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Post by kooshmeister on Mar 18, 2024 20:25:56 GMT
Got the novelization of It Lives Again! by James Dixon, as well as The Hephaestus Plague by Thomas Page.
Does anyone know if they novelized It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive? Brad Jones mentioned it offhand in his review of the film, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
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Post by David A. Riley on Mar 18, 2024 13:02:46 GMT
I received my contributor's copy of the Phantasmagoria Magazine Hellraiser Special this morning. My only contribution is a critical review of Hellraiser: Revelations (2011), which must surely rank as the worst entry in the whole franchise - at least I definitely hope so! This is another beautufully produced issue, over 370 pages of stills, drawing, articles, interviews, reviews, etc., with entries by Trevor Kennedy, Peter Atkins, Adrian Baldwin, Simon Bamford, Clive Barker, Imogen Boorman, Tori Borne, Doug Bradley, David Brilliance, Mike Chinn, Malachy Coney, Con Connolly, Kenneth Cranham, Dean M. Drinkel, Kelly Dunn, Terry Farrell, Christopher Figg, John Gilbert, Christopher Gray, Anthony Hickox, Clare Higgins, Dave Jeffery, Carl R. Jennings, Stephen Jones, Paul Kane, Bob Keen, Ashley Laurence, Ivan McCann, Kim Newman, Barnaby Page, Evangelia Papanikou, Geoff Portass, Owen Quinn, Tony Randel, David A. Riley, Andrew Robinson, Helen Scott, Michael Marshall Smith, Jessica Stevens, Nicholas Vance, Nat Whiston, Cliff Wallace, Allison Weir, Sarah Graven Weir, Barbie Wilde, Ciaran Woods and Christopher Young, plus artists Clive Barker, Jonny Boyle, Randy Broecker, Dave Carson, Les Edwards, Graham Humphreys, Allen Koszowski, Ivan McCann, Jim Pitts, Steph Sciullo and Andrew Smith.
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Post by dem bones on Mar 18, 2024 12:04:40 GMT
A reminder, should you be in London at the weekend, the Paperback & Pulp Bookfair is this Sunday, 24 March, at the Holiday Inn, Coram Street, Bloomsbury WC1N 1HT, from 9.30am - 3pm.
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Post by dem bones on Mar 18, 2024 11:56:04 GMT
Via the British Newspaper Archive, a horror and Grand Guignol selection from the theatre pages of Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News; includes; Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde at the Queen's Theatre, 12 Feb. 1910 Our Captious Critic: London's Grand Guignol at the Little Theatre, 12 Nov. 1921 Our Captious Critic: London's Grand Guignol at the Little Theatre, 24 June 1922 At Mrs Beams at the Royalty, 12 May. 1923 R.U.R. at St Martin's Theatre, 19 May. 1923 Miss Madeline Hurlock, vampire, vs a snowman in Sneezing Beezers, 2 May. 1925 The Wrecker at the New Theatre, The Murder in the Red Barn at the Elephant & Castle, 17 Dec. 1927 The Man with Red Hair at the Little Theatre, 17 March 1928; featuring Charles Laughton as Crispen. The Monster at the Strand Theatre, 7 April 1928 After Death at the Little Theatre, 2 June 1928 The Anatomist at the Westminster, 17 Oct 1931 Our Captious Critic: The Anatomist at the Westminster, 7 Nov 1931 The Anatomist at the Westminster, 5 Dec. 1931 The Old Women at the Duke of York, 2 July 1932 **** Download via MediaFire Guignol plus
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Post by dem bones on Mar 17, 2024 16:10:03 GMT
Another one I have on my list for ages. I only read one or two of Level's stories, among them "The Last Kiss" in Michel Parry's More Devil's Kisses. I liked them a lot. The Thirty Hours with a Corpse paperback is priced at £7.30 - new - from Am*z*n.uk just now ... In the Light of the Red Lamp: ( Crises, 1920: Hugh Lamb [ed.], Gaslit Nightmares 2, 1991). A loving husband takes a photograph of his dead wife so he can always see her as she was on that last day. Six months on from the funeral, he has not yet plucked up the courage to have it developed. Tonight the narrator agrees to assist him in the dark room. A Mistake: ( Crises, 1920). The doctor's misdiagnosis drives his patient to commit three needless mercy killings. Extenuating Circumstances: ( Crises, 1920). Jules Michon faces court-martial for murder and robbery. His mother's ill-considered intervention only makes matters worse. The Confession: ( Crises, 1920). "Watch me die, it will be well worth while." For decades Deroux, the Public Prosecutor of the Republic, has been tormented by the strong probability that he sent an innocent man to the guillotine. The Test: ( Crises, 1920: Hugh Lamb [ed.], Gaslit Nightmares 2, 1991). Gautet denies stabbing the woman on the slab. Why, he never saw her before in his life! The many witnesses who claim they were lovers are mistaken. Convinced of his guilt, still the Magistrate has little hope of a successful prosecution until he commands the accused to place his fingers against the corpse's bruised throat ...
