THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS
Roman Polanski’s 1967 vampire comedy is not one of his better films, being a lugubrious affair that’s never particularly funny or terribly scary
THE TENANT
This Roman Polanski thriller approaches greatness and, but for some questionable artistic choices, nearly achieves it
REPULSION
One of the most influential horror movies of all time and a key film by Roman Polanski, REPULSION is a justified classic
ROMAN
Roman Polanski is one of the world’s greatest and most notorious filmmakers. His stated intent in writing this autobiography was to clear his name, yet it left me with more questions than I had going in
POLANSKI
The fifth major biography of world-renowned filmmaker Roman Polanski, and, I feel, the best
2005: The Year in Bedlam
The following encompasses my picks for the year’s best and worst horror films released in the US in 2005
The Fifty Best Horror Movies of All Time: A Personal Selection
What follows are my fifty favorite horror movies of all time
Books On Horror Movie Makers: An Overview
For true horror movie fans, horror moviemakers are as venerated as the films they make. Just check out some of the books about our horror heroes
The Strange Case of the Dueling Klaus Kinski Memoirs
In my view that late Klaus Kinski’s most memorable accomplishment was his autobiography, an astounding cavalcade of madness and perversion
Alice in Euroland
There must have been something in the air. How else to explain what happened in Europe during the 1970s, when four world-renowned filmmakers inexplicably elected to ditch their usual fare in favor of bizarre ALICE IN WONDERLAND-inspired phantasmagorias?