DEATH’S APPRENTICE
Ambitious and indisputably well written, as you’d expect given that thhe co-author is K.W. Jeter, but only puddle deep.
THE BEYOND
This is the graphic novel adaptation of Lucio Fulci’s 1981 splatter masterpiece THE BEYOND
BILL AND TED’S BOGUS JOURNEY
I’ve always liked this maligned sequel to BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, which far outpaces that film in spectacle and invention
L’INFERNO
A truly astonishing restoration, this pioneering literary adaptation from 1911, long thought lost, was at last pieced together and exhibited in 2004
DANTE’S INFERNO (1924)
This is a middling silent drama from 1924, of interest because it contains scenes set in a Hell that, as the title promises, is straight out of Dante
HIGHWAY TO HELL
That title is literal, as this movie is indeed set on and around a highway leading to Hell. Don’t get your hopes up too high, though, as it’s essentially a so-so action-comedy
HELL HOUSE
HELL HOUSE is one of the scariest movies of 2002—and it’s not even technically a horror movie!
2009: Bedlam in Print
To those who claim the horror story/novel is dead—or the horror novel is worn out, or fiction in general is dead, or whatever—I’ve got this to say: you haven’t been paying attention
2007: Bedlam in Print
2007 is over. A good year? For horror literature I’d say yes, it was
THE SCARLET GOSPELS
Now that THE SCARLET GOSPELS is finally here two things are immediately apparent: 1). at 361 pages it’s far from the 1,000-plus page masterpiece I’ve heard portended, and 2). it’s not exactly the “epic summation” of Barker’s work that was promised