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Post by helrunar on Mar 17, 2024 15:26:16 GMT
This latest facétie from John Linwood Grant brought a smile this morning:
Canon Foxthrup, that sainted adjunct of Bunbury Cathedral, was peering at a small slice of commercial fruitcake one afternoon when his associate Mr Bettleworth strode excitedly into his rooms. “I say, Foxthrup,” the visitor began, without preamble. “What is this I hear of an encounter between your friend Monty and a ‘thinking machine’ at college? The canon removed what may or may not have been a sultana from his confection — there were rather too many flies around — and placed it in his waistcoat pocket for later dissection. “It is hardly a thinking machine, Bettleworth,” he responded. “But rather an overcomplicated abacus which I understand the manufacturers wishes to call an IA, or Intelligence of Artifice. Some refer to it as a Lovelace Engine.” Mr Bettleworth looked puzzled. “Why such an odd nomenclature, pray?” “After Ada Lovelace, an industrious lady who undertook and publicised quite complicated computational work on Mr Charles Babbage’s behalf.” “Good heavens! Is that suitable work for a woman?” “As opposed to drinking gin from a tin mug, and asking ‘Want to see what I got for tuppence?’ on street corners?” “I take your point.” “So,” continued the canon, “The master, being a ‘modern’ chap, arranged a demonstration of this Lovelace Engine, convinced that it could produce passable prose. Dear Monty enquired, mildly, if he might be allowed to suggest a prompt. The master agreed; the machine was wound up and set to work.” “With astounding results?” “Hardly. Monty came away quietly triumphant, as I expected.” “How so?” “He requested that the IA produce a short story — one which involved a scholar delving unwisely into the life of a 15thC bishop. He stipulated only that late at night, the scholar should find a spectral hand at his shoulder.” His friend frowned. “That seems simple enough. What happened?” “Oh, the machine chugged and whirred for some minutes, and then with a frustrated grinding noise, it spat out a single length of paper tape which said only: “You+bastard+James+you+know+I+can’t+do+fingers!” And thus it was that Mr Bettleworth left the canon’s rooms that day bowed deep in thought — or possibly just bowed under the weight of Canon Foxthrup’s mercurial mind…
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Post by helrunar on Mar 16, 2024 15:15:15 GMT
Hope you can find it. I see a 1966 Collins original printing on Abe priced at close to $300 which, to me, is absurd and jaw-dropping. No sign of the Fontana pb.
cheers, Hel.
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Post by andydecker on Mar 16, 2024 13:08:19 GMT
Another one I have on my list for ages.
I only read one or two of Level's stories, among them "The Last Kiss" in Michel Parry's More Devil's Kisses. I liked them a lot.
