THE PUNK
In which the British director Mike Sarne, of the notorious MYRA BRECKINRIDGE (1970), attempted a two-decades-after-the-fact comeback
AMERICATHON: THE SKITS BEHIND THE SCREENPLAY
The futuristic comedy AMERICATHON has since become quite the cult item, and this book relates how the movie came about
THE MOVIE ORGY
The first “feature film” by Joe Dante was this mind-roasting four and a half hour found footage collage that was without precedent in 1968, and remains an eye-opener
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
The spirit of Dario Argento, spiced with more than a hint of the anything-goes vibe of Nobuhiko Obayashi’s HAUSU, is evident in this British made, Italian language oddity from 2018
DON’T DISTURB THE DEAD
DON’T DISTRUB THE DEAD is the first-ever book about the Ramsays, and must be counted as the premiere print resource on the subject
THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL
Fact: everything you’ve heard about this, the notorious STAR WARS Christmas TV Special, is true
SANTA AND THE ICE CREAM BUNNY
Holiday movie imbecility from the Florida underground
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
A very good novel that seems destined to be known primarily as the basis for the Yuletide classic DIE HARD
A Grab-Bag of Holiday Badness!
My Christmas posts are among the most consistently popular on this site, so here’s another
JOE DANTE’S THE HOWLING: STUDIES IN THE HORROR FILM
Another in Centipede Press’s irresistible “Studies in the Horror Film” series, this one devoted to Joe Dante’s THE HOWLING