Reviews: Film
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore (USA, 2010; dir. Frank Henenlotter & Jimmy Maslon). Review by John Harrison
John Harrison
1st June 2018
Pop & Unpop Culture. The best in independent publishing.
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore (USA, 2010; dir. Frank Henenlotter & Jimmy Maslon). Review by John Harrison
Dr. Jennifer Otter Bickerdike tells us about her upcoming Headpress title, Joy Devotion: The Importance of Ian Curtis and Fan Culture on the fanatical fan culture surrounding Joy Division.
John Harrison, author of Hip Pocket Sleaze: The Lurid World of Vintage Adult Paperbacks, writes about the paperback novels of Jack W. Thomas
A complete listing of the Saturday night Horror Double Bill screenings on BBC2.
The Beast of Chicago: The Murderous Career of H. H. Holmes (2004; Rick Geary). H. H. Holmes: America’s First Serial Killer (USA, 2004; dir. John Borowski). Review by David Kerekes
Iconoclast (USA, 2010; dir. Larry Wessel). Review by Thomas McGrath
Editor and contributor Jennifer Wallis talks about power electronics, noise culture, and her new book.
Richard Stevenson, creator/editor of noise receptor journal and a key contributor to Fight Your Own War: Power Electronics and Noise Culture, shares some of his favourite tracks with us.
Fright Night (USA, 1985; dir. Tom Holland); Fright Night (USA, 2011; dir. Craig Gillespie) Review by Jennifer Wallis
Bizarrism is a collection of strange-but-true tales, featuring a grand parade of eccentrics, visionaries, crackpots, cult leaders, artists, theorists and outsiders of every stripe. First published in 1999, and out of print for years, Headpress has now released a new, fully revised and expanded edition that revisits a host of unique individuals. Here Bizarrism and Eccentropedia author Chris Mikul shares five of his favourite eccentrics from his personal database of … singular personalities.
Amanda Reyes is the editor of Are You in the House Alone,
a collection about the golden age of the US telefilm.
When the Comics Magazine Association of America established the Comics Code in 1954, not only was salacious, suggestive, violent and horrific content banished from comic books but an entire industry was decimated.
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
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