AURA
One of the most vivid and fecund ghost stories in existence, with a premise that is quite original and a second person narrative that never feels self conscious or distracting.
ANTHONY SHRIEK
Anyone wondering why Dell’s fabled Abyss horror line, which promised “Horror unlike anything you’ve ever read before,” didn’t last beyond the early nineties need only read this, one of Abyss’ signature entries. ANTHONY SHRIEK isn’t a bad novel, just a severely bloated and self-indulgent one.
AND NOW THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS: THE HORROR ZINE
The latest volume from the irrepressible Jeani Rector (of AFTER DARK, OPEN GRAVE and AROUND A DARK CORNER fame) was this anthology culled from her self-created Horror Zine (www.thehorrorzine.com).
Haunted California
When it comes to scary settings, California probably isn’t anyone’s first (or second, third or fourth) choice
The Horror Films of Janusz Majewski
Janusz Majewski is one of Poland’s most durable and prolific filmmakers
The Beckoning Fair One
This is the most famous tale written by the late Oliver Onions, and widely considered one of the classic English language ghost stories. Turns out there’s a definite reason THE BECKONING FAIR ONE is so well regarded:
Fine Writing, Poor Packaging: The Novels of Ken Greenhall
Of the many authors to emerge from the horror boom of the 1970s, the late Ken Greenhall remains one of the most unfairly neglected–and also one of the most mysterious
WIND CHILL
A solid exercise in minimalism with fine location work, some decent scares, and extremely good performances by its lead actors
THE HAUNTING (1963)
A G-rated horror movie? Yes, there is indeed such a thing, and it can actually work, as this 1963 classic from the late Robert Wise proves
MOONLIGHT BOY
Poetic, bizarre and altogether impressive nineties-era horror from Taiwan that can be viewed as Asia’s answer to THE SIXTH SENSE