Death and Douglas J. W. Ocker Sky Pony Press October 2017 Reviewed by David Goudsward Douglas Mortimer is a small town twelve-year-old with an obsession with death. Well, obsession is not the right word – his life is immersed in death. His family lives above the...
Black Feathers – Dark Avian Tales: An Anthology Edited by Ellen Datlow Pegasus Books Ltd. Released February 5, 2017 Reviewed by Brian James Lewis At first glance, some might not take the concept of a dark fiction anthology featuring birds too seriously. That’s...
House on Willow Street 2016 Director: Alastair Orr Stars: Dimitri Bajlanis, Zelmia Bezuidenhout, Carlyn Burchell Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons IFC Midnight have been putting out some really good movies lately. The Autopsy of Jane Doe, I am Not a Serial Killer, and The...
Slither 2006 Director: James Gunn Stars: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker By Brian M. Sammons Before he rocketed to international fame and success with Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn wrote movies, like the 2004’s Dawn of the Dead remake,...
Snaked: Deep Sea Rising Duncan McGeary Cohesion Press 2017 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Some years ago, Dean Koontz spoke to my Creative Writing class at Pepperdine. In a discussion afterward, he talked at some length about giving readers an appropriate...
PHENOMENA 1985 Director: Dario Argento Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons Synapse Films returns to knock out another Dario Argento classic onto Blu-ray disc. They originally released it as a very limited steelbook...
