NECROPHOBIA
An example of Dutch horror, notable primarily for its elaborate gore effects
LUCIO FULCI’S THE GATES OF HELL
I’ve been interested in this comic series, adapted from Lucio Fulci’s anti-classic CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, ever since first hearing about it in the late nineties
Books about the Grand Guignol
The fabled Grand Guignol Theatre in Paris was and continues to be a source of endless fascination
BLOOD RAGE
Eighties splatter cheese, of note because it’s a rare example of Thanksgiving themed horror
A Tale of Two Terminators
Here I’ll focus on the sole element relating to THE TERMINATOR that hasn’t already been picked over and/or argued about to death: the two novelizations it inspired
1990: The year in Bedlam
Here, in the latest installment of my Look Back in Bedlam at the year’s more obscure and underappreciated films, we arrive at 1990
VIRGINTOOTH
You have to admire a writer who thinks big. Case in point: Mark Ivanhoe, author of VIRGINTOOTH, about vampires who can fly, shapeshift and alter the fabric of reality at will
More Topps Trading Card Madness
In sifting through America’s pop culture detritus I’ve found Topps Trading Cards are elements that continually demand one’s attention
YOUNG WITCHES BOOK TWO: LONDON BABYLON
This is a sequel to the adults-only comic saga YOUNG WITCHES by Francisco Solano and Barriero, but LONDON BABYLON deserves to be read as a standalone
Funnybook Flashback: SKULL COMICS
Looking back at the underground comix of the early 1970s, one finds that horror, unsurprisingly, was a popular topic