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A Century Of Hitchcock: The Man, The Myths, The Legacy by Tony Lee Moral (book review).
It goes without saying that Alfred Hitchcock is still famous today as one of the masters of cinema. Films such as Vertigo, North…
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The Phantom Lady (1944) (film review).
There was a reference to this 1944 film in the box set of the ‘Phantom Lady: Collected Works’ comic book, so I decided…
September 2024
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The Penguin: Scarface meets Gotham in HBO’s new superhero saga (review).
The Penguin, HBO’s latest foray into Gotham’s delightfully grim underbelly, is a show that proves one thing: the only thing better than watching…
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Occult Detective Magazine Mythos Special #2 (periodical review).
‘Occult Detective Magazine’ usually has occult detectives but branched out recently with a Mythos special, featuring stories involving either Lovecraftian themes or tied…
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The Million Eyes Of Sumuru Extended Version (1967) (film review).
Two years before she performed in ‘The Girl From Rio’, actress Shirley Eaton starred in ‘The Million Eyes of Sumuru’, based off a…
February 2024
ReviewHorror
Occult Detective Magazine Mythos Special #1 (magazine review).
The editors of ‘Occult Detective Magazine’ usually steer clear of Lovecraftian themes because there are already plenty of venues for such fiction but…
January 2024
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Bootblack (New York Triptych) by Mikaël (graphic novel review).
‘Bootblack (New York Triptych)’ is a graphic novel set in 1930s New York and tells the story of a shoeshine boy and his…
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Occult Detective Magazine #10 (magazine review).
Here’s another edition of Occult Detective Magazine, the too-infrequent periodical dedicated to the heirs of Carnacki with stories that blend the fantasy and…
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The Missing Mummies: Jesperson & Lane Book 3, by Lisa Tuttle (book review).
The Missing Mummies’ is the third outing for the crime-solving duo Jesperson and Lane, set during the 1890s in England. Miss Diane Lane…
December 2023
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Wormhole by Keith Brooke and Eric Brown (book review).
‘Wormhole’ is an excellent cross-genre novel mixing Science Fiction and crime. It was jointly written by Keith Brooke and Eric Brown and came…
September 2023
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A Haunting in Venice: Mark Kermode’s cri-fi movie (film review).
Mark Kermode had arrived for film review time only to find that Kenneth Branagh, with a twinkle in his eye and a Poirot…
August 2023
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Mandrake, The Magician (film serial review).
Another 1950s series that seems to have slipped under the radar but is available in high-quality DVD is “Mandrake, The Magician,” adapted from…