Reviews and writing from the past but here for your viewing… should you be that way inclined. Varied in content and the like but an archive for perusal…
Edited by Mark Morris PS Publishing Ltd – March 2006 “Do you like scary movies?” It is perhaps a sign of the times that Wes Craven’s once lauded Scream has not made it into this selection of bite-sized essays about horror films. Post-modern is, after all, so dated. But Scream jolted the genre out of…
Margo Lanagan Gollancz, 2006, Hardback 230 pp, £8.99, ISBN 0575077816 If you’re planning to read this book, you might not want to read this review. If you aren’t, do. A family who sing a daughter to her death; a young man who has to endure a terrifying ordeal in order to usher in the spring;…
Ray Harryhausen, Tony Dalton, Peter Jackson (Foreword) Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd – Hardcover 240 pages (November 25, 2005) £25 In 2003 Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life was released; a sweeping coffee-table book offering a fascinating look at the career of one of the most influential special effects artists and animators, the creative force behind such…
Milly Williamson Paperback 224 pages (April 18, 2005) – Wallflower Press Appropriately titled, The Lure of the Vampire seeks to address the questions of the continued popularity of the vampire in the modern psyche, particularly those in the fan community who are obsessed with vampire culture. It’s a relevant focus of study, the (al)lure lying…
Paperback 261 pages (May 4, 2004) – Publisher: HarperCollins Entertainment Hot on the heels of Stephen Sommers preposterous but strangely entertaining hokum Van Helsing comes the officially “Novelization” of the film. Expectations are normally not high for the lucrative tie-in market but Van Helsing surprises by managing to precede expectations in almost every sense. Having…
