SHELTER
A paperback original that can be viewed as the trashy down-market inverse of ON THE BEACH
CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS
A stellar holiday themed effort from the American TV archives, and one of the medium’s most brilliant and prolific contributors: Rod Serling
Weird and Wonderful Christmas Cinema from Around the World
A much-needed addendum to a previous essay, with an overview of weird holiday-themed films emerging from around the world
MELTDOWN
John Carpenter has described this never-made script as “kind of HALLOWEEN in a nuclear power plant,” and that does indeed sum it up
1983: The Year in Bedlam
If this year proves anything it’s that the rosy view of the eighties that has taken hold is complete bullcrap
1984: The Year in Bedlam
Continuing with my Year in Bedlam year-end overviews, we arrive at 1984
1986: The Year in Bedlam
Fact: anyone who says the eighties were a “golden age” for film is wrong, wrong, wrong, as the year 1986 proves quite amply
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
MALEVIL
Believe me when I tell you that this 1970s relic is one of the absolute best after-the-bomb novels in existence
2000: The Year in Bedlam
The following marks the inaugural entry in a new and ambitious project: an overview of my favorite films from each year, starting with 2000 and working my way backward