Brian De Palma | The Bedlam Files

ARE SNAKES NECESSARY?

This irresistibly pulpy psycho-thriller is the first novel by film legend Brian De Palma (co-written with girlfriend Susan Lehman)

Welcome to the first installment of my “Year in Bedlam” end-of-the-year movie rankings.

Perhaps the ultimate Brian De Palma film: gory, pervy and visually stunning, with a distinctly comedic, self-mocking angle

A 1973 effort by Brian De Palma that adequately showcases both his good and bad qualities as a filmmaker

This early effort by Brian De Palma shows a unique side of this controversial auteur, being a musical satire, and an extremely good one

The subtitle says it all: “How A Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror”

Once again the year is over and it’s time for my annual look back at the year in horror

For true horror movie fans, horror moviemakers are as venerated as the films they make. Just check out some of the books about our horror heroes

Here I’ll take some potshots at a number of horror’s most revered figures