Hellraiser
Synopsis: “In 1987,” says Fangoria, “prolific genre author, painter and first-time filmmaker Clive Barker unleashed upon unwary audiences a flick that shook them to their core and forever redefined the […]
Tag Archives: Fantasy
The Crow
Synopsis: Before Sin City and The Dark Knight rose, there was The Crow – the “dark, lurid revenge fantasy” (The New York Times) from director Alex Proyas (Dark City) that entranced […]
Freddy vs. Jason
Synopsis: The Ultimate Battle of Evil vs. Evil Freddy Krueger is in hell – literally! And like an inmate with a life sentence, Freddy’s been plotting a fantastic revenge…all he […]
Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
Synopsis: If You Think Your Dreams are Disturbing, Imagine the Nightmares of Stephen King. Go beyond the ordinary. Go beyond the sane. With Stephen King as storyteller, you’ll travel to […]
Hausu
Synopsis: How to describe Nobuhiko Obayashi’s indescribable 1977 movie House (Hausu)? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby-Doo as directed by Mario Bava? Any […]
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Synopsis: In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed […]
X: The Erotic Treasury
X: The Erotic Treasury, by various authors 7.5 I was given this gorgeous anthology by my partner some three years ago, for Christmas. It’s such a beautiful, almost velvety, book and […]
Cashback
Synopsis: When art student Ben Willis through a painful break-up, he develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets […]
À l’aventure
Synopsis: He has been both hailed and condemned as “the most notorious filmmaker working in Europe today.” And for this third movie in his controversial trilogy on female sexuality, writer/director […]
New York Stories
Synopsis: One city. Three stories tall. Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most talked-about films of the year, New […]
Chew, vol. 3
Chew, vol. 3, by John Layman and Rob Guillory 7.75 Layman and Guillory continue having fun and passing on the joy to their readers with “Just Desserts”, the third instalment […]
Walkabout
Synopsis: A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to exist in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece […]
Irredeemable, vol. 7
Irredeemable, vol. 7, by Mark Waid and Peter Krause 7.25 Well, that’s it, then. I give up on ‘Irredeemable’. I know it’s considered one of the great new reads, and […]
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