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
Andrei Tarkovsky: Horrormeister?
The following may be the most contentious piece I ever write.
The Apocalypse Quartet of Konstantin Lopushansky
Russia’s Konstantin Lopushansky is one of the greatest filmmakers you’ve never heard of
Eighties Nuke Movies
Nuclear war, as we all well know, has been the subject of many a movie