Monthly Archives: January 2017

Some more films from Freeview 70 that I’ve watched recently. Out of the Dark (2014) Sara and Paul (Julia Stiles and Scott Speedman) move to Colombia, where she is to take over management of a paper mill owned by her … Continue reading →

Following on from last Thursday’s post, here is the second part of a feature on work written and/or inspired by Clive Barker that originally appeared in Black Static #53:- CLIVE BARKER (continued) In his 1988 novel Cabal Barker introduced us … Continue reading →

And again, I am pushed for time, so we’ll have a Bowie weekender. It seems appropriate to end our Bowie month with this late entry.

As far as I can recall, this was my first Bowie song, and it is still one of his very best.

Some more SH films that I have watched recently. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) The films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce were my first introduction to the characters of Holmes and Watson (I caught up with the books … Continue reading →

The first part of a feature on work written and/or inspired by Clive Barker that originally appeared in Black Static #53:- CLIVE BARKER Stephen King may have overegged the pudding when he said of a young writer from Liverpool, “I … Continue reading →

Another trip to the well…

Some celluloid interpretations of literature’s greatest detective that I have watched recently. Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear (1985) Directed by Barry Levinson and produced by Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, the conceit here is that the dynamic duo of … Continue reading →

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #29:- THE REVENANTS Geoffrey Farrington Dedalus pb, 245pp, £7.99 Farrington’s 1983 novel, reissued by Dedalus and with an introduction by Kim Newman, pretty much follows in the footsteps of Anne Rice, … Continue reading →

ITEM: Ah, 2016 it’s been three weeks now, and I’m not missing you at all. When you began, we all had such high hopes, given the many disappointments of 2015. There was the chance for great things, but I guess … Continue reading →