Horror Novels by Horror Moviemakers
The director-novelist: it’s a rare combination, but it does exist
THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE
Of THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE, a horrific western, I’ll say this: it reads very much like an Eric Red movie with its fast moving narrative that mixes breakneck action and gory horror in a manner Red practically invented, albeit without the budgetary and censorship issues that tend to mar so many of his films.
UNDERTOW
Not to be confused with the many, many other films called UNDERTOW, this is a 1996 made-for-Showtime thriller. The best I can say for it, I’m afraid, is that it had promise
2013: Bedlam in Print
Here we have the latest (admittedly quite belayed) installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s horror-minded publications