I have a soft spot for the weird, the gonzo, the high-concept, and Christian Grillo’s Apocalypse Kiss is unashamedly all three. Set in a dystopian year 2050 in which mega-corporation Horn Industries has merged with the United States government, dividing the country into an affluent […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVChris Philbrook is the author of the internet phenomenon and breakout series Adrian’s Undead Diary. This sprawling zombie epic is available in paperback, on kindle, as well as online in its complete form at www.adriansundeaddiary.com. Adrian’s Undead Diary follows Adrian Ring whose life descends into […]
Authors Books & ComicsThe Troma team has done it again. It’s time to dig into their most recent masterpiece of craziness, Return to Nuke’em High Volume 1, the latest entry in the Class of Nuke‘em High series. Obviously, the title punctuates the fact that there’s yet another one […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVIt used to be a schoolyard fable that Scooby-Doo began with a stoned conference. The creators, who were too busy smoking weed, did not notice a large dog entering the conference room. After a while, the weed, which must have been laced with LSD or […]
Featured ArticleNothing makes such an impact on your mind like a great book that comes out of nowhere to impress itself on your memory. And probably no book creates more of an unforgettable impression than a work of horror. To quote an author of some notoriety […]
Book Reviews Books & Comics“It was well said of a certain German book that ‘er lasst sich nicht lesen’ – it does not permit itself to be read.” -Edgar Alan Poe, “The Man of the Crowd” Oculus, Mike Flanagan’s cerebral thriller hitting theaters April 11, is a film that […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TV“He was spare, frugal, hard-boiled.” That’s how Raymond Chandler, a great writer himself, characterized Dashiell Hammett in “The Simple Art of Murder.” Chandler also quipped that Hammett “gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons.” In saying this, Chandler was […]
Book Reviews Books & Comics“Nana, how do you make a deal with the devil?” It was thirty years ago that one of the most accomplished horror movies was released in Mexico. And you’ve probably never even heard of it. Unlike Japan, Korea, France, Spain, and the U.S., Mexico is […]
Featured ArticleWhen I interviewed Freda Warrington for Ravenous Monster a little while back, one aspect of her writing I commented on was how in her stories she manages to preserve the image of the vampires of old instead of succumbing to creating the angsty teen vampires […]
Book Reviews Books & ComicsAnd just like that, Horror Fans, The Walking Dead season four finale is in the books. I’ve written about this trendsetting smash of a series at length and the one recurrent unavoidable theme of that coverage has been my defense of it from those who […]
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