At Horror DNA: Panic Fest 2025 Shorts Block #1
My first roundup of shorts from Panic Fest is now up at Horror DNA. Continue reading At Horror DNA: Panic Fest 2025 Shorts Block #1
Category: Movies
At Horror DNA: Chainsaws Were Singing
Chainsaws Were Singing is one of the features I get to check out at this year’s Panic Fest. You can read the review at Horror DNA. For fans of early Peter Jackson! Continue reading At Horror DNA: Chainsaws Were Singing
At Horror DNA: BUFF 2025
Over at Horror DNA, I reviewed a horror block of shorts, and thanks to the Boston Underground Film Festival, I saw the new Joel Potrykus movie Vulcanizadora. Continue reading At Horror DNA: BUFF 2025
At The Drunken Odyssey: A Discussion of David Lynch’s Ronnie Rocket
You can find out more at The Drunken Odyssey and can listen wherever you listen to podcasts. Continue reading At The Drunken Odyssey: A Discussion of David Lynch’s Ronnie Rocket
At Horror DNA: Devils Stay
My review is now available at Horror DNA. Continue reading At Horror DNA: Devils Stay
Marginalia #57
Over the years, I’ve been trying to make my way through folktale traditions from all across the globe. This one is both familiar and not. You get the first forms of stories like “The Three Billy Goats Gruff,” an early alternate version of “Chicken Little” (I think), and several tales and adventures featuring Ashlad, a … Continue reading Marginalia #57
Marginalia #56: In Watermelon Sugar, Saloum, Squid
It’s a postmodern, post-apocalyptic sci-fi hippie commune novel. It’s poetic, strange, and easy to read if you’re familiar with Brautigan. I’ve read most of the books now, but I want to check out the poems soon. His poem “A Boat” features a werewolf and is one I always return to. Saloum is a French/Senegalese co-production … Continue reading Marginalia #56: In Watermelon Sugar, Saloum, Squid
Marginalia #55: Ice, The Vourdalak, Mapambazuko
If you have more sci-fi acumen than I do, you may have heard of this before 2024. I came across it after several recommendations. It’s hard to describe and talk about. Anna Kavan has been called “Kafka’s Sister,” which makes sense (this has repeated occurrences, dreamlike sequences, and a bizarre bureaucracy). Still, given the frequent … Continue reading Marginalia #55: Ice, The Vourdalak, Mapambazuko
Marginalia #54: Nobody’s Fool, Yor, and Bisk
Bill Griffith, the cartoonist of Zippy the Pinhead fame, wrote and drew this biography of Schlitzie the Pinhead, which also covers the history of the sideshow tradition in America. If Schlitzie didn’t capture your heart and imagination in Tod Browning’s Freaks, he will undoubtedly do so here. I found this in the Fangoria archive in … Continue reading Marginalia #54: Nobody’s Fool, Yor, and Bisk
Stephen McClurg 