2003: The Year in Bedlam
2003 is over, meaning it’s time once again for my year-end horror movie wrap up
2001: The Year in Bedlam
Much drama was had over 2001 but little of it on the movie screens. I really hate to be a naysayer but it was a pretty slow year, horror movie wise
The Fifty Best Horror Movies of All Time: A Personal Selection
What follows are my fifty favorite horror movies of all time
TRAGEDY IN BLUE
The fearsome figure of the 15th Century French child killer Gilles de Rais continues to exert an enduring fascination
Insanity, Satan Worship, Mind Control and Mass Murder: The (Later) Films of Philip Yordan
In observance of the March 24, 2003 death of screenwriter Philip Yordan, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and elusive talents, let’s take a look at some of his films
Emmanuel Carrere in English
France’s Emmanuel Carrere is one of the most interesting writers on the scene, an author with whom genre buffs simply MUST become acquainted
A Real Shooting in a Movie Theater: Another True-Life Horror Story
The date was January 6, 1994 and the movie was a matinee screening of SCHINDLER’S LIST in the San Diego, Ca. Horton Plaza multiplex…
These Movies DID Play at a Theater Near You…but You Didn’t See ‘Em!
The following piece was written in response to the snippy emails I’ve been getting
THE INDIANA TORTURE SLAYING
This study of the notorious torture-murder of 16-year-old Sylvia Likens initially appeared within a year of the crime, having been compiled from articles written about the case by an Indianapolis Star reporter
MY FRIEND DAHMER
This graphic novel evocation of the teenage years of one of world’s most notorious serial killers is a profoundly disturbing account of real life psychosis