Duncan Birmingham, who according to his IMDB bio wrote for the Weekly World News in high school and has gone on to write for TV and direct several short films, has made his feature film debut with the 2022 Shudder original, Who Invited Them. It’s a well-paced and decent psychological thriller with a large dollop … More Movies: Who Invited Them (2022)
Today’s review sees us covering another novella, as well as another book I was happily able to read for free using my Kindle Unlimited subscription. I’m not going to lie; I definitely chose this one mainly for the cover art, which is incredible and was done by an artist known only as Thom. I’ll admit … More Books: Dirty Heads by Aaron Dries
Daniel J. Volpe was a name I’d heard before, though I didn’t know much about him and had never read any of his prior works. It seems that he’s mostly known for extreme horror and splatterpunk, and while his 2021 novel Left To You is certainly gory and stomach-churning in places, it’s also a heart-wrenching … More Books: Left To You by Daniel J. Volpe
Although I’m usually a big fan of buying and reading print books (as my groaning, overstuffed shelves can attest), I’m also perpetually broke and unable to spend the amount of money I’d like to on them. While I resisted reading ebooks for a long time, for many still-valid reasons (I already look at a screen … More Books: Man, Fuck This House by Brian Asman
Stephen Graham Jones is an author that comes up a great deal in horror circles, but I must admit that I hadn’t read any of his novels (though I’m fairly certain I’ve read some of his short stories in various anthologies at one time or another). Several people had recommended the 2020 novel The Only … More Books: Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
I’ve generally had good luck with most of the Shudder originals and exclusives that I’ve watched; the team at Shudder seem to have a decent handle on ably curating what appears on their streaming service, and almost everything they acquire is at least worth watching (and no, I’m not sponsored by them; I’ve just had … More Movies: Revealer (2022)
Thanks once again to my Kindle Unlimited subscription, I happened to randomly come across a fantastic novella by an author I was not previously familiar with, and goddammit, I just love when that happens. Canadian writer Duncan Ralston has penned several novels and novellas, and some short fiction anthologies like Gristle & Bone and Video … More Books: Woom by Duncan Ralston
Like many of the movies I end up watching and covering on this series, I can’t remember exactly how I first heard of 2017’s Super Dark Times, an independent movie that not only marked the directorial debut of cinematographer Kevin Phillips, but managed to scoop up the H.R. Giger Award for Best Feature Film at … More Movies: Super Dark Times (2017)
Man, have I mentioned how much I love it when I pick a book completely at random on Kindle Unlimited and it ends up being one of the best things I’ve read all year? If I haven’t, then I’m mentioning it now; my little horror heart is heaving with happiness. I happened to choose this … More Books: The Bell Chime by Mona Kabbani
The so-called “rape-revenge” subgenre reached its peak in the 1970s and early 1980s, and the two films I want to talk about are probably the most cited and controversial examples of this type of cinema. I have to say right out of the gate that rape is one of the most stomach-turning things for me … More Rape-Revenge Double Feature: I Spit On Your Grave (1978) and Ms .45 (1981)
