THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
The legendary Grand Guignol Theatre provided the source material for this silent drama from 1929
SIX-HUNDRED & SIXTY SIX
An evangelical film with a difference, which is to say that unlike most such films SIX-HUNDRED & SIXTY SIX, hailing from 1972, is almost good
TWINS
You probably know this novel as the inspiration for David Cronenberg’s DEAD RINGERS (1988), which was a rare instance of a film adaptation surpassing its source novel
TV Flashback: MANIAC (2015)
In the category of insane asylum set TV programs the ten episode Norwegian miniseries MANIAC (not to be confused with the 1980 William Lustig slasher classic, nor the 2012 remake) is a definite standout
THE DARK DOMAIN
Here’s an excellent single author anthology from the UK’s Dedalus Books, who can always be counted on to unearth vital and interesting European authors
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
The spirit of Dario Argento, spiced with more than a hint of the anything-goes vibe of Nobuhiko Obayashi’s HAUSU, is evident in this British made, Italian language oddity from 2018
2018: Bedlam in Print
The books of 2018? There’s really not much to say, outside my usual observation that the really good stuff often lurks outside the mainstream
KEEF
The second entry in the RKS Library Editions series of “lost and forgotten masterpieces of drug literature”
THE WOLF HOUSE
Quite simply the state of the art in visionary animation, a feature-length Chilean reverie that in strangeness and invention can stand alongside the early work of David Lynch
I AM BEHIND YOU
A new novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Sweden’s current master of all things horrific