Book Review: WILDWOOD
Wildwood: Tales of Terror and Transformation from the Forest William P. Simmons, Editor Shadow House Publishing (May 31, 2021) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Wildwood is a love affair with the untamed. It contains classic horror stories where the horrific is not limited...
Book Review: UNDER A RAVEN’S WING
Under a Raven's Wing Stephen Volk PS Publishing (March 2021) Reviewed by Nancy Kilpatrick The dust jacket synopsizes Under a Raven's Wing in one pithy sentence: "The Apprenticeship of Sherlock Holmes." It's a mystery! But, wait! The cases are supernaturally laced!...
Book Review: WEST OF INNSMOUTH
West of Innsmouth: A Cthulhu Western Hideyuki Kikuchi Kurodhan Press (2021) Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons I love Kurodahn Press. They specialize in taking Japanese horror and weird fiction authors and translating their stories into English, thus making them accessible...
Book Review: ZEROLAND
Zeroland Ryan Winters Trepidatio Publishing (May 28, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers About ten years from now, the United States splinters politically, with the Southern states seceding, and Texas forming its own independent republic (now apparently allied with...
Press Release: BLUE SUNSET
Los Angeles - The cinema market of Cannes has moved to July and EuroObscura will screen there the new science fiction movie by Italian director Domiziano Cristopharo, BLUE SUNSET, on the 7th of July. BLUE SUNSET is the first Italian cyberpunk movie of the new...
Book Review: A DARK GENESIS
A Dark Genesis Cheryl Lawson Independently published, 2021 Reviewed by Andrew Byers The colonists and crew of the Vega Four were sent into space a century ago, along with a small fleet of other slower-than-light generation ships, to seed humanity in other solar...
Blu-ray Review: ANYTHING FOR JACKSON
Anything for Jackson Director: Justin G. Dyck Stars: Sheila McCarthy, Julian Richings, Konstantina Mantelos Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons More movies from RLJE Films and Shudder, who are doing a great job sharing their streaming library with horror fans that, for some...
BOOK REVIEW: ZERO
Zero Al Schnupp Cabal Books (May 29, 2021) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Zero is a political satire that will ring a little too close to home for those of us who survived an unintentionally satirical presidential election. Zero is the name of the main character, a...
Book Review: DARKEST HOURS
Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition Mike Thorn (Foreword by Sadie Hartmann) JournalStone (June 11, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Mike Thorn is an author and film critic who’s new to me, but after having read Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition, it feels like I already know...
Book Review: THE GHOST FINDERS
The Ghost Finders Adam McOmber Journal Stone Publishing (June 4, 2021) Reviewed by Elaine Pascale The Ghost Finders begins by introducing us to the main characters: Henry Coxton, an occult detective; his colleague, Violet Asquith, who exercises immense supernatural...
Book Review: THE GHOST FINDERS
The Ghost Finders Adam McOmber JournalStone (June 4, 2021) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I’ve always been a sucker for occult detective stories, and Edwardian London is a perfect setting for occult mysteries, so The Ghost Finders seemed like a natural fit for my interests....
Press Release: WILDWOOD
Announces the Release of: WILDWOOD: TALES OF TERROR & TRANSFORMATION FROM THE FOREST Edited and Introduced by William P. Simmons Unnamable nightmares lurk in the wild. Do you dare stray from the path? Witness the sylvan horrors of nature with WILDWOOD: TALES OF...
Blu-ray Review: SON
Son Director: Ivan Kavanagh Stars: Andi Matichak, Emile Hirsch, Luke David Blumm Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons I've said it before and I'll say it again: I love what RLJE Films and Shudder are doing with their movies. They’re not strictly holding on to the flicks for...
Blu-ray Review: DAY OF THE ANIMALS
Day of the Animals – Blu-ray review Director: William Girdler Stars: Christopher George, Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons Shortly, and I mean very shortly, after William Girdler did the Jaws ripoff, Grizzly, he went on to direct this other...
Book Review: HOWLS FROM HELL
HOWLS FROM HELL HOWL Society Press, 2021 Reviewed by Mario Guslandi Published by HOWL Society, the present horror anthology features sixteen short stories, all of which are, admittedly, pretty good stuff for the lovers of the genre. As always with anthologies,...
