Combining death, sex, goth, and erotica, Autopsyrotica is the anti-glamour pin-up collection. Boldly colored, glistening bodies are replaced by dark, horrific, yet hauntingly beautiful images from artist Chad Michael Ward. Ward combines his skills at digital photography and digital painting to provide an 80 page collection that make Clive Barker’s Hellish Cenobytes look tame by comparison. The images are paired with Ward’s text in symphony of depravity. It’s as if Ward took his models, and sent them down to the Abyss where they were transformed by demonic hands. His mastery of the digital format blends seamlessly. These are images that will stick with you long after you’ve put the book down. And the models seem to dare you to just try and forget them!
“Zombie” is perhaps at once the most terrifying, and yet sorrowful pieces in the book. The dark make-up around her eyes and her black hair blend into the deep, background shadows, making them seem as one. Only her left eye seems to hint at a shred of life, peering hatefully off of the page.
“Queen Hell” is appropriately named. This piece features a snarling, twisted horned, unholy queen who is the living embodiment of Hell. Then there is “The Curse”, perhaps the second most chilling image in the book. Grimacing…wide-eyed…hair disheveled…this poor girl personifies madness, anger, and revenge.
Visually stunning and thoroughly unsettling, Autopsyrotica is certainly not for the squeamish. And due to its subject matter and nudity, it is definitely a book for mature audiences. But those who appreciate the female form…in all its forms, even the dark and wicked, will find it to be a unique experience to read. I also love the fact that the models names and pictures were listed in the credits in the back of the book. Nice Touch! From NBM Publishing.
– TIm Janson
- Interview with J.R. Bookwalter - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Andrew J. Rausch - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Rick Popko and Dan West - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Director Stevan Mena (Malevolence) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Screenwriter Jeffery Reddick (Day of the Dead 2007) - January 22, 2015
- Teleconference interview with Mick Garris (Masters of Horror) - January 22, 2015
- A Day at the Morgue with Corri English (Unrest) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Writer/Director Nacho Cerda (The Abandoned, Aftermath) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Actress Thora Birch (Dark Corners, The Hole, American Beauty) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Actor Jason Behr, Plus Skinwalkers Press Coverage - January 22, 2015
