Monthly Archives: October 2016

…to all my readers. May you have many treats and no tricks. Here’s your starter for ten:-

A review of The Night Clock that originally appeared in Black Static #52 as part of a feature on Paul Meloy:- FRACTURED REALITY: PAUL MELOY A history lesson – 1997 was an important year for TTA Press. With its first … Continue reading →

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Last for the month of October, anyway. Jennifer’s Body (2009) Cheerleader Jennifer is possessed by a demon when a rock band sacrifice her to the devil in return for fame and fortune, and she starts eating boy students at the … Continue reading →

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #9:- The Painted Man by Graham Masterton (Severn House paperback, 218pp, £10.99) Talented artist Molly Sawyer finds that her drawings of roses come to life, but before she and her psychic mother-in-law … Continue reading →

I suspect that for many this film will be as hard a sell as the house itself.

Three films with ‘Haunt’ in the title, and all watched comparatively recently. A Haunting in Massachusetts (2014) This is a curious film, and nothing at all like the spooky, children in peril flick suggested by the illustration on the DVD … Continue reading →

Below are reviews of four novellas published by Spectral Press that originally appeared in Black Static #48. NB: Subsequent to problems at Spectral Press at the start of the year, three of these novellas are now published by Snowbooks. SPECTRAL NOVELLAS … Continue reading →

Three more graphic novels read recently:- Constantine the Hellblazer Volume 1: Going Down Written and illustrated by Diverse Hands This volume collects together the first six issues of DC’s 2015 relaunch of the character. Having never read any of the … Continue reading →

I once answered the door to some trick or treaters while this was playing on the stereo. I think they were impressed.