Another review from FrightFest for the re-release of Malpertuis. There’s no subtlety in the opening of Malpertuis. The film begins with an image of Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky, while a child and an adult discuss their reading, offering the audience a set of instructions for what follows: “It’s pretty, but it’s difficult to understand.” “Somehow it makes … Continue reading At Horror DNA: Malpertuis
In medias res Awake at two, and the old scarsstill buzz like rooms full of sitars. A twang in the ashes, brass knuckle radio,a hundred untuned Dixieland banjos. If it offends thee, then pluck it out…. You can get the whole poem and the playlist over at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #139: A Twang in the Ashes
A new poem and playlist reside over at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #138: The Grip
Partnered with the George A. Romero Foundation, Access:Horror is a festival that focuses on disability and genre cinema. I had a blast covering the festival this year for Horror DNA. You can read the reviews here: Shorts Block One: From Womb to TombShorts Block Two: Flesh of My Flesh Continue reading At Horror DNA: Access:Horror 2025
A new poem and playlist await at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #137: Proximity
For a few years in the mid-2000s—and off and on since—I wrote comics, zines, and, on rare occasions, illustrated them. Somewhere in that period, I was introduced to The Journal of MODOK Studies and immediately fell in love with its unique mix of reverence and absurdity, especially at a time when you weren’t really supposed to take … Continue reading A MODOK Origin Story
You can get this week’s playlist and poem over at The Drunken Odyssey! Continue reading Musicalia #136: A Thin Glory
You can get the playlist and poem at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #135: And the Moon
My review is now available over at Horror DNA. Continue reading At Horror DNA: Anoxia
Stephen McClurg 