http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2006 by the authors Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:11:06 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/09/27/030532.php#comment-448554 This article has been selected for syndication to <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/newslogs/bookreviews"> Advance.net</A>, which is affiliated with newspapers around the United States. Nice work! 448554@blogcritics.org Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:11:06 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/09/27/030532.php#comment-447783 I think the real problem, judging from the excerpts you've posted, is that Mr. Paffenroth isn't bringing out anything that hasn't been gone over a million times prior. The Dead series is one of the most (over)analyzed works in horror - hell, film - history. Not that it doesn't deserve that kind of close reading, but find a new angle or something if you're going to try and publish. And I dunno... I'm as hardy a gorehound as any, and I still admit that <i>The Passion</i> was absurdly violent. (I was inspired to rechristen it <i>Ichi the Jesus</i> upon leaving the theater.) Maybe it's not as sickening as the furthest reaches of the Italian-cannibal subgenre, but I'd say it's definitely got one over on both <i>Saw</i> and <i>Hostel</i>. But then, I thought the latter two were mostly bark and little bite. So there's that. 447783@blogcritics.org Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:47:01 EDT