THE HONEYMOON KILLERS
Perhaps the ultimate true crime movie, a dramatization of the crimes of the 1940s-era Lonely Hearts Killers that’s as garish and horrific as anyone could possibly desire
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (Film)
Serial killer biopics are a dime a dozen these days, but in 1986 there was nothing quite like HENRY, which remains a stunner
HEAVENLY CREATURES
HEAVENLY CREATURES was the first “serious” film by Peter Jackson, and it remains one of his absolute best
The Dregs
One of the unfortunate realities of being a movie buff, especially a bad movie buff, is running into—or better yet, stepping in—“films” like those listed below
Exploring THE PIT
Here I’m going to delve into the odd and fascinating relic that is THE PIT: A GROUP ENCOUNTER DEFILED by Gene Church and Conrad D. Carnes
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES…THE TRUTH HAS SET ME FREE!
A profoundly insane reminiscence adequately summed up by its own ungainly subtitle: “The memoirs of Bob Hope’s and Henry Kissinger’s mind-controlled slave…Used as a presidential sex toy and personal computer”
An Infernal Trio of Dark Fiction
Q: What do THE MARTYR by David Meltzer, LET’S GO PLAY AT THE ADAMS’ by Mendal Johnson and THE GIRL NEXT DOOR by Jack Ketchum have in common? A: They’re among the most profoundly disturbing novels of their respective decades
2012: Bedlam in Print
Publishing-wise 2012 contained more than its share of good, and sometimes even great, books
2009: Bedlam in Print
To those who claim the horror story/novel is dead—or the horror novel is worn out, or fiction in general is dead, or whatever—I’ve got this to say: you haven’t been paying attention
2004: The Year in Bedlam
2004: it’s been quite a year