The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire 1971 Director: Riccardo Freda Stars: Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander, Anton Diffring Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons I love giallo films, those tasty slices of murder, mystery, sex, and insanity from Italy. Precursors to my much-loved...
HELLNOTES NOVELLA REVIEW AND INTERVIEW When It’s Time for Dead Things to Die Clint Smith 2019 Unnerving Press Review and Interview by Gordon B. White It seems that medium-length fiction – novellas, novelettes, chapbooks, etc. – is undergoing a resurgence in popularity...
Superstition 1982 Director: James W. Roberson Stars: James Houghton, Albert Salmi, Lynn Carlin Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons In 1982 when Superstition came out, slasher films were all the rage at the cinema. Maybe that’s why this film about ghosts and a witch’s curse...
The Manitou 1978 Director: William Girdler Stars: Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Michael Ansara Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons Based on the novel by Graham Masterton, The Manitou seems to be an event film lost in time, or at least the memory of most horror fans today....
Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell Nathan Ballingrud 2019 Saga Press Reviewed by Gordon B. White Nathan Ballingrud’s new collection Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell is a monstrous, monumental collection. It’s an obsidian obelisk on a shore of...
Pet Sematary 1989 Director: Mary Lambert Stars: Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons Based on one of Stephen King’s darker stories, and that’s saying something, Pet Sematary was an oftentimes spooky-as-hell horror movie when it came...
