I MELT WITH YOU
Nobody, it seems, much liked this star-studded indie about four men succumbing to disillusionment and death in a scenic California locale, but it’s not without worth
THE NOAH
This recently unearthed obscurity gives new meaning to the term minimal: it features just one character (actor Robert Strauss) on an island together with countless imaginary (hence unseen) companions
NIGHT WARNING
Another “cult favorite” I don’t get
NIGHTMARE
A film school set chiller that often feels like a student film in its amateurishness and poor acting
On THE NINTH CONFIGURATION
If you are not nutty now, you may be after reading this
Marc Behm in English
Here’s something unique: an American born, English-speaking author whose literary output is only partially in English
2011: Bedlam in Print
For fiction, 2011 was an only slightly better year than it was for movies—and cinematically it was a pretty rotten year
2010: Bedlam in Print
2010? It was a mediocre year for movies but for books it was a little better
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
2008: Bedlam in Print
Here it is: my third annual look back at the year’s literary output