STASH
As one of the (very) few viewers who looked forward to STASH prior to its release, I can attest that it had potential
HAPPY NOW
Thankfully HAPPY NOW, Charles Higson’s equally English-centric follow-up, is a far better book overall, equal to best work of authors like Iain Banks and Patricia Highsmith.
THE GAS
The idea of a man-made drug causing people to lose their sexual inhibitions had been done before THE GAS saw print and after, but no other novel took the concept as far as Platt did.
THE COUNT OF ELEVEN
England’s Ramsey Campbell is one of the finest horror scribes on the scene, and THE COUNT OF ELEVEN one of his best-ever novels
Who’s Afraid of Chris Elliott?
What follows is perhaps the most controversial stance I’ve ever taken
Splatter, Maggoty Muppets and Heavenly Creatures: The Early Films of Peter Jackson
With the LORD OF THE RINGS films now ensconced in the “classic” cinema pantheon, I’d say it’s an opportune time to take a look at the output of their director
Roland Topor in English
France’s Roland Topor (1938-1997) was a veritable genius of perverse and surreal literature
CHILDREN SHOULDN’T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS!
Don’t you hate it when a “classic” horror movie turns out to be…well, like this one?
CHERRY FALLS
A vindictive psycho is stalking virgin teens in 1999’s CHERRY FALLS, one of the best late-nineties SCREAM wannabes
CEMETERY MAN
An interesting item from director Dario Argento disciple Michele Soavi, who seems to have at last come into his own