2020: The Year in Bedlam
2020 was a hell of a year
MANIAC
One of the sickest surprises of December 2020 was the release of this graphic novel, which breaks new ground in splatterific excess
SODOM AND GOMORRAH: THE LAST SEVEN DAYS
Another 1970s era dispatch from the Weird Porno category
THE NIGHT
From France, a fearsome 1970s-era creation that’s outrageous, overwrought, disorienting and downright psychotic by turns
RAW DOG
RAW DOG was released with lurid cover art highlighting the story’s more exploitable elements, but the novel is far richer and more thoughtful than it might seem
1985: The Year in Bedlam
It makes sense that, in what is universally acknowledged as the worst-ever decade for film, the midpoint of that decade marks its low point
THE OK DOLL
The idea of a man in love with a doll is hardly a novel one, but in this screenplay England’s Peter Greenaway creates a uniquely witty and perverse take on man-doll love
NIGHT ON THE TOWN
A twelve minute animated amazement from 1981 that remains shockingly little known
2019: A Look Back in Bedlam
Welcome to the latest edition of my Look Back in Bedlam overview of the previous year’s noteworthy happenings in the world of Bedlam Files-friendly media
TO BE TWENTY
This Italian oddity is among the most notorious grindhouse productions due solely to its final ten minutes