RIVER’S EDGE
A good film, but overrated, RIVER’S EDGE, loosely based on a true story, is one of the most popular of the teens-from-Hell films of the eighties, and features quite a few then-upcoming stars
GHOSTLY TALES OF ROUTE 66: ARKANSAS TO ARIZONA
Here’s one for you history buffs: a collection of fact based ghost stories from various parts of the legendary Route 66
THE DEATHMAKER
This is one of the nastiest, most unflinching depictions of madness and murder you’ll ever experience, despite the fact that THE DEATHMAKER doesn’t contain a single act of onscreen violence
DAS EXPERIMENT
A powerful and fascinating piece of work, and one of the absolute finest films of 2002
EXQUISITE CORPSE: SURREALISM AND THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
The so-called Black Dahlia murder of 1947 continues to inspire all manner of speculation. EXQUISITE CORPSE, a profusely illustrated coffee table hardcover, is the latest in a long line of lengthy analyses on the still-unsolved crime
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
This eminently readable slice of history alternates the accounts of Daniel Burnham, the director of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and Herman Mudgett, a.k.a. H.H. Holmes, the serial killer who haunted the event
THE DAY OF ST. ANTHONY’S FIRE
Here’s a real-life horror story that rivals just about any fiction
THE DAMAGE DONE
This book (titled 4,000 DAYS in the U.S.) was apparently quite popular in its native Australia, and is very likely the most harrowing prison memoir I’ve read
THE CHEKIST
A blistering look at an executioner going about his work in the wake of the Russian Revolution that’s guaranteed to traumatize the most hardened viewers
NORMAL LIFE
Those who claim HENRY: PORTRAIT OF SERIAL KILLER’S John McNaughton is a one-trick pony need to check out NORMAL LIFE, a hard-hitting and exciting true crime saga