Coffin County – Book Review
I had never heard of Gary A. Braunbeck until I read MR. HANDS. One of his first novels that Leisure released. I liked the book, but did have a few small issues with it. The same can be said for COFFIN COUNTY, however COFFIN COUNTY turns out to be one hell of a ride,...
Far Dark Fields – Book Review
I was first introduced to Gary A. Braunbeck’s novels when I was sent the book Mr. Hands, the first book in what has now become known as the Cedar Hills series or the Hoopstick series. MR. HANDS was a great novel about a mystic wood figure who came to life and did...
Demon Eyes – Book Review
I had never heard of either L.H. Maynard or M.P.N. Sims until this book hit my doorstep a few weeks ago. At first glance I thought it was just going to be another one of those books without an interesting story so I threw it aside with all the other books that get...
Black Cathedral – Book Review
My first experience with L.H. Maynard and M.P.N. Sims was with their second novel they wrote together titled DEMON EYES. A novel that I read least year and really enjoyed it a lot. So when this book hit my doorstep I put it ahead of the litter of books I've been...
Night Souls – Book Review
Maynard and Sims are a duo of horror writers that work very well together when it comes to writing some of the best horror fiction out there. Together they have published four books with Leisure Press and their latest venture, Night Souls, only adds to their greatness...
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
I know I've spoken about this in previous reviews of films that included Ray Harryhausen effects, but I was lucky to meet the man a few years back, shake his hand, and see some of the original model used in many of his films. It was a great personal experience to sit...
Friday Night in Beast House – Book Review
Nobody, I mean nobody, writes like Richard Laymon, does. For the past two years, I’ve been on a Richard Laymon kick, sticking my nose into any of his books I can get my hands on, and between reading and reviewing other writers and their works, when I have nothing on...
Cuts – Book Review
I am guilty, guilty of never picking up or buying a Richard Laymon novel. You see back when I younger and really started getting into reading horror novels was in High School, which was the early nineteen nineties, I mostly read Barker, Saul and King. Then in 1995...
666: The Child
Timed, with typical precision by straight-to-Blockbuster genre outfit The Asylum, to cash in on Fox’s own 2006 cash-in remake of THE OMEN, 666 THE CHILD is shameless, cheap looking and jokey but, like some of The Asylum’s product, you end up unable to hate it. In...
Bloodstone – Book Review
I have never heard of Nate Kenyon before so when his first book published by Leisure fiction titled "Bloodstone" hit my doorstep the first thing that caught my eye was the very impressive book cover, that has this really freaky looking ghost peering from a window. I...
666: The Beast
Unlike its predecessor, the campy gore-strewn 666 THE CHILD, this Asylum-made sequel plays its apocalyptic good against evil scenario straight and forgets to contrive the kind of juicy creative “accidents” that made the original fun. Which kinda poses the question...
The Reach – Book Review
I first got wind of writer Nate Kenyon when I was sent his first Leisure release BLOODSTONE earlier this year. It was a decent book that had a lot of spooky twists and turns and was very much like Stephen Kings THE SHINING in many respects and gave you that uneasy...
5 Dolls For An August Moon (5 bambole per la luna d’agosto)
It is not as if the Godfather of Italian Gore was beyond having a bad day, especially considering that he spent a large portion of his career fighting restrictive shooting schedules and nonexistent budgets. Yet, we are nonetheless left to judge what appears before us...
Sparrow Rock – Book Review
The majority of books that I read all tend to have an apocalyptic theme to them. Everything from a zombie invasion, funky viruses, mutant bugs and nuclear explosions all seem to fit into the plot of those books. Sparrow Rock features both a nuclear explosion and...
5 Dead on a Crimson Canvas
I have a friend who has worked with Joe Parda on many films and is a good friend of his, I personally Have never meet the man but have had the opportunity to review a film he made a few years ago call "Machines of Love and Hate" which has yet to find a market here in...