EVIL WORDS
Good mystery-horror from Quebec that mixes crime, detection, hallucination and the supernatural to satisfying effect
THE LOTTERY
This 20 minute 1969 short is, simply, the finest existing adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s classic story “The Lottery”
THE LAUGHING DEAD
The filmmaking debut of novelist S.P. Somtow, and further proof, after Stephen King’s MAXIMUM OVEDRIVE, that horror novelists are better off behind the typewriter
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
This 1977 film showcases the work of four great artists: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who wrote the immortal poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”; Gustave Dore, who provided the still-unsurpassed illustrations to the text; Orson Welles, who reads the poem in his inimitable baritone; and filmmaker Larry Jordan, who integrated all these elements
THE HORROR…THE HORROR
The passing of Rick Hautala in March of 2013 was a great loss to the horror field, but he left behind nearly 30 interesting novels, and also this frank and instructive memoir
A WRITER’S TALE
It’s a shame this book is currently so difficult to get a hold of, as it’s truly one of the finest-ever books about writing and publishing
WHO’S WHO IN HORROR AND FANTASY FICTION
This mini-encyclopedia is fairly obscure, but remains one of my favorite genre resources
The (Stephen) King and I
By now it seems there’s not a whole lot left to say about Stephen King, the world’s bestselling horror writer. In fact, there is one facet that has never been told, namely my own relationship with Mr. King’s fiction
UNUTTERABLE HORROR
This two-volume study has already attained iconic status, and may well go on to become the premiere resource for devotees of supernatural fiction
Marc Behm in English
Here’s something unique: an American born, English-speaking author whose literary output is only partially in English