DEATH MAKES A HOLIDAY: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN
The second of David J. Skal’s “Cultural Histories.” The first was 1993’s THE MONSTER SHOW, which took a rambling yet thoroughly enjoyable look at horror media
TORTURED SOULS
A McFarlane Toy line doesn’t exactly sound like a promising beginning for a novelette by Clive Barker, but what Barker turned out here is one of his most memorable books in some time
2017: Bedlam in Print
Assembling a best-books-of-the-year list is always a dicey proposition. Quite simply, nobody can be expected to track down and read every worthwhile book printed over the course of the previous year…
PAPERBACKS FROM HELL: THE TWISTED HISTORY OF ’70s AND ’80s HORROR FICTION
Now here’s a subject I know a bit about: paperback horror novels of the so-called “horror boom” of the 1970s and 80s
HELLBOUND HEARTS
With a stable of first-rate authors–Neil Gaiman, Tim Lebbon, Christopher Golden, Sarah Langan and Gary Braunbeck–you can count on a good read at the very least.
THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
Definitely an interesting and unique novel, but a complete success? No.
EVERVILLE
I know quite a few critics have proclaimed this sprawling epic, the middle portion of Clive Barker’s still-unfinished trilogy that began with THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW, an imaginative masterpiece. I, on the other hand, find it a mess.
Directed By Clive Barker
Remember Clive Barker? You know, the onetime “future of horror?”
2014: A LOOK BACK IN HORROR
Below you’ll find the latest addition of my annual “Look Back in Horror” overview. Film, Fiction, Tributes.
CANDYMAN
This racially tinged gorefest is a standout horror film of the 1990s, and one of the best Clive Barker adaptations to date