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
Grappling with THE MIST
Frank Darabont’s THE MIST was the most widely debated horror movie of 2007
CLOVERFIELD vs. DIARY OF THE DEAD
January of 2008 saw the release of CLOVERFIELD, a digitally shot monster mash. A month later George Romero’s DIARY OF THE DEAD appeared, another digital freak-out
The Twisted Fiction of David J. Skal
I know David J. Skal best as a writer of dark fiction, and one of the most distinctive such authors on the scene
Sexuality and Religiosity and Violence and War and Love and Everything: The Cinema of Fernando Arrabal
Arrabal’s films are very much in the mode of Bunuel’s seminal UN CHIEN ANDALOU, which, you’ll recall, opened with a close up of an eyeball being slashed and continued in that vein, outraging, scandalizing and shocking cineastes the world over.
Alien, Predator, Angelina and Ashley
In this year 2004, amidst the current indecency witch hunt, an upcoming election, increased terrorist threats and the ongoing war in Iraq, it’s time to focus on what’s really important: the Alien vs. Predator debate!
A Nostalgic Look Back at the “NEW” TWILIGHT ZONE
2005 marked the release of what are in my view two of the most vital DVD collections on the scene
Troubling Questions About LAND OF THE DEAD, HIGH TENSION, the Box Office Slump…and You!
We have a new Romero movie out, LAND OF THE DEAD, that had a disappointing opening, followed by a precipitous 74 percent drop in its second week of release
The Horror and Fantasy Cinema of Juraj Herz
Juraj Herz is the Czech Republic’s cinematic master of all things fantastic
RICHARD MATHESON’S HELL HOUSE
This graphic novel adaptation by Ian Edginton fully captures the rawness of Richard Matheson’s 1971 novel HELL HOUSE