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William Friedkin’s Films, Ranked

On August 7, 2023, film director extraordinaire William Friedkin, a.k.a. Hurricane Billy, passed away. Here’s my ranking of his 20 features.

One of the more interesting unknown films of the sixties was this 1968 feature by France’s Jean-Denis Bonan

The wild and outrageous inverse of Shane Stevens’ seminal serial killer classic BY REASON OF INSANITY

An above-average example of the new Hong Kong filmmaking aesthetic

From the sometimes-great William Friedkin, a so-so serial killer drama

This publication deserves praise for being the first book devoted entirely to HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER

The latest installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s Bedlam Files-friendly publications

The first solo novel by Richard Chizmar was this unique account of crime and detection, which blends autobiography and crime fiction

One of the sickest surprises of December 2020 was the release of this graphic novel, which breaks new ground in splatterific excess

A much-needed addendum to a previous essay, with an overview of weird holiday-themed films emerging from around the world