BELIAL BE DAMNED!: ARROW VIDEO SETS “BASKET CASE” LOOSE BY ROCCO THOMPSON Tod Browning. Herschell Gordon Lewis. John Waters. In attempting to define the peculiar feel of Frank Henenlotter’s cinema, it’s necessary to cite its influences, yet this doesn’t...
MM-MM GOOD: SEVERIN’S “EATEN ALIVE!” IS WORTH LOSING YOUR LUNCH OVER BY ROCCO THOMPSON Ah, the Cannibal film. Was there ever a subgenre more reviled, more hated, more irredeemable? Sure, “Torture Porn” is icky, but is easily salvaged when viewed as a...
“ANTHROPOPHAGY”, AMONG OTHER THINGS: AN UMBERTO LENZI RETROSPECTIVE By ROCCO THOMPSON Italian horror is an acquired taste. Even the most well-regarded examples of this regional subgenre require some getting used to, what with their lazy dubbing, penchant...
HORROR HANDMADES: 13 QUESTIONS WITH SKAGGS OF THE LIVING DEAD BY ROCCO THOMPSON A fixture at conventions throughout the Midwest, MIKE SKAGGS, purveyor of primo horror dolls (along with masks, magnets, and other various gruesome goodies) is finally making a go at being...
HAMMER WHO?: SEVERIN’S “THE AMICUS COLLECTION” IS SIMPLY SMASHING Of all the joys a new release of a not-quite-classic horror flick can provide, context is both the most important and least often attended to. Sure, restoration is great, and pretty...
