The Best Porno: A Review of “Last House on the Right”
First off, every Pure Taboo release has one title, but two short movies that loosely share a theme. That’s confusing, but so it goes. The opening…
What Men Want: It’s Not Just Sex, Power, Wealth, Vengeance, and Love
There’s a bad film called What Women Want (2000), where a man reads women’s thoughts, learns women are complicated, learns what attracts them to men,…
Spells and Shadows: An Interview with Justin Geoffrey
This Friday, Terror House Press will release its 33rd book: Full Moon Reaction by Justin Geoffrey, a humorous and dark examination of American…
Barry Desmond, Literature’s Original Incel? A Review of Barry Desmond is a Wanker by Martin Knight
Barry Desmond is a Wanker by Martin Knight (London Books, 2010) The most depraved book I ever read twice.” --- David Cameron With a resounding…
Reject Ambiguity, Embrace Action
Why is that no matter how passionately I feel about writing a novel, my inhibitions convince me I would sooner walk from Toronto to Montreal than…
Gentry: The Soulful, Sleazy Bureaucrat at the Heart of Drugstore Cowboy
Gentry: The Soulful, Sleazy Bureaucrat at the Heart of Drugstore Cowboy My time in the Army knocked the wanderlust right out of me. I understand…
Life Without Consequences: Why Escapist Comedy Depresses Me (and You)
The first film review I reviewed was It: Chapter Two (2019) because I’d been let down by that film so profoundly. On reflection, I understand why:…
Paranoia and Ennui: A Review of Under the Silver Lake
I would like to talk about Under the Silver Lake, the 2018 film whose release was slightly sabotaged by A24. It is a film that feels like it was…
Anaïs Nin Returns? Part 2
Return to New York War broke out in Europe in 1939, but one would hardly know that from reading Anaïs’ diary. In fact, it were as though the wars and…
Death in the Desert: A Review of Rhythm & Mucous by Mather Schneider
Rhythm & Mucous by Mather Schneider (Terror House Press, 2021) These poems are serious and playful; bitter and sweet: visceral poems, sometimes…
