I have been a fan of Universal Horror films for as long as I can remember. My earliest memories are of a local channel here in the Detroit area that used to show a different Universal horror film every afternoon in the week leading up to Halloween. And then there was...
The past few years have seen quite a rise in the popularity of the zombie. We’ve had numerous films, both major features and direct to video releases, and many new novels and comic books. It seems that everyone wants to take a stab at creating the next great chapter...
John Skipp’s latest novel, “The Long Last Call” is a battle of good vs. evil played out against the backdrop of a seedy, roadside strip club. Hank’s girlfriend has just broken up with him and he is teetering on the edge of madness. Driving down a lonely stretch of...
At first glance Joe Schreiber’s debut novel “Chasing the Dead” starts out as a pedestrian thriller, well-written but nothing terribly original. Single mother Susan Young receives a call from an unknown man who has kidnapped her daughter and nanny and gives Susan...
D. Harlan Wilson’s debut novel, Dr. Identity, Or, Farewell to Plaquedemia, is a story of an academe and his mechanical doppelganger who set out upon a killing spree of truly postmodern portions. The author, much like his story, comprises one-half of the face of a new...
“B” movie horrors became a cottage industry in the 1980’s making stars, even legends out of many women who starred in these low-budget films. Writer Jason Paul Collum interviews 20 of these women in his new book “Assault of the Killer...
