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• Book Review: Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth by Kim Paffenroth

  The PC bigotries of academic film books, from their pretentious vapidity to the political showboating.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on Sep 27, 2006

• DVD Review: Blood Relations

  Gruesome brain torture doesn't save this cheap suspense/noir film.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on Aug 05, 2006

• DVD Review: Invasion of the Flesh Hunters

  Italian cannibal film with a Vietnam War subtext.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on Aug 02, 2006

• Movie Review: Hollow Man

  Why does invisibility turn people into serial killers?

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on Jun 09, 2006

• DVD Review: The Devil's Nightmare, aka The Devil Walks At Midnight

  If you like succubi - and who doesn't? - you'll like The Devil's Nightmare.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on Jun 08, 2006

• Movie Review: Curtains

  A slasher film that offers profound insight into fame, celebrity, and "making it" in Hollywood.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on Jun 07, 2006

• Movie Review: Theater of Blood

  Vincent Price hams it up in this wicked-fun black comedy.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on Jun 04, 2006

• Movie Review: Nadja

  There's enough fatalism, pessimism, and gloom in this horror-art film to delight a whole mausoleum-full of Goths.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on Jun 04, 2006

• Film Festival Mistakes to Avoid: Lessons From the Tabloid Witch Awards

  In reviewing entries for the Tabloid Witch Awards horror film contest, I see the same recurring mistakes.

  Opinion by Thomas M. Sipos — on Jun 01, 2006

• Movie Review: Mulholland Drive

  This is a common Lynchian theme: The innocent who is drawn to dark strangers living corrupt lives under the Disney-fied surface of Americana.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on Jun 01, 2006

• Book Review - Ten Years of Terror: British Horror Films of the Seventies

  There's meat, and blood and guts and gore. This is a beautiful book, hugely glossy, lavishly illustrated, in resplendent color.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on May 29, 2006

• DVD Review: Shadow of the Vampire

  Vampires are usually depicted as either alluring romantics or repulsive beasts. To his great credit, Dafoe successfully blends the two personas.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on May 17, 2006

• Book Review: Cinematic Hauntings

  Intelligent and informative essays on key ghost films.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on May 11, 2006

• DVD Review: Blood - The Last Vampire

  The Girl With No Name is a laconic vampire hunter in this beautiful, haunting anime.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on May 11, 2006

• Book Review: The Night Stalker Companion

  A well-structured chronicle of the rise and fall and afterlife of Carl Kolchak, a hard-boiled reporter who investigates supernatural and extraterrestrial crimes.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on May 08, 2006

• DVD Review: End of Days

  Schwarzenegger battles Satan in this horror-action hybrid.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on May 07, 2006

• DVD Review: Embrace of the Vampire

  Some inside scoops on this Alyssa Milano nudie flick. But I kept my clothes on.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on May 06, 2006

• DVD Review: Starship Troopers

  This is 9/11 satire shot pre-9/11.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on Apr 25, 2006

• Book Review: Tales From the Crypt: The Official Archives

  Definitive history of this horror phenomenon grapples with censorship and art's influence for good or ill.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on Apr 23, 2006

• DVD Review: Hell Night

  Yet another slasher film, but Linda Blair and Peter Barton lend depth and sympathy to their characters despite some hokey dialogue.

  Review by Thomas M. Sipos — on Apr 21, 2006