Zine Update

The first issue of Nightmare Town, the journal, is about to see the light of day. Issue #0, the preview issue, is thirty-six pages of film, book, and music essays and reviews. Included are lengthy pieces on:

The Seven Stigmata of Guillermo Del Toro by W. S. Gregory

Love, Death, and Coming of Age: Hellboy by Lisa Moore

Michael McDowell's Dark Currents: The Blackwater Series by Lynda E. Rucker

The Kramers v.s. The Brood by Lisa Moore

Also included is an excellent examination of the classic Japanese horror film, Kwaidan, by Scott McMillan, a look at the Lone Wolf & Cub graphic novels by David J. Schwartz, and Dean Sharp's Sonic Doom! Plus a bunch of short reviews and a little something called Under the Influence, wherein two inebriated movie watchers try to make sense out of the travesty that is The Butterfly Effect.

Interested in a copy? You can place an order now by emailing me at:

nightmaretown@gmail.com

The first issue is free, though subsequent issues (the next one won't be out until late-spring) will cost a small amount.

Film Reviews Update

A bunch of my most recent reviews have gone live over at the excellent Images web site. A few Japanese yakuza and exploitation films, Yasujiro Ozu's splendid masterpiece Floating Weeds, and the low-budget, black & white adaptation of the cult classic oddity that is Wisconsin Death Trip. Check 'em all out:

http://www.imagesjournal.com/2004/reviews/Wisconsin/

http://www.imagesjournal.com/2004/reviews/sada/

http://www.imagesjournal.com/2004/reviews/floatingweeds/

http://www.imagesjournal.com/2004/reviews/hasebe/

http://www.imagesjournal.com/2004/reviews/battleswithout/