1998: The Year in Bedlam
Movie-wise 1998 will go down in memory as a year of misunderstood classics
CANIBA
You simply will not find a more disturbing documentary than CANIBA, which takes an up-close and very personal look at the infamous Japanese cannibal-murderer Issei Sagawa
BRAVE
In recent years Rose McGowan has gone from being a semi-famous actress, in films like THE DOOM GENERATION, JAWBREAKER and GRINDHOUSE, to a passionate feminist crusader
Jack Ketchum: 1946-2018
This one hurt. Certainly there have been a lot of famous people deaths that have affected me, but this one impacted me especially
JEFFERY DAHMER: AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF A SERIAL KILLER
This was perhaps the most infamous underground comic of the nineties
Four Films Called ADAM
ADAM: a good title, I’d say, and one in which, needless to add, I have a more-than-passing interest
2016: A Look Back in Bedlam
Here we have The Bedlam Files’ first-ever “Look Back,” covering the previous year’s noteworthy happenings in the world of cult/horror film and literature.
2016: Bedlam in Print
Here it is, the first installment of my “Bedlam in Print” overview of the previous year’s publishing output.
KEEP THE RIVER ON YOUR RIGHT
This is one of the most famous anthropological accounts in existence, and also one of the most misunderstood.
MOM KILLS KIDS AND SELF
That title tells the story of this odd and troubling late seventies artifact, a somewhat experimental, psychologically based account of grief and madness.