One moment everything is fine – the next, everyone on Earth is dead. Well, not everyone. There are a few survivors. As this is a post-apocalyptic film, we have some of the […]
Reflections – I Saw the Devil (2010)
Soo-hyun is a happy man. He has a great job with the National Intelligence Service and a pregnant fiancé. Later one night, after getting off of the phone with her, he finds […]
Movin’ On Up – Gravel
In anticipation of Avatar’s planned relaunch of Warren Ellis’s Gravel, there was an entire series to go through first. Consisting of twenty-one issues, the first volume of Gravel presented three story arcs […]
Never Mind the Matches – Firestarter (1984)
Firestarter, based upon the novel of the same name by Stephen King, features Drew Barrymore in the lead role as the little girl who can start fires with her mind. Rounding out […]
Two Different Breeds – Ex Sanguine vs Undying Love
Sometimes all you need is a good piece of horror to consume. So when seeing the eye-catching cover to Ex Sanguine on the stand with two giant heads, one of a pretty […]
Otherworldly Vampires – Not of This Earth (1957)
The film opens and gets right into the action as a man attacks a girl and knocks her unconscious without even touching her. As she is on the ground, he drains some […]
Mad Scientist or Mad Scientist – The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
In a slightly different turn, Boris Karloff stars as the congenial mad scientist, or perhaps bumbling would be a little more apt. He calls to mind The Nutty Professor starring Jerry Lewis, […]
Two Different Tonics – Strange Killings: Strong Medicine and Necromancer
The next two chapters in the ongoing tribulations of Ellis and Wolfer’s combat magician, William Gravel are good, with one far better than the other. Strong Medicine has our hero looking into […]
Damned Kids! – Bloody Birthday (1981)
When a movie opens with ominous music, babies being born and an eclipse taking place simultaneously, you just know that nothing good can come of it. And such is the case with […]
Gravel, Teacher – Strange Killings: The Body Orchard
This series of Warren Ellis’s combat magician sees our hero in the wrong spot at the wrong time. Again. Seems Gravel just cannot keep out of trouble no matter where he goes. […]
The Telltale Mind 