BELLFLOWER
Easily one of the strongest “horror” movies of 2011
SURVIVING LIFE
A standout effort from the incomparable Jan Svankmajer
THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND SINS
Fifteen stories: energetic and focused to a fault, and exhibiting an unnerving willingness to gaze unblinkingly into the darkest depths of madness, mutilation and sexual deviance
MAN WITH FOUR LIVES
From 1935: good writing, good story, crummy ending
Cult Fiction 1: Horror
Until just a few years ago one of the major plusses of collecting horror fiction was that it was incredibly easy, and inexpensive, to acquire. Not anymore!
COMMITTAL CHAMBER
A horror novel? Not quite, although COMMITTAL CHAMBER is a dark and macabre piece of work
BRAINCHILD
Andrew Neiderman’s follow-up to PIN (1981), a novel that’s much better than this one.
SORGOI PRAKOV
Found footage horror that’s different from, and superior to, most other examples
LET ME GO (THE RIGHT WAY)
From Steven Spielberg’s daughter, Stephen King’s son and Sean Penn’s son–Hollywood meritocracy at its best!
2022: Bedlam in Print
The standout books of 2022, as chosen by me