SYNOPSIS: “Charly is an adult male with a cognitive disability struggling to survive in the modern world. His frequent attempts at learning, reading and writing prove difficult. His teacher, Miss Kinian, takes Charly to the clinic where he is observed by doctors who have Charly ‘race’ a mouse, Algernon. Algernon is usually the winner thanks to an experiment that greatly …

SYNOPSIS: Young Madeleine thinks there’s a man in the dark. Her mother doesn’t believe her, so she sets about to prove it with her Polaroid camera. REVIEW: There’s not a whole ton you can say in a review about a horror short that lasts only 5 minutes, but none-the-less this intriguing piece delivers on 2 common fears. One…someone or something …

SYNOPSIS: Disturbed entertainers Donkey Punch Disco and the Secret Mango take us through three tales of violence, comedy and feces situated in the Melbourne suburbs. The first story revolves around a disastrous party, the second is a tale of psychotic doppelgangers and finally we have a gory explosion of terror as an unlucky sleaze hound experiences painful tortures inflicted by …

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 …

SYNOPSIS: Three sisters, Teig, Sirah and Lily, steal a case full of heroin from Sirah’s drug dealing boy friend. Intent on staying out of sight until it is safe to approach a potential buyer, the girls hide out in their old family home, abandoned for 10 years. Two weeks turns into a lifetime when the isolation settles in to rattle …

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 …

Issue: Fisk: S.U.B.S.T.I.T.U.T.E. Hero #1 Writer: Dino Caruso Artist: Shawn Richter Publisher: Caruso Comics Release Date: 2010 Pages: 28 “Mr. Fisk braves a science lab full of dastardly duplicates in The Case of the Photocopy Clones.” Artwork: 3.5 out of 5 This is a good-looking black and white book, except for one thing, there is not really any depth too …

Synopsis: A mean-spirited theater director lures his troupe to an island whereupon he proceeds to scare them silly. 

SYNOPSIS: The Vatican Exorcisms was shot by Joe Marino, an American film-maker who went to Italy to shed light on the phenomenon of exorcisms. Accompanied by Padre Luigi, a true exorcist, Joe travels to the south of Italy, a place where the sacred and profane have always lived together, where Christian rituals are inextricably linked to the pagan ones.

SYNOPSIS: A group of hapless victims is invited to an island estate crawling with evil frogs. REVIEW: One of the most important things on Earth is nature. Without nature, we would have no chance of survival. We rely upon nature to live. As a species, we began as hunter-gatherers. We hunted the animals and gathered the plants. We breathe in …

SYNOPSIS: A series of corpse mutilations in hospitals around New York City prompt an anthropologist and her doctor colleague to investigate. The trail leads them to an Indonesian archipelago, where they rendezvous with Dr Obrero, who works there helping the natives. Not only do they encounter groups of roaming cannibals in their search, but it becomes apparent that the island …

SYNOPSIS:A group of Satanic hippies decide to hole up in a small town. It isn’t long before residents take notice of the group and their deviant behavior. A young boy decides to get revenge on the group the best way that he knows how, by feeding them rabies injected meat pies.  REVIEW:Directed by: David Durston Year: 1971 Starring: Bhaskar, Jadine Wong, Ronda Fultz, Arlene Farber, …

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 …

SYNOPSIS: Fearing the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on the man of steel, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs. With Batman and Superman fighting each other, a new threat, Doomsday, is created by Lex Luthor to wreak havoc on the globe. It’s up to Superman and Batman to set aside …

SYNOPSIS: When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman’s dreary home and no one will explain or even acknowledge the menacing woman in black he keeps seeing. Ignoring the towns-people’s …

SYNOPSIS: The author of a sexually-charged novel finds himself the object of affection by a deranged fan who kills people close to him.  REVIEW: I find it hard to believe that it has been 29 years since I first saw Dario Argento’s fifth giallo feature film which I had read about two years earlier in the pages of back issues …