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Post by dem bones on Mar 16, 2024 13:02:25 GMT
The quality has been decent to date, no complaints from me. Worst I've had was a truly dreadful Ghost Stories Jan 1927 facsimile from Gwandanaland. However, I'm deeply grateful to the same publisher for the Horror Stories: Sept 1937 - Weird Tales: Dec 1928 double he knocked out as Classic Horror Pulps: Volume 1 (he's since fallen into dispute with Am*z*n who have removed all his wares). Amos Sewell George Edson [Paul Ernst] - The Cross of Blood: A curse was on the Layton blood, and fear in the Laytons' eyes. Was it a Layton who prowled the hallways, marking his victims with the bloody cross?. Thirty years ago, Kurt Gilder, hurt in love, was committed to a Madhouse for the mutilation murders of old man Layton and his brother, John. Now - someone or something - has revived the maniac's campaign against both the family and their domestic pets. Suspicion first falls on Grandma Layton, found crouching over the corpse of her son, except she dies in bed that same night. Could it be Jaffray the butler, a squat hunchback with a massive head and weird yellow cats eyes. Surely he must hate everyone normal-looking? And what's with that creepy kid, Conrad, always first to a murder scene "like a foul little ghoul defiling the sanctity of the grave." Robert Freeman, recently engaged to Christine Layton, resolves to unmask the culprit - but could it be the butcher is his own sweetheart? I never regarded Ernst as a shudder pulp author - he cut out once they entered their mindless sadism for its own sake years - but this is terrific, not least for a denouement outrageous even for Terror Tales. In memory of Charles Black. Five years ....
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Post by andydecker on Mar 16, 2024 12:56:10 GMT
This is an impressive work. So much work done, exhaustive interviews, fotos, illustrations, trivia.
Here on the continent I got a PoD edition, which is diappointing, to put it mildly. Copy center quality which you have to handle very, very careful.
Due to one of those coincidences both Hellraiser: Revelations and Judgement were on tv this week, so I watched them both for the first time.
You were kind in your review, David. Take a random episode of Supernatural, and it will be better produced, directed and written than Revelations. A waste of time, this movie.
As with other Phantasmagoria Special Editions I thought the reviews the weak point, though. With a few exceptions as noted I thought them mediocre to pretty bad. Also I missed a comics section. From Marvel's Epic Comic to Seraphim.
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Post by dem bones on Mar 16, 2024 12:12:37 GMT
Maurice Level - Thirty Hours with a Corpse and Other Tales of the Grand Guignol (Dover, 2016) Josef Fenneker [attributed] The Dance of Death, 1919 Introduction by S. T. Joshi
The Debt Collector The Kennel Who? Illusion In the Light of the Red Lamp A Mistake Extenuating Circumstances The Confession The Test Poussette The Father "For Nothing" In the Wheat The Beggar Under Chloroform The Man Who Lay Asleep Fascination The Bastard That Scoundrel Miron The Taint The Kiss A Maniac The 10:50 Express Blue Eyes The Empty House The Last Kiss Under Ether The Spirit of Alsace At the Movies The Little Soldier The Great Scene After the War The Appalling Gift Night and Silence The Cripple The Look The Horror on the Night Express Thirty Hours with a Corpse She Thought of EverythingBlurb: Characterized by gratuitous acts of brutality and surprise endings, these tales of obsession and violence are the creations of a twentieth-century French writer whose works were staged by the legendary Théâtre du Grand-Guignol of Paris. The precursors of modern thrillers and slasher films, these stories have been specially selected for this edition and introduced by horror specialist S. T. Joshi.
Thirty-nine conte cruel ("cruel tales") include "In the Light of the Red Lamp," in which a husband's photographs of his dead wife reveal a deeper tragedy; "Fascination," the tale of a morbid passion that develops when the narrator, determined to stay at home, shoots his mistress for the sake of peace and quiet; and "The Bastard," concerning a father's suspicions about his son's paternity. Other stories include "The Taint," a view of infanticide as mercy-killing; "The Test," in which an accused murderer is forced to reenact his crime; and "A Maniac," recounting a thrill-seeker's ghoulish impulse to witness death-defying stunts gone wrong. The Debt Collector: ( Crises, 1920). Ravenot, ten years a model bank employee, steals 200,000 francs which he entrusts to a lawyer before surrendering to the police. Five years later, on this release from prison, he calls to collect his fortune. The Kennel: ( Crises, 1920: Hugh Lamb [ed.], The Man Wolf & Others, 1978). A lover suffers a heart attack in Madame de Hartevel's bedroom. Her husband acts decisively to prevent a scandal. As admired by Charles Birkin, who included his own version in The Kiss of Death. Who?: ( Crises, 1920). A memento mori atop the doctor's bookcase briefly takes on human flesh! Weeks later, an agitated young man is admitted to his consulting room. The Doctor recognises his face as identical to that of the apparition. Illusion: ( Crises, 1920). A suicidal beggar, weary, destitute and freezing, is adamant that, given the choice, he would taker an hour of true happiness over riches and luxury. Wandering the street, he meets a poor soul in even worse circumstances than his own ... TBC
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Post by dem bones on Mar 16, 2024 12:11:08 GMT
Andy Sawyer [ed.] - Ghosts & Scholars #46 (Haunted Library, March 2024). Jim Pitts: The Fenstanton Witch. Photo: Caroline Mosely, Talking Terror Andy Sawyer - Editorial Jamesian News Tony Laverick - Notes & Queries; A Neighbour's Landmark Rick Kennett - Jamesian Podcasts 19 Rosemary Pardoe - Lady Waldrop's Notes
fiction Victoria Day - Professor Gill's Tale; or, the Ossuary Patrick Petterson - Aunt Rosemary's Christmas Card Colin Westney - Charlotte's Story
Articles Edward Stuart Johnson - Why Does Giovanni Have long Nails? Interpreting Clues in Lost Hearts Caroline Mosely - Talking Terror: A Celebration of M. R. James.
