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A Thriller in Every Corner

MARTIN MARSHALL’s recent book, A THRILLER in Every Corner, is a meticulously researched valentine to the Brian Clemens’ series that captivated TV audiences in the 70s. In the first of two posts, fellow Thriller fan JENNIFER WALLIS speaks to Martin about the book and what it is that gives the series its enduring appeal.

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Reviews: Film

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

A recent addition to the stable of Netflix docuseries, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel is not the crime the makers had hoped it to be. David Kerekes and Jennifer Wallis look for the abyss.

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Doctor Who: The Dæmons

The Dæmons is a Doctor Who adventure in which devils come to life. Discussing the Nigel Kneale influence and its place in weird children’s TV of the 1970s.

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Possessed to Skate

Clint Carrick grew up in a small town where the skatepark was king to kids just like himself. He was out of practice when, as an adult, he one day packed his bags to travel the small town skateparks across the American Heartland to learn to do it all again.

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Reviews: Film

The Monstrosity of Motherhood in Alice, Sweet Alice

In her first blog post for Headpress, Lakkaya Palmer explores the representation of monstrous mothers and children in Alice, Sweet Alice, and argues for the film as a key entry in the 1970s ‘family horror’ canon.

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The Town Slowly Empties – Audiobook teaser

An audio sample of the book, The Town Slowly Empties: On Life and Culture during Lockdown. On why we write, the writings of world authors and poets on the subject of pandemic, and the things that confront us in such times.

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Interviews

What is Biblio-Curiosa?

The do-it-yourself publishing aesthetic. A conversation with Chris Mikul about Biblio-Curiosa and the small world of fanzines.

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A Bird on the Branch of Tomorrow

Speaking from his New Delhi apartment, author Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee chats about his new book The Town Slowly Empties, and of life and art and the problem of getting a haircut during a pandemic. David Kerekes chats back.

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The White House Horrors: Comparing Monsters-in-Chief

‘What happened is true.’ What we’re seeing today in presidential politics could not have happened without Watergate and it could not have happened without The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Author Martin Harris talks about his new book.

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Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton

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