HORROR PANEGYRIC
A well-written overview of the Savoy published Lord Horror novels, HORROR PANEGYRIC deserves credit simply for the fact that it’s currently the only existing book-lengthy study of these important works
HIP POCKET SLEAZE
The vintage adult paperback community is a small one to be sure, but for those of us who are into such things John Harrison’s HIP POCKET SLEAZE is an essential acquisition
ULTIMATE PORNO: THE MAKING OF SEX COLOSSAL
In the field of movie making-of books, ULTIMATE PORNO is one of the most obscure there is, yet also one of the few worth reading
THE TEARS OF EROS
This heavily illustrated philosophical primer on the influence of death in the sacred and sexual was the final work of Georges Bataille, and a fitting testament to a man obsessed throughout his life with the link between ecstasy and horror
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
THE 4th MAN
Lurid, nightmarish and ultimately irresistible Dutch art-house chills from, ironically enough, Paul Verhoeven, one of Hollywood’s most successful filmmakers
LEWD LIZARD
This film is by no means the best of the Hong Kong horror flicks of the seventies and eighties, but it is definitely the most offensive
2008: Bedlam in Print
Here it is: my third annual look back at the year’s literary output
2006: Bedlam in Print
Welcome to the first installment of my year-end overview of the year in horror fiction
THE TOUR
This novel, which is subtitled “Hell’s Heated Vacancies,” was the fourth of Michael Perkins’s fabled Essex House published fuck books, and provides just what its title promises: a tour of a most shocking and horrific Hell on Earth