Manhunter Director: Michael Mann Cast: William Petersen, Joan Allen, Tom Noonan, Brian Cox Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons Before Silence of the Lambs; before the name Hannibal forevermore became synonymous with culture, cannibalism, intelligence, and bloodshed; before...
Pretty Little Dead Girls Mercedes M. Yardley Crystal Lake Publishing March 4, 2016 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale From the very first line of author Mercedes M. Yardley’s fairy tale-esque novel, “Bryony Adams was the type of girl who got murdered,” readers are...
Southbound Directors: Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath, Radio Silence Cast: Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Kristina Pesic May 17, 2016 Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons I love horror anthologies, and no, not just editing them myself. Okay, mandatory...
Scar City Joel Lane Eibonvale Press October, 2015 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi A posthumous short story collection by the late Joel Lane (whose untimely death has deprived the literary scene of one of the best contemporary writers of dark, speculative and weird...
The Gate at Lake Drive (Book 1: Dillon the Monster Dick Series) Shaun Meeks IFWG Publishing October, 2015 Reviewed by Jess Landry Dillon is a Monster Dick. A Monster Private Eye that is. In the vein of Clive Barker’s Harry D’Amour, Dillon takes care of things that go...
Goodnight, My Sweet Vince Churchill Dark Recesses Press 2014 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Vince Churchill’s Goodnight, My Sweet, reads a bit like a great-grandchild of Stephen King’s early ‘Richard Bachman’ novel, The Long Walk (1979). In both, main characters must...
