THE CEREMONIES
A book that’s so damn good I’m more than willing to excuse the fact that its conclusion is flat-out lousy.
THE ASSOCIATION
THE ASSOCIATION contains everything a fan of the author might expect: an intriguing premise and an absorbing narrative rendered in easy, conversational prose.
Ranking the Rankings 1: Horror Fiction
Scary book/story rankings: the web is littered with such lists, and there’s even a whole book of them.
Ranking the Rankings 2: Horror Film
What follows is the second of my Ranking the Rankings pieces.
2014: A LOOK BACK IN HORROR
Below you’ll find the latest addition of my annual “Look Back in Horror” overview. Film, Fiction, Tributes.
Horror Cinema in the Summer of 1986
Right now we find ourselves in the midst of an important movie related thirty-year anniversary: the summer of 1986. No, that period was not, as some are claiming, “the Best Summer Movie Season Ever,” but it was seminal for popular filmmaking.
CHRISTINE
One of John Carpenter’s all-around best films, a darkly comedic haunted car chiller that’s dated extremely well.
APT PUPIL
This 1998 Stephen King adaptation is a highly underrated film that deserves a reconsideration
2014: Bedlam in Print
2014 was an above-average year for books in my view. Quite a few terrific titles turned up from both established and debuting authors, with a few, I’m certain, that will go on to become classics
TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE
This 1990 anthology film, from George Romero’s late Laurel Entertainment, was a big screen transposition of the TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE TV series