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FRIGHT SITE Reviews and Commentary By Adam Groves |
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2/6/10: Another prominent death occurred this week, that of producer David Brown, who gave us JAWS...and, frankly, not a whole lot else worth mentioning. New Reviews: ULTIMATE PORNO: THE MAKING OF A SEX COLOSSAL By PIER NICO SOLINAS: The legendary book detailing the tumultuous filming of CALIGULA, one of the most obscure movie making-of books there is, yet one of the few that's actually worth reading! EXQUISITE CORPSE: SURREALISM AND THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER By MARK NELSON, SARAH HUDSON BAYLISS: About the still-unsolved "Black Dahlia" killing, and how the killer may have been inspired by surrealist principles. DREAMS THAT MONEY CAN BUY: While on the subject of surrealism, here's a 1947 movie created by several prominent surrealist artists. RUE ST. DENIS: FANTASTIC TALES By ANDRE CARPENTIER: Macabre accounts of the supernatural by a prominent Quebec fantasist. SHALLOW GRAVE: From SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE'S Danny Boyle, a twisted 1994 suspensor about a corpse, a suitcase-full of money and lots of blood! INK: Good sci if-tinged weirdness in the mold of DARK CITY, PI and DONNIE DARKO. HELLFIRE AND DAMNATION By CONNIE WILSON: A unique and unprecedented collection structured around Dante's INFERNO. MIKADROID: ROBOKILL BENEATH DISCO CLUB LAYLA: A Japanese rampaging robot movie whose plot is neatly summed up by its subtitle. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON: This werewolf classic is one of the best-ever films of John Landis, and a standout eighties horror movie. NINJA III: THE DOMINATION: You can't go wrong with a movie that combines ninjas and demonic possession, a definite example of two great tastes that taste great together! HELL By YASUTAKA TSUTSUI: A very odd, and very culturally specific, look at Hell from a noted Japanese sci fi writer. New Commentary: 2009: THE YEAR IN HORROR FICTION: My overview of the books of '09, done at last! Selected Past Reviews: CALIGULA: The still-notorious porno epic, produced by PENTHOUSE and directed by Tinto Brass. GHOSTLY TALES OF ROUTE 66 By CONNIE WILSON: An earlier collection by the author of HELLFIRE AND DAMNATION. THE HOWLING By GARY BRANDER: The movie version of this novel came out around the same time as AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON--here's a chance to see how the film got its start. INFERNO By LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE: Another fictional look at the Inferno, this one a 1976 actioner by two noted sci fi scribes. ESCAPE FROM HELL By LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE: The 2009 sequel to the above novel. Selected Past Commentary: 2009: THE YEAR IN HORROR: My overview of the films of '09--the good, bad and indifferent! A LOOK BACK IN HORROR: 2009: A look back at some noteworthy occurrences in the worlds of horror film and literature. |
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