Torture Porn or 70s Exploitation Revisited?

This week is a serious look at the influences on today's "torture porn" subgenre and the War in Iraq with exploitation cinema and the Vietnam War.

It'll be the most intelligent thing you read with "pornography" and "torture" in the title all day!

Lovin' his craft

This week I look at the movies of director Stuart Gordon, including his adaptations of Lovecraft's short stories.

Ch Ch Ch Changes

It's no secret that humankind fears change. This essay shows how horror and science fiction films exploit this fear.

In other news, I hold in my hand the first copy of my very first comic story. I'll get the vitals up when it goes on sale. It's slightly flawed (like not having a title card) but I'm psyched nonetheless. Check!

Curses! Columned again!

The very cool image above is in reference to Poltergeist, just one of the films I discuss in my column on cursed movies.

More Carpenter goodness...

That image you see above this is indeed Kurt Russell from Escape from LA. That means it's the follow-up to last week's article espousing the virtues of John Carpenter. This week: not so much.

That said, the cold is not hitting me like it did last time. Yet.

I'm busy in script mode finishing one that's been looming over my head for months now before getting onto a collection of short fiction I'll maybe be getting published.

I'm currently reading 52 all the way through for the second time until I get to #49-52 and the World War 3 books. Haven't read those yet.

I Wish I Were a Carpenter

In this one I talk all about the goodness that is John Carpenter's early work.

I will eventually blog between ads for my column...I promise.

Sex and the Slasher

I'm pretty proud of this one. Freuday the 13th: Sex and the Slasher is probably the most academic of my column pieces yet.

The adaption of the Psycho poster by webmaster Michael David Sims is my favourite yet. Thanks Mike!

Sick and dire

This week's Reel Dread takes a look at sickness in horror cinema both metaphorical and literal. Funnily enough, I'm almost all better...


Must have smething to do with the new iPod!!!!!!!! I must now become a hermit and transfer my CD collection.

Based on a True Story

This week's column is one the "based on a true story" phenomenon of horror films. Check it out. I still stew in my sickness. I'm on meds and hopefully I can down a few beers in good conscious on my birthday ina couple of days.

New iPod on its way, I'm going digital. No more CDs!!! I never thought I'd say that.

Raise a little Hell!

The final installment in my Moronic/Iconic series is all about the Hellraiser films. So ends my series for a while with some interesting oneshots coming up next.

Getting tired of the zombies yet?

I'm not.

This will be the last time I write about Romero's Dead films until Diary of the Dead comes out.

Hello to David Agranoff who I had the pleasure of meeting yesterday in sunny Victoria.

Yeah, yeah...I should have posted this Monday but I was away...

So now you get it whilst I procrastinate over this Monday's column!

Dio de la Muerte (or something...)

New blogger makes me angry...

But new Reel Dread makes me happy! In this one I analyze the third of four Romero zombie films. One more to go...I want to eat some brains.

The Laughing Boogeyman

In this week's episode I discuss why Freddy Krueger went from child-killing pederast to sadistic jokester. Give 'er a looksee.

Dawn of the Departed

This week's Reel Dread is up. I'm following on the heels of my Night of the Living Dead analysis with the second film in Romero's Dead Cycle: Dawn of the Dead.

I also watched The Departed tonight and I really thought it was better than Infernal Affairs. Both Nicholson and DiCaprio were awesome. I originally thought they were trying to buy Scorcese an Oscar with the casting butafter watching it I take that back.

Back to Reel Dread:

After a week of parental leave I'm back with another installment of Reel Dread!

I review Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon in this one and if this is not a major contender for horror film of the year then I'm a monkey's uncle, by gum!