PHILLY
A “modern tale of the macabre” that worked better in its movie adaptation: the 1981 teen comedy PRIVATE LESSONS
RAW MEAT
An ambitious exercise in science fiction themed smut fiction, and, I’m afraid, not a very successful one
THE STRANGE WORLD OF WILLIE SEABROOK
All about the late travelogue writer William Seabrook and his weird fetishes, written by his wife
2020 in Review: News, Passings, Discoveries
Bedlam was indeed the word for 2020 and (as of January 10) 2021 as well
THE THEATRE OF MR. AND MRS. KABAL
The debut feature by the great Walerian Borowczyk that’s “meant for adults only”
SKIN
The object of this glossy large format paperback, from scream quenn Linnea Quigley, was to spoof Madonna’s SEX
THE DOLL
A most confounding 1962 masterwork about a man’s doomed love for a mannequin
2020: The Year in Bedlam
2020 was a hell of a year
2020: A Look Back in Bedlam
Bedlam was indeed the word for 2020 and (as of January 10) 2021 as well
Exotic Dancers and the Devil in the Swinging Sixties
Exotic Dancers and the devil: a curiously appropriate pairing, especially in Europe