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

THIRST (2009)

South Korea’s Chan-wook Park does a vampire film, and the results are every bit as crazed, shocking and unexpected as you’d expect from the writer-director of OLDBOY and SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE

THE TRAVELING VAMPIRE SHOW

There was never a writer quite like the late Richard Laymon, and THE TRAVELING VAMPIRE SHOW is among the finest of his 30-plus novels

THIRTY DAYS OF NIGHT

Please understand: I like this heavily influential, award-winning graphic novel a fair amount, but don’t love it