Herman Melville, Leos Carax and the Ambiguities
On Herman Melville’s wildest novel and Leos Carax’s equally outre film adaptation
ACT OF VIOLENCE IN A YOUNG JOURNALIST
This beyond-obscure 1988 feature, one of the first to receive a straight-to-video release in its native Uruguay, was given new prominence by the semi-documentary STRAIGHT TO VHS
THE SADNESS
An insanity plague, a Taiwan hospital and lots of gore–a fun film!
Anime, Insanity, and a Cursed Dress
About THE CURSED ONE-PIECE, the finest haunted dress narrative ever filmed
ON THE VERGE
A macabre anthology from France’s Maurice Sandoz that pivots on madness
2021: The Year in Bedlam
The latest edition of my Year in Bedlam overview of the movie releases of the previous twelve months
MAD SHADOWS
A much-lauded novel that offers a potent reminder that a great deal of renowned Canadian fiction tends toward the macabre
2020: The Year in Bedlam
2020 was a hell of a year
MEN, WOMEN AND RATTLESNAKES
The “Most Evil Book Ever Written”…? So claims the cover of this long forgotten 1933 shocker
THE SHADOW
A veritable master class in psycho-horror that holds up beautifully