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Soul Pulp: Keller # 1: The Smack Man by Nelson De Mille (Manor Books, 1975)
Bloody hell. As if to demonstrate the scarcity of these ‘blaxploitation pulps’ in my collection, not to mention the frighteningly rabid conservatism prevalent in these ‘70s ‘men’s adventure’ series...
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For the past five years or so, I have been a reader of, and contributor to, the collective blog Found 0bjects, until recently located at http://found0bjects.blogspot.com/.Unfortunately however, it has...
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The Beach of Falesá by Dylan Thomas (Panther, 1966)
In honour of the fact that today is apparently International Dylan Thomas Day, I thought I’d take the opportunity to pull another recent acquisition from my ever-growing paperback mountain for your...
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The Adventures of John Carpenter in the 21st Century: Intro.
On Halloween night last year, my wife and I went to see John Carpenter and his band performing live at a large London concert venue. In spite of the obvious drawbacks that come with being inside a...
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The Adventures of John Carpenter in the 21st Century: Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Strangely enough, I’d pretty sure I actually attended the UK premiere of John Carpenter’s last Proper Movie to date way back in… 2001, I’m assuming? If I recall correctly, this event took place in the...
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The Adventures of John Carpenter in the 21st Century: Cigarette Burns (2005)
After effectively clearing his desk and waving goodbye to the Hollywood rat-race following the critical and commercial failure of ‘Ghosts of Mars’ in 2001, John Carpenter’s next directorial assignment...
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The Adventures of John Carpenter in the 21st Century: The Ward (2010)
Ok, so – let’s try to get this one over and done with as quickly as possible.2010’s ‘The Ward’ is, at the time of writing, John Carpenter’s most recent film as director. I haven’t had a chance to do...
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Four Rampos.
We return here to our old pal Edogawa Rampo, with four random entries from a long series of paperbacks collecting his stories, issued by Kadakawa Books during the 1970s. The superb cover illustrations...
View ArticleObjects Regained.
Further to my post last month regarding the disappearance of the Found Objects weblog, I’m happy to report that the blog now has a new home here, and that many old posts (including some of my own) have...
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Lovecraft on Film: The Dunwich Horror (Daniel Haller, 1970)
“They walk unseen and foul in lonely places where the Words have been spoken and the Rites howled through at their Seasons. The wind gibbers with Their voices, and the earth mutters with Their...
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Toei Trailer Theatre # 1: I AM THE WOLF MAN – PROUD AND GENTLE-HEARTED.
We jump here from Nikkatsu’s trailer department to that of their ‘60s rivals/’70s successors for the title of “Japan’s coolest movie studio”, Toei– basically just in order to give me an excuse to write...
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Deathblog: George A. Romero (1940 – 2017)
Like most people reading this I’m sure, I was saddened to wake up this Monday morning to the news that George Romero has passed away.Turning on the radio whilst I made my breakfast, I was slightly...
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Bloody NEL: Satan's Slaves and the Bizarre Underground Cults of California by...
"It happens. It has happened. It will happen again. The West has its spaces -- wide-open spaces. The fuzz can't be everywhere. The nearest police station could be a hundred miles away. A fire only...
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Ritual # 1.
Segueing neatly from last week’s post into a bit of shameless self-promotion, this seems a fitting moment to alert you to the fact that I actually utilised the previously quoted passage from ‘Satan’s...
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A Whole Different Ball Game: Thoughts on the Phantasm Series.
For no particular reason, August here on BITR is going to be Phantasm Month. After re-watching the five entries in Don Coscerelli’s long-running sci-fi/horror franchise recently, I have found myself...
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Thoughts on… Phantasm(1979)
By this point, I think I can say with confidence that Don Coscarelli’s ‘Phantasm’ is one of my favourite films. Of course I liked it a great deal from the first time I watched it, but it is one of...
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Thoughts on… Phantasm II (1988)
When I first ploughed my way through the sequels to ‘Phantasm’ a few years back, I enjoyed them all as entertaining, well-made horror/action/comedies full of cool ideas and likeable characters, but at...
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Thoughts on… Phantasm III (1994)
Inevitably, the challenge of weaving the murky sub-texts of death, bereavement and mental illness that underpin the ‘Phantasm’ mythos into the fabric of some fairly light-hearted, good-times horror...
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Interlude: Phantasma Apocalyptica.
Before moving on to part IV, I’d like to spend some time discussing one of my favourite aspects of the ‘Phantasm’ series, which I have only mentioned in passing in my earlier posts - namely the...
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Thoughts on… Phantasm: OblIVion (1998)
Whilst it takes a pretty determined miserablist to dredge up the unsettling sub-texts I have previously identified within the relatively upbeat environs of Phantasms II and III, the awkwardly named...
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