RAW MEAT
This subway tunnel-set shocker is one of the most respected British horror films of the seventies, and the acclaim is largely justified
SPLATTER MOVIES
Apparently the most authoritative overview of the splatter movie phenomenon ever published—or so I’ve been told
THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER
Arguably the masterpiece of England’s Peter Greenaway, an unrestrained blast of grossness and bad behavior that was and remains a repellant yet undeniably beautiful mutant of a movie
CUT! HORROR WRITERS ON HORROR FILM
Here we have a severely mixed bag of nonfiction pieces about horror film, all written by horror novelists
CANNIBAL: THE MOST SICKENING CONSUMER GUIDE EVER!
A fast, user-friendly overview of the Italian cannibal film cycle
IN MY SKIN
The year 2003 saw more than its share of nasty films, but I feel confident in naming the French import IN MY SKIN as the year’s all-around nastiest film
NIGHTMARE CITY
A trashier-than-average Italian zombie mash from the notorious Umberto Lenzi!
2012: Bedlam in Print
Publishing-wise 2012 contained more than its share of good, and sometimes even great, books
2011: Bedlam in Print
For fiction, 2011 was an only slightly better year than it was for movies—and cinematically it was a pretty rotten year
2008: Bedlam in Print
Here it is: my third annual look back at the year’s literary output