HALLOWEEN (2018)
In this 2018 film Hollywood’s war on originality reached new heights
DEADLINE
A halfway worthwhile film, meaning its first half is provocative and compelling, and its second not so much
BOTTOMFEEDER
A stand-out graphic novel from Eibon Press and the team of scripter Stephen Romano and artist Pat Carbajal
CENSOR
Worthy of attention due to its subject matter: the “Video Nasties” craze that gripped Britain in the 1980s
THE HOUSE ON TOMBSTONE HILL
Yet another movie that tends to be vastly overhyped, largely (I’m guessing) because of its scarcity
ARMY OF THE DEAD
Netflix’s major 2021 summer tent-pole was this Zack Snyder directed zombie blow-out
2020: Bedlam in Print
Here, in the early days of 2021, is the latest edition of my annual Bedlam in Print overview
2020: The Year in Bedlam
2020 was a hell of a year
MANIAC
One of the sickest surprises of December 2020 was the release of this graphic novel, which breaks new ground in splatterific excess
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