Reviews Daniel McGachey, on Helen Grant, Jump Cut (Fledgling Press, 2023) Rosemary Pardoe, on Ghost Stories of M. R. James (Tartarus, 2024) David Harris, on Paul Finch [ed]., Terror Tales of the Mediterranean (Telos, 2023) Benjamin Harris, on Sheila Hodgson, Stories I Have Tried to Write (BBC Audio, 2023) Andy Sawyer, on Peter Bell, Hauntings: Tales of Supernatural Dread, 2023) C. E. Ward, on Lot 249; A Ghost Story For Christmas, (BBC 2, 24 Dec. 2023)
Arrived this morning. Wasn't expecting a copy until Easter at earliest. Particularly pleased to have a new Victoria Day story to look forward to. Comments/ "review" over coming week or so.
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Post by andydecker on Mar 15, 2024 18:07:00 GMT
Been ordering them via (spit) Am*z*n.uk. As I write, they're up to #7 (March 1935) — still a long way to go until Donald Graham takes his bow. Wonder if they'll get around to Horror Stories? It pays to keep an eye on the prices, as they've been known to fluctuate wildly (anything from £7+ to £19+ per issue). Found them. Thanks. Seems I looked under the wrong tree. Nothing under 20 Euros here for what I guess will be print on demand. (As far as experience goes; they don't mark this seldom.) Too much for this kind of quality.
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Post by andydecker on Mar 15, 2024 18:02:59 GMT
Cemetery Dance Magazine – Issue 71 (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2014) Cover: Alan L. Clark
Contents: Bentley Little – In the Room Simon Clark – Sacred Duty Darrell Schweitzer – Odd Man Out Christopher Reyna – A Million Miles From Graceland Jack Ketchum – Gorilla in My Room Sean Manseau – An Authentic Nicole Freres Daniel Braum – The Green Man of Punta Cabre Colleen Anderson – The Collector Eric Red – Colorblind Deborah Kalin – Teratogen Joel Lane – Quarantine Taylor Grant – The Infected Blake Crouch – Perfect Little Town Cemetery Dance Reviews Feature Review: Mr. Mercedes by Stephen KingStill published after all this years, the Ebook editions are way behind the actual issue which is currently announced as #79 sometimes in 2024. This one is a All Fiction Special Issue from ten years ago, so doesn't qualify as "new" horror. Considering the wasteland cover art has become in the last decades, editor and publisher Richard Chizmar still invests in this. I browsed only a few stories which seemed to be rather of the "quite horror" category.
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Post by dem bones on Mar 15, 2024 11:51:03 GMT
Love Sewell's artwork. Hidden nudity in plain sight, drooling old perverts of course in wheelchairs, inbred hillbillies decades before Deliverance, square-jawed heroes ready to bust all shackles and some heads ... all in one picture. Where do you get these facsimiles?
Been ordering them via (spit) Am*z*n.uk. As I write, they're up to #7 (March 1935) — still a long way to go until Donald Graham takes his bow. Wonder if they'll get around to Horror Stories? It pays to keep an eye on the prices, as they've been known to fluctuate wildly (anything from £7+ to £19+ per issue).
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