critical study of SOV horror, written by an author who really appreciates this stuff