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Insanity, Satan Worship, Mind Control and Mass Murder: The (Later) Films of Philip Yordan
In observance of the March 24, 2003 death of screenwriter Philip Yordan, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and elusive talents, let’s take a look at some of his films
Grappling with THE MIST
Frank Darabont’s THE MIST was the most widely debated horror movie of 2007
On “Holy Indies” and Armageddon
As long as there have been movies, it seems, there have been evangelical films
THE REAPING and GRINDHOUSE: A Tale of Two Flops
Two horror-themed would-be blockbusters have recently opened, THE REAPING and GRINDHOUSE, and in the month since their respective April 6 releases both have flopped majorly
ROBOCOP VERSUS THE TERMINATOR
ROBOCOP VERSUS THE TERMINATOR, which as the title indicates brings together the universes of ROBOCOP and THE TERMINATOR, has been called “The Greatest Crossover of all Time.” I don’t agree
THE RIOT ACT
Quite simply one of the toughest, meanest and least forgiving short story collections you’ll ever read
THE OTHER END
If you ask me, this is just what we need right now: a sober, non-religious (though unabashedly left-leaning) account of an apocalypse, specifically conceived as an alternative to those fundamentalist “End Times” books by Tim LaHaye and others
VALHALLA
Newton Thornburg really knows how to write a novel, a fact he proved with 1976’s CUTTER AND BONE, and again in VALHALLA, possibly the most (undeservedly) obscure of all his books
Z FOR ZACHARIAH
I know many of you read this ostensible young adult novel in your teens. I missed out on that experience, but having finally gotten around to doing so I can fully understand why Z FOR ZACHARIAH is so iconic