Another random spin of the Kindle Unlimited wheel has brought me yet another wildly entertaining read, thank goodness. I’m not entirely sure why I chose Paulette Kennedy’s 2024 novel The Devil and Mrs. Davenport over all the other recommendations on offer; something about the title and the “midcentury suburbia” vibe of the cover just really … More Books: The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy
Some time ago, I was contacted by a California-based author named Foray Jumpman, and he asked if I would read and review his 2023 book The Absolutely Fine Novel, the first in a seven-book series. He acknowledged that it wasn’t a genre I would usually cover, but you guys know me, I’m pretty open-minded, so … More Books: The Absolutely Fine Novel by Foray Jumpman
Another newer film that I’d been hearing some buzz about that was also available on Shudder (like the previously discussed Moon Garden) is the feature-length directorial debut of Laura Moss, titled Birth/Rebirth. The movie premiered at Sundance in early 2023 and got a limited theatrical release in the late summer of the same year. Clearly … More Movies: Birth/Rebirth (2023)
I have to admit that I had never heard of the 2022 film Moon Garden until I heard Jason and Kali talking about it over on Sinister Cinema Reviews; they mentioned it as one of their favorite films of last year. Moon Garden premiered at the Dances with Films Festival in Los Angeles back in … More Movies: Moon Garden (2022)
As I’m known to have something of a soft spot for murder mysteries featuring real historical characters, a longtime friend of the show bought me an ebook she knew I would most likely be into, A Most Malicious Murder by Melanie Fletcher, which was first published in 2021. And I have to say that my … More Books: A Most Malicious Murder by Melanie Fletcher
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been on a bit of a mini-quest to actually watch some of the most-talked-about new horror films while they’re still (relatively) new, hence actually going to the theater to see the incredible Late Night with the Devil (which we livestreamed a review for here), and paying $6.99 to … More Movies: Stopmotion (2023)
Not long after I posted my review of Yorgos Lanthimos’s 2017 film The Killing of a Sacred Deer, seemingly everyone and their mama crawled out of the woodwork and told me that I absolutely must make time for an immediate viewing of the latest work from the Greek auteur, 2023’s Poor Things (which is loosely … More Movies: Poor Things (2023)
Back in late 2023, I reviewed a novella called The Last Day by Seann Barbour, which was sent to me as an ARC by the author himself and which I ended up enjoying very much. So when the same author sent me another message recently and asked if I’d have a look at his latest … More Books: The Maw by Seann Barbour
In 1968, Michael Reeves’s historical folk horror film Witchfinder General (which Tom and I reviewed here) hit theaters in its native Britain. Starring the always incredible Vincent Price and renamed The Conqueror Worm for American audiences, the film took the real-life figure of English witchfinder Matthew Hopkins and spun a lurid tale of torture and … More Movies: Mark of the Devil (1970)
I figured it had been a while since I did a good old-fashioned book-to-movie comparison, and it so happened that the subject came up somewhat fortuitously, as I noticed that Adam Nevill’s 2011 folk horror novel The Ritual had become available to read for free on Kindle Unlimited. I had seen the movie years ago … More Book vs Movie: The Ritual
The Scare Salon 