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May 25, 2025

At Horror DNA: Ash

A new review for the sci-fi horror film Ash is now at Horror DNA. Continue reading At Horror DNA: Ash

April 16, 2025

At Horror DNA: For God’s Sake Wake Her Up

My review of this Panic Fest feature about generational haunting is available at Horror DNA. Continue reading At Horror DNA: For God’s Sake Wake Her Up

February 28, 2025February 28, 2025

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

February 1, 2025

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

January 28, 2025January 28, 2025

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

October 22, 2024

Scott Bazar’s “Devil Fish” (2007)

A YouTube Channel recently uploaded “Devil Fish,” one of Scott Bazar’s films, with his blessings. Since Scott’s okay with the upload, I thought I’d share it here as well. I wrote and played one of the many parts of the score in this “disguised biography.” Scott is a fantastic musician and artist. This one is … Continue reading Scott Bazar’s “Devil Fish” (2007)