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2012

A Look Back in Horror: 2011 NEW!
2011

Me: A Schizophrenic Self-Interview
Ken Russell has Died
Remembering Scream/Press
I was a Halloween Monster
The Jack Martin Books
All About The Thing
Zombies vs. Cannibals
Jerzy Kosinski and The Painted Bird
A Progress Report on the "New" Fangoria
Raul Ruiz and Horror

More Bad Influences
The 2011 San Diego Comic Con
Zoran Zivkovic and Kurodahan Press
Thoughts on Batman (1989) and its Offspring

The Apocalypse Quartet of Konstantin Lopushansky
Two Decades of Extreme Cinema
The May, 2011 L.A. Weekend of Horrors
The Undying Horror of the Refrigerator!
The Pledge of Our Discontent

Horror Cinema's Next Big Thing?
The At the Mountains of Madness Movie that Wasn't

The Brave turns 20
The Many Faces of The Face that Must Die
A Look Back in Horror: 2010

2010
Rare Exports: Three Christmas Tales
The Strange Saga of the Exorcist Sequels
Zombies in Film and Fiction
Debunking Some More Stupid Sayings
Horror Movie Trailers: My Favorites
The October, 2010 L.A. Weekend of Horrors II
Analyzing Hatchet II's (Non)Release
R.I.P. Claude Chabrol
2010: The Worst Summer Movie Season Ever?
Ten Nights of Dreams--From Text to Film
If I Did It and "The Killer"
The 2010 San Diego Comic Con
Joe R. Lansdale, Timothy Truman and Jonah Hex
The Cremaster Cycle
On the (Mis)Fortunes of The Road
The May, 2010 L.A. Weekend of Horrors
Horror Movie Mash-Ups
The Rarest of the Rare
The Ten Most Overrated Horror Movies
Andrei Tarkovsky: Horrormeister?
The Red Book of Carl Jung

A Look Back in Horror: 2009
2009

The (Stephen) King and I
A "Lost" Film Found
On ROMAN POLANSKI

The Ring Books
Directed by Clive Barker
The Master and Margarita--The Miniseries
The Movies of Summer '09
Jennifer Slept Here
The State of the Comic Con
The Blair Witch Project--10 Years Later
Natural Born Killers at 15
Lost Films
Some "Neglected Classics" of the Future
Howard the Duck: The Greatest Movie Ever Made?
The Spirit, Batman and the Decline of Frank Miller
Fangoria's 2009 Los Angeles Weekend of Horrors
A Dissenting View on the DC/Humanoids "Fiasco"
A Krasue Soap Opera
Dracula in Pictures
More on Watchmen
Watchmen!
Tracking the Fortunes of the New Friday The 13th
I Comment on the OSCARS!
The State of the Midnight Movie Circa 2009

Edgar Allan Poe at 200
Ray Dennis Steckler has Passed

A Look Back in Horror
2008

Scary Facts about Christmas
Remembering Forrest J. Ackerman and Bettie Page
I'm Sick of Star Wars!
Looking Back on Some Bad Influences
Two Books (and One Film) by Ladislav Fuks
Four Essential Books by Michael Blumlein
On Working for Free
R.I.P. Michael Crichton
The Strange Case of the Dueling Klaus Kinski Memoirs
Leaks, Penanggalans and Krasues, Oh My!
Surrealism in collage: The Novels of Max Ernst

A Report on the April 2008 Fangoria Weekend of Horrors
Grappling with The Mist
On Reality, Fiction and Madness: The Novels of Dennis Potter
Cloverfield versus Diary of the Dead
Japanese Cyber-Horror!
2007
Alice in Euroland
The Twisted Fiction of David J. Skal
Where Have All the Projectionists Gone???
On “Holy Indies” and Armageddon!
The Strangest Book in the World!
The Shortcomings of Literary Horror
A Report on Fangoria’s May 2007 Weekend of Horrors
Emmanuel Carrere in English
The Jack and Susan Books
The Reaping and Grindhouse: A Tale of Two Flops
Remembering Bob Clark
The Coming Media Crackdown!
2006
American Psycho: Fifteen Years Later
The Spawn of El Mariachi
Fangoria’s June 2006 Weekend of Horrors
Scattered Thoughts on Imported DVDs and Theatrical Distribution
“Sexuality and Religiosity and Violence and War and Love and Everything”: The Cinema of Fernando Arrabal
Cache & Night of the Living Dead: Mutually Exclusive or Two Sides of the Same Coin?
2005
A Nostalgic Look Back at The New Twilight Zone (1985-89)
Troubling Questions About Land of the Dead, High Tension, The Box Office Slump…and You!
Fangoria’s June 2005 Weekend of Horrors
2004

Annoying Trends in Modern Horror Movies

Alien, Predator, Angelina and Ashley
2003

Christmas and Horror: Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together!
Addio Carmelo
Is Hollywood Overreacting to the Piracy Threat?
The Ten Best Unreleased Horror Movies: 1993-2003
The Gore Boom—Is It A Bust?
Books on Horror Movie Makers: An overview
Some Thoughts on the Summer of ‘03
Horror Movies and Bootleg Videos Part 3: DVD-R’s, Cremaster and An Updated Video Distributor List
Horror’s Most Sacred Cows...Slaughtered!
Transvestitism, Satan Worship, Mind Control and Mass Murder: The (Later) Films of Philip Yordan
R.I.P. Video Archives
When Rock Stars Make Horror Movies
A Real Shooting In A Real Movie Theater: Another True Life Horror Story
Real Animal Killings In Reel Life
The Layperson’s Guide to Modern Living: A True Tale of Terror
DVD Coding: Bullshit In Any Region
“The Remake Thing”
These Movies DID Play At A Theater Near You...But You Didn’t See ‘Em!
2002
Why I Hate The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Clive Barker Is Gay...Deal With It!
A Progress Report On The Year So Far
Is It Just Me Or Do These Movies Suck?
Horror Movies and Bootleg Videos Part 2: To Trade Or Not To Trade?

Horror Movies and Bootleg Videos: Not Exactly A Match Made In Heaven But A Match Nonetheless
Debunking Some Stupid Sayings
2001
A Few Hundred Words About DVDs
The New Horror Fan

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