DIONYSOS SPEED
A visionary concoction that can be categorized as surrealist poetry or avant-garde science fiction
View ArticleFUTURE WITHOUT FUTURE
A collection of six science fiction stories from an uncommonly skilled wordsmith and surrealist
View ArticleTHE COMMITTED MEN
The apocalypse-themed first novel by England’s enormously gifted M. John Harrison, who in more recent years has all-but disowned it
View ArticleBANNED FROM BROADCAST: SAIKO! THE LARGE FAMILY
What this altogether fascinating found footage horror movie from Japan proves is that the land of the rising sun was and is the epicenter of the format
View ArticleTHE BLACK GESTAPO
If not for some misguided elements this would be a classic of the blaxploitaiton genre. Maybe it is anyway.
View ArticleSEXUALIS ’95
A very accurate (not!) portrayal of the year 1995 was offered up in this novel, one of two available English translations by Belgium’s Jacques Sternberg
View ArticleJE T’AIME JE T’AIME vs. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Was ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004) directly inspired by JE T’AIME JE T’AIME (1968)? Most likely.
View ArticleBLOODSTONE
In an occurrence that should surprise no one, this US-Bollywood RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK wannabe flopped spectacularly
View ArticleTHE FANTASTIC FOUR (1994)
What is Roger Corman’s greatest folly? I’d say that designation goes to THE FANTASTIC FOUR
View ArticleLOST SOULS
A happy birthday to the horror icon Poppy Z. Brite, whose debut novel this was
View ArticlePURE: THE SEXUAL REVOLUTIONS OF MARILYN CHAMBERS
The late Marilyn Chambers, was one of the most noteworthy performers to emerge from 1970s porn cinema, and this book provides a worthy epitaph
View Article13 GHOSTS
Another goofy production by the incomparable William Castle, the king of movie gimmicks
View ArticleLYCHEE LIGHT CLUB
A manga one-shot involving perversion and psychosis amid a group of middle schoolers. It's much better than you might expect.
View ArticleSPARES
From the UK's Michael Marshall Smith, a diusturbing sci fi dystopia that was supposed to be adapted for film by Dreamworks, but wasn't
View ArticleOn A FELADAT and BLINDPASSASJER
It’s a fact that much of the world’s most vital televised science fiction emerges from outside the US, and here are two examples
View ArticleHorror Novels About Making Movies: A Ranking
Ten standout moviemaking-themed horror novels
View ArticleTRANSFORMATION
Heavy reading this novel isn't, but in terms of sheer grossness it's a standout.
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