Monthly Archives: September 2015

It’s going to be zombie week here on Trumpetville, and we’ll kick off with an unwieldy mixture of fact and fiction. Back when Black Static was starting out, as well as the reviews I used to pad Case Notes with … Continue reading →

They were using this song as background in a DVD I was watching and I loved it. I then watched a load of videos on YouTube and realised that I didn’t care that much for the rest of the band’s … Continue reading →

Three films recently watched that all come with the “true story” tag line. Silkwood (1983) This is based on the story of Karen Silkwood, a union activist and campaigner who worked at a plutonium processing plant with somewhat less than … Continue reading →

Two reviews that originally appeared in Black Static #43:- RICHARD FARREN BARBER Steve, the protagonist of Richard Farren Barber’s novella THE POWER OF NOTHING (Damnation Books eBook/pb, 66pp, $4.78/$12.99), is a good guy. He’s interested in local politics and a … Continue reading →

Three remakes that I’ve watched recently. The Fog (2005) The ostensibly idyllic community of Antonio Island is beset by an unnatural fog, and lurking in the fog are malevolent spectres who kill the town’s inhabitants at will. It all goes … Continue reading →

A brace of reviews that originally appeared in Black Static #2:- ANTHOLOGIES: ANCIENT & MODERN Anthologies don’t sell according to people in the know, but still there are those who fly in the face of received wisdom and defy the … Continue reading →

I was planning to do the book list thing, but 1994 turned out to be a year regarding which my memory of who wrote the books I read is so poor that I was left fuming and with a wholly irrational … Continue reading →

The only Queen I give a shit about.

Random thoughts on horror films watched at random, or something like that. The Lair of the White Worm (1988) Directed by maverick Ken Russell and loosely based on a novel by Bram Stoker, this film stars Amanda Donohoe as Lady … Continue reading →