Book Reviews

Written by Nigel Wingrove, Marc Morris Published by FAB Press Publication Date: 2009 Format: Color – 160 pages Price: $34.95 Today I received a rather impressive collection book in the mail from the fine folks at FAB press. Now while it’s true that alot of cool books comes across our hands so that we can give em look and inform …

Can it be true? Is everything that we are fed not based on truth and does politics and agendas hold the real truth and motivation behind what we are led to believe? You betcha! Though those of us who are pro-active readers, have known that now for quite some time. However, its not too late to distill more facts and …

Ghost Prints by Jason Gehlert, Tammy Gehlert and Robert Milby Ghost Prints is a collection of short stories by Jason Gehlert. There are also a couple of stories and poems by Tammy Gehlert and Robert Milby; however, this review will just concentrate on Jason Gehlert’s contributions. “The Woodsman” is the first story in the book. A group of teens wandering …

Arrow Video, established in 2009, is one of the best video companies currently releasing our favorite films.  Their UK Region B Blu-ray’s of genre titles boast exclusive and in-depth extras not seen Stateside.  Cult Cinema – An Arrow Video Companion is comprised of 20 essays that have appeared in an Arrow Video release, and includes 10 new essays written exclusively …

Hardcover: 172 pages Publisher: Gingko Press Inc. Release synopsis: Zerofriends co-founder Alex Pardee returns with a collection of some of the most horrifying and iconic characters of film, video games and comics with Doppelgangers. The monograph displays a parade of serial killers, demons, aliens and psychopaths, from early Universal monsters in melancholy black and white to modern horrors captured in …

Blood and Rain By: Glenn Rolfe Samhain Publishing 196 Pages The sleepy small town of Gilson Creek is an idealistic spot for raising a family, community and harmonious unity. School is out and summer has merely began. While the residents plan to engage in plenty of rest and relaxation at on the beaches of Emerson Lake a most sinister transformation …

Undead L.A. Volume 2 By: Devan Sagliani Laughing Crow Media 121 Pages A collection of short stories with a central theme surrounding a post-apocalyptic realm and the city of Los Angeles. Fever Dream: Dora and Jamal two transients vie to stay alive in harrowing conditions. Black Crow Laughing: It’s true love when Tyler risks all for Emily. We Are the …

Death Do Us Part By: JG Faherty Samhain Publishing 66 Pages Vengeance never dies Art Stanhope believes he’s finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel. After his vindictive, manipulative wife Catherine sees her untimely demise he believes he can finally move on with his life. A new relationship and the family bond with his son he always …

Things seem to be going well for Olivia since taking down the evil and shady businessman Isamu Matasuki and taking over his company. She ends up selling Matasuki International to focus on a new business with her lover Brian and some of her best friends and she couldn’t be happier. Unfortunately someone connected with Mataskui comes looking for revenge and …

WARLASH: DARK NOIR No. 2 Written by Frank Forte Artwork by FRANK FORTE, ROYAL McGRAW, STEVE MANNION, NENAD GUCUNJA, J.C. WONG Cover painted by BRUNO WERNECK Published by Asylum Press Publication Date: 2008 Format: Color / B&w – 48 pages Price: $2.95 Warlash is back with a vengeance. Carrying over from last issue we pretty much have a full does …

Bearing the title “Global Weirdness“, you might mistake this for just another apocalypse-laden read. The book is created under the Climate Central group who (from the series of emails I received) are a group with a much needed concern for our planet’s direction. Not in the sense of politics, prophecy, or social agendas, but to simply alert us to what …

ZOMBIE AND POWER TOOLS I sit now, typing this review with smug satisfaction curling my lips into a smile. I’ve just finished reading Alan Spencer’s gore streaked zombie novel, Zombies and Power Tools, and I gotta say I’m impressed with his take on the walking dead. Mr. Spencer introduces us to a quiet little town and many of its inhabitants …

Scabs: The Gemini Exception By: Eric A. Shelman Dolphin Moon Publishing 367 Pages The world has gone completely awry. When the sun is out twenty four hours a day the average person is suspect to solar flares being the primary origin. It doesn’t take long to realize there is something most prominently apocalyptic at hand. Intense epidermis formations begin to …

“Extreme Cinema: The Transgressive Rhetoric of Today’s Art Film Culture” marks the next addition into the handful of books published on this category of film genre. The subject of extremism in films is by no means a new concept, but one that has gotten pushed from out from the purely underground circuit to new audiences with the emergence of new …

The Cabin in the Woods Official Novelization Author Tim Lebbon The novelization of the film The Cabin in the Woods written by Tim Lebbon. The basic storyline (without giving away any spoilers though I think anyone who would be interested in reading this novel has already seen the movie and knows what happens) revolves around a group of college students …