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Book Review: The Monster Show

July 19, 2004 8:11 pm Published by Comments Off on Book Review: The Monster Show

By David J. SkalPublisher: Faber and Faber All stories are woven out of well-known and easily identifiable archetypes, according to... View Article


Book Review: Geek Love

July 15, 2004 10:20 pm Published by Comments Off on Book Review: Geek Love

By Katherine Dunn Publisher: Vintage Contemporaries Publisher’s Page for the Book Horror fiction is the hardest of all the horror... View Article


Comic Review: Hino Horror Vol. 2: The Bug Boy

June 28, 2004 9:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Comic Review: Hino Horror Vol. 2: The Bug Boy

Writer/Artist: Hideshi HinoPublisher: Cocoro Books/DH Publishing One of the major side effects of the manga boom (manga being Japanese comics),... View Article


Comic Review: Island

June 27, 2004 6:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Comic Review: Island

Writer: In-Wan Youn | Artist: Kyung-Il Yang Publisher: TokyoPop (this article originally appeared in Rue Morgue #35, Sept./Oct. 2003) Island... View Article


Movie Review: Ichi the Killer

June 26, 2004 5:03 pm Published by Comments Off on Movie Review: Ichi the Killer

2001/JapanDirector: Takashi MiikeIMDB (this article originally appeared in Rue Morgue #33, May/June 2003) While not strictly a horror movie, gore... View Article


Comic Review: Uzumaki

June 23, 2004 10:09 pm Published by Comments Off on Comic Review: Uzumaki

Writer/Artist: Junji Ito Publisher: Viz (this article originally appeared in Rue Morgue #35, Sept./Oct. 2003) There is no manga quite... View Article


Comic Review: Whitechapel Freak

June 22, 2004 9:17 pm Published by Comments Off on Comic Review: Whitechapel Freak

Writer/Artist: David HitchcockPublisher: Black Boar Press Publishing a work on a topic that an acknowledged masterpiece of your chosen medium... View Article


The Horror Place

June 21, 2004 10:47 pm Published by Comments Off on The Horror Place

My friend Lauren works at Starbucks. And because she’s worked for years now, and we talk about the job, I’ve... View Article


Movie Review: Ginger Snaps: Unleashed

June 21, 2004 10:42 pm Published by Comments Off on Movie Review: Ginger Snaps: Unleashed

2004/CanadaDirector: Brett Sullivan IMDB | Official Site It’s a rare sequel that surpasses the original. Aliens, the excellent sequel to... View Article


Comic Review: Priest

June 19, 2004 10:44 pm Published by Comments Off on Comic Review: Priest

writer/artist: Min-Woo Hyungpublished by TokyoPop (this article originally appeared in Rue Morgue #35, Sept./Oct. 2003) In Priest (15 volumes; TokyoPop;... View Article