Rainbringer: Zora Neale Hurston against the Lovecraftian Mythos by Edward M. Erdelac (May 4, 2021) Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons Full disclosure at the start: three of the stories in this collection first appeared in anthologies I edited, but hopefully that fact only...
King Kong (1976) Director: John Guillermin Stars: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons With all the attention from the recent MonsterVerse beatdown of Godzilla vs. Kong, it’s a good time to remind people of what came before....
Those Under the Hill Mark N. Drake Aethos Publications (April 7, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Those Under the Hill—a wonderfully creepy title—is Mark N. Drake’s latest novel set on the fictional Darkisle, a foreboding place inhabited by Lovecraftian horrors and...
Black Cat Chronicles: Greyfriars Cemetery Francesca Maria, author; Nate Olson, artist Black Cat Publishing, 2021 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Black Cat Chronicles has a Tales of Crypt-type feel as readers are introduced to historical horror by the host, the Black Cat....
The Reckoning Director: Neil Marshall Stars: Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee, Steven Waddington Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons I love me some Neil Marshall movies. His Dog Soldiers and The Descent are two of my favorite films of all time. Centurion is a very fun bit of...
BODY SHOCKS Ellen Datlow (ed.) Tachyon Publications, 2021 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi With about one hundred books under her belt, Ellen Datlow is arguably the most prolific and famous editor of horror and dark fantasy anthologies. They say that often as one gets...