WHORE vs. SHOWGIRLS
Here’s a pairing that hasn’t been made too often, but it’s a valid one: WHORE, a low budgeter from 1991, and SHOWGIRLS, an expensive tentpole release from 1995
MANEATER
An example of the type of sci fi-tinged literary erotica that was pioneered by the late Essex House
EVIL ANGELS
A pitiless investigation into the farthest reaches of uncontained passion, adapted for the screen in 1992 by Roman Polanski
VAMPYRES
An almost-classic of British horror from 1974
HARDCORE
A strong film that could have been much better
THE HOUSE THAT GROANED
A graphic novel that’s plenty weird, with a narrative that leans rather heavily into the perverse and psychosexual
UGLY MUG No. 8
The latest entry in House of Harley’s “Industrial Strength Comics Compendium” that, in the words of underground comics legend Ed Pinsent, is “laced with heavy doses of insanity, wonder, and escapades inside the dream house”
2024: Bedlam in Print
Another year, another underwhelming showing from the mainstream publishing industry
TALES OF THE DUMPSTER KID
The most ambitious product of the New German Cinema was this bawdy three-and-a-half-hour epic
NECROMANIA
This XXX-rated “Tale of Weird Love” was one of the final films directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr.