THEY CAME FROM WITHIN: A HISTORY OF CANADIAN HORROR CINEMA
This well researched and eminently readable overview is the closest thing there is to a bible on Canadian horror cinema, a subject that isn’t discussed much
BEYOND HORROR HOLOCAUST: A DEEPER SHADE OF RED
The final book by one of my favorite horror movie commentators
THE NUTCRACKER
This superbly mounted, if largely ignored, 1986 film version of Tchaikovsky’s immortal ballet restores the terror and wonder that have been diluted by so many other modern productions of THE NUTCRACKER
NIGHT WARNING
Another “cult favorite” I don’t get
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
Eighties cheese about slug-like things burrowing into people’s bodies and turning ‘em into zombies that in the intervening years has developed a sizeable cult following. Why? I’ve no idea!
HIDER IN THE HOUSE
A straight-to-video 1980s thriller that holds up better than expected
FROM THE LIFE OF THE MARIONETTES
A German language psychothriller from the legendary Ingmar Bergman that pivots on the disturbed psyche of a murderer
THE 4th MAN
Lurid, nightmarish and ultimately irresistible Dutch art-house chills from, ironically enough, Paul Verhoeven, one of Hollywood’s most successful filmmakers
STANLEY KUBRICK AND ME
For Stanley Kubrick buffs this memoir, written by Kubrick’s longtime personal assistant, can be classified as one of the few truly essential print resources on the great man
Thoughts on BATMAN (1989) and its Offspring
The 1989 release of Tim Burton’s BATMAN marked the birth of the modern blockbuster