All Entries in the "Reviews" Category
(Review) Michael Bailey’s SCALES AND PETALS by Nancy O. Greene
Paperback: 214 pages Publisher: CreateSpace (March 25, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1449544959 ISBN-13: 978-1449544959 Talk about disturbing. If you’re looking for a quick summer read, if you’re looking for something easy-going with a few cheap scares, then look elsewhere. Scales and Petals is a collection of poetry and fiction that dangles hope like a carrot [...]
Review: The Human Centipede (First Sequence) — (2009) by R.J. Cavender
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) — (2009) Written and Directed by Tom Six Ok, first off, if you WANT to see this film I’d recommend NOT reading anything at all about it. Skip the previews and don’t read any further. Seriously, stop reading now if you want to enjoy this film on any level. I [...]
(Review) Jeani Rector’s AND NOW THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS: THE HORROR ZINE by Nancy O. Greene
AND NOW THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS: THE HORROR ZINE Edited by Jeani Rector Paperback: 260 pages Publisher: BearManor Fiction (December 22, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1593933568 ISBN-13: 978-1593933562 Review by Nancy O. Greene AND NOW THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS: THE HORROR ZINE is an anthology edited by Jeani Rector, the editor of The Horror Zine. It [...]
Review: A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) by R.J. Cavender
Something occurred to me about a half-hour into the new “Nightmare on Elm Street” remake. You can’t make people enjoy shitty remakes when they’re not even asking for them in the first place. And, make no mistake; this film is a totally worthless pile of shit. I didn’t expect much, to be honest with you. [...]
+ 5-Minute (*No-Spoiler) Mini Movie Reviews + by R.J. Cavender 04/07/2010 +
Dolan’s Cadillac (2009) I don’t remember many of the details about the Stephen King short story that this was based upon, but I did find myself wishing I had a copy of “Nightmares and Dreamscapes” to compare differences while watching this film. As revenge films go, this one is slow…but the way the [...]
+ 5-Minute (*No-Spoiler) Mini Movie Reviews + by R.J. Cavender 03/18/2010 +
RATINGS KEY The Descent: Part 2 (2010) Did you like “The Descent”? Well then…you’ll love “The Descent: Part 2”. I honestly don’t know what else to say. There were times when I almost felt like I was watching the first film over again, but I honestly mean that in the most complimentary way [...]
Review: Peter Straub’s A Dark Matter
A Dark Matter Hardcover 397 pages Publisher: Double Day Pub. Date: 2010 ISBN-978-0-385-51638-9 By: Peter Straub As a huge fan of Peter Straub, I waited anxiously for A Dark Matter to hit the shelves. Koko and Shadowland filled me with wonder and dread, and I had the same high expectations of Straub’s newest offering. [...]
+ 5-Minute (*No-Spoiler) Mini Movie Reviews + by R.J. Cavender 03/03/2010 +
RATINGS KEY [.REC] 2 (2009) Wow! There are few sequels, especially in horror, that do all the things a sequel should do and then go above and beyond. This second installment to one of the better first-person-shot-on-video horror flicks both ups the ante and changes all the rules and does so while still keeping [...]
Review: Ellen Datlow’s Lovecraft Unbound
LOVECRAFT UNBOUND edited by Ellen Datlow Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Dark Horse Books (October 7, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1595821465 ISBN-13: 978-1595821461 Review by Nancy O. Greene (Disclosure: Review Copy) In THE EVOLUTION OF THE WEIRD TALE, S. T. Joshi states that H. P. Lovecraft, in his own words, endeavored to emulate the style of [...]
+ 5-Minute (*No-Spoiler) Mini Movie Reviews + by R.J. Cavender 02/22/2010 +
RATINGS KEY Shutter Island (2010) I’m going to be really brief on this one, being a *No-spoiler* review and all. But, I’ve got to recommend this film and recommend it highly! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a film with quite as much atmosphere as this one. To me, “Shutter Island” almost [...]
Review: Jeani Rector’s AROUND A DARK CORNER by Lincoln Crisler
Around a Dark Corner By Jeani Rector Paperback 247 Pages Publisher: Graveyard Press Pub. Date: June 2009 (US Version) ISBN-13: 978-0-615-29548-0 Review by Lincoln Crisler Around a Dark Corner is Ms. Rector’s third collection of stories, following Open Grave (2008) and After Dark (2006), and features nine short stories and a novella. It’s a [...]
+ 5-Minute (*No-Spoiler) Mini Movie Reviews + by R.J. Cavender 02/16/2010
RATINGS KEY The Lovely Bones (2010) I’ll be the first to admit that I never read the book by Alice Sebold upon which this screenplay is based. And after seeing “The Lovely Bones”, I’m even less apt to run out and find myself a copy. This is undoubtedly one of the most expensive “Worst [...]
REVIEW: Scott Christian Carr’s HIRAM GRANGE AND THE TWELVE LITTLE HITLERS by Nancy O. Greene
Hiram Grange and the Twelve Little Hitlers by Scott Christian Carr Shroud Publishing (click image above for more info) Scott Christian Carr’s Hiram Grange and the Twelve Little Hitlers is a kinetic tour de force of drug-addled adventure. The title character, Hiram, is an absinthe-soaked anti-hero clawing his way through the fabric of a world [...]
POE: 19 NEW TALES INSPIRED BY EDGAR ALLAN POE, Edited by Ellen Datlow: A Year-End Review by Nancy O. Greene
As 2009 closes out, it seems a good time to look back at the celebrations of the Poe Bicentennial. This year, a number of festivities and anthologies and other types of events across the country marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of history’s literary legends. One of the most popular anthologies of [...]
Book Review: Jonathan Maberry’s PATIENT ZERO by Nancy O. Greene
Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry Patient Zero is an incredibly detailed, well-paced, action-packed novel. Maberry manages to pack a lot into roughly 420 pages, and yet there’s never a time when it feels like too much has been done. Joe Ledger is a cop that is recruited by a special government unit whose sole purpose [...]
