Blu-ray Review: ANYTHING FOR JACKSON
Anything for Jackson Director: Justin G. Dyck Stars: Sheila McCarthy, Julian Richings, Konstantina Mantelos Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons More movies from RLJE Films and Shudder, who are doing a great job sharing their streaming library with horror fans that, for some...
BOOK REVIEW: ZERO
Zero Al Schnupp Cabal Books (May 29, 2021) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Zero is a political satire that will ring a little too close to home for those of us who survived an unintentionally satirical presidential election. Zero is the name of the main character, a...
Book Review: DARKEST HOURS
Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition Mike Thorn (Foreword by Sadie Hartmann) JournalStone (June 11, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Mike Thorn is an author and film critic who’s new to me, but after having read Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition, it feels like I already know...
Book Review: THE GHOST FINDERS
The Ghost Finders Adam McOmber Journal Stone Publishing (June 4, 2021) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale The Ghost Finders begins by introducing us to the main characters: Henry Coxton, an occult detective; his colleague, Violet Asquith, who exercises immense supernatural...
Book Review: THE GHOST FINDERS
The Ghost Finders Adam McOmber JournalStone (June 4, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I’ve always been a sucker for occult detective stories, and Edwardian London is a perfect setting for occult mysteries, so The Ghost Finders seemed like a natural fit for my interests....
Press Release: WILDWOOD
Announces the Release of: WILDWOOD: TALES OF TERROR & TRANSFORMATION FROM THE FOREST Edited and Introduced by William P. Simmons Unnamable nightmares lurk in the wild. Do you dare stray from the path? Witness the sylvan horrors of nature with WILDWOOD: TALES OF...
Blu-ray Review: SON
Son Director: Ivan Kavanagh Stars: Andi Matichak, Emile Hirsch, Luke David Blumm Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons I've said it before and I'll say it again: I love what RLJE Films and Shudder are doing with their movies. They’re not strictly holding on to the flicks for...
Book Review: SYNCHRONICITY
Synchronicity Michaelbrent Collings (Written Insomnia Press, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Let me start off by saying that Synchronicity is a bit of a departure from what I consider to be Michaelbrent Collings’ stock in trade: slow-burn horror. I’d say this one edges...
Blu-ray Review: DAY OF THE ANIMALS
Day of the Animals – Blu-ray review Director: William Girdler Stars: Christopher George, Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons Shortly, and I mean very shortly, after William Girdler did the Jaws ripoff, Grizzly, he went on to direct this other...
Blu-Ray Review: GRIZZLY
Grizzly – Blu-ray review Director: William Girdler Stars: Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons After Steven Spielberg's Jaws came out, everything changed. Not only did it give birth to the Hollywood blockbuster, but it...
Book Review: HOWLS FROM HELL
HOWLS FROM HELL HOWL Society Press, 2021 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Published by HOWL Society, the present horror anthology features sixteen short stories, all of which are, admittedly, pretty good stuff for the lovers of the genre. As always with anthologies,...
RAINBRINGER: ZORA NEALE HURSTON AGAINST THE LOVECRAFTIAN MYTHOS
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...
Blu-ray Release: KING KONG ’76
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. One of...
Book Review: THOSE UNDER THE HILL
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...
Book Review: BLACK CAT CHRONICLES: GREYFRIARS CEMETERY
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....
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