Welcome, welcome. And a merry, merry unbirthday to you, folks! I read some more horror books, so naturally it’s time to dig in. In this one we have a dark and satanic thriller masquerading as a classic detective noir, we’ve got a weird serial killer story with a beyond strange twist, we have Nazis being…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Alone with the Obscure and Empty Revenge Touches
I’m back y’all with another round of book write-ups on this kooky journey I’ve set out on. It’s been a fun one too. What I’ve determined after reading over a hundred of these books so far is that guess what? I LIKE HORROR FICTION, FOLKS! This is why it delights me to bring you another…
Knocking [Yellow Veil Pictures Blu-ray] Review
Knocking arrives on blu-ray courtesy of Yellow Veil Pictures, one of Vinegar Syndrome’s many partner labels. Molly (Cecilia Milocco) has just moved into a new apartment after an implied tragedy in her recent past which landed her in a psychiatric hospital for a stint. Not long after settling in, she begins to hear rhythmic knocking…
Cain and Abel [Kani Releasing Blu-ray] Review
Kani Releasing, one of the latest of Vinegar Syndrome’s partner labels, brings an unjustly neglected classic of Pinoy cinema to American shores courtesy of this spiffy new blu-ray in the wave of February 2022 partner label releases. Join me as we look at this bravura action melodrama from acclaimed director Lino Brocka. Lorens (Phillip Salvador)…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Shutter and Look Up Some of Your Elemental Bone Blood
In this batch o’ books, we have a couple of really great ones and the rest aren’t too shabby either. Thrill as cult writer Michael McDowell basks in the warm Alabama summer while bringing on the slow burn terror! Watch a Van Helsing with a camera take down some mean spirits! Feel the anguish of…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: A Sight for Dark Nests of Black Tom Tales
In this enticing installment of this seemingly neverending series I’ve gotten myself into we have a delightful back o’ books. First a deliciously dark psychological thriller in the guise of a love story from noted mystery author Ruth Rendell, then we settle in for a cold night out with Dark Matter before diving into a…
Ben Reads The Horror Classics: Lovecraft, His Spawn and Dark Fantasy Joyrides
This one’s got a big mammajamma entry in it. That’s right… I consumed the COMPLETE LOVECRAFT FICTION. Check it out below. Also in this batch is a collection of stories influenced by Lovecraft, a pair of horror tinged dark fantasies and the first in what I’m afraid will be many interludes of Goosebumps micro-reviews. For…
Koko-Di Koko-Da Blu-ray Review
Dark Star Pictures and OCN Distribution bring us the spiffy Swedish fantasy horror of Koko-di koko-da directed by Johannes Nyholm in a packed new blu-ray as a new entry in one of Vinegar Syndrome’s ever-growing partner label releases. Tobias and Elin (Leif Edlund and Ylva Gallon) are happily married and celebrating their daughter Maja’s birthday,…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: The Troop Sounds the Witching Horn
Welcome back for another enticing sandwich of fiber and justice! In this installment of the wildly popular and generations-defining feature Me Reads Horror Bookz, we have a boy scout trip gone horribly wrong, a strange tale of a Nazi-fueled alternate future with cat women, a massive omnibus of mostly classic ghost stories, a beautifully illustrated…
Ben Reads The Horror Classics: Ghostly Cellars and Vampiric Crones
When I first started this whole journey through a big ass list of horror books and started mentioning it to people, I inevitably received the response: “How can you read that much horror? Don’t you think you’ll get sick of it?” To that I say, of course not, silly goose! Sure if I stuck just…