X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES
Here’s a film that should be remade, an early sixties Roger Corman potboiler with an unusually imaginative script that utilizes ominous Lovecraftian overtones
QUATERMASS AND THE PIT
The highlight of the Nigel Kneale scripted Quatermass film series, a triumph of intelligence and imagination that juxtaposes Lovecraftian horror, alien invasion, telekinesis, astral projection and mass psychosis
DARK WATERS
I’ve never made peace with this film. I admire it, certainly, as it’s an extremely skilled mood piece that isn’t a parody, tribute or outright rip-off of something else. For all that, though, I’m just not sure DARK WATERS is all that good
NECRONOMICON
An H.P. Lovecraft inspired anthology film. It’s far from great, but does contain a wealth of stunningly grotesque imagery
H.R. GIGER’S NECRONOMICON
One of several large format hardcovers covering H.R. Giger, the Swiss surrealist whose paintings have irrevocably changed the course of fantastic art
UNUTTERABLE HORROR
This two-volume study has already attained iconic status, and may well go on to become the premiere resource for devotees of supernatural fiction
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
QUEEN OF K’N-YAN
H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos have a strong following among Japanese writers, as demonstrated by this absorbing and provocative novel
XELUCHA AND OTHERS
A collection that proves the old truism that what seems innovative to one generation is insufferable to another—well, M.P. Shiel’s work isn’t insufferable, but it’s certainly irritating.