Stephen Graham Jones

“pitch-perfect noir tale of love and revenge” and more, more, more. too cool.

Richard Thomas does a close read / excellent write up of It Came from Del Rio, over at The Nervous Breakdown.
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SAW 3D status-sized review: best installment in the series in a while, now. Story’s tangled, sure, but not AS tangled. 3D’s fun, but not MY BLOODY VALENTINE fun. Gore’s over the top, Rube Goldberg’s working overtime from the grave, Jigsaw’s forever, but, all that aside, I’m finally getting a sense of this franchise: it’s caper movies bloodied UP as horror. And completely fun for that reason. Very recommended, even if the open…

So, I saw that Paul Tremblay and Jesse Bullington threw down the seventy-four movie gloves, so I made up a list last Wednesday, then promptly blasted off for Minnesota without posting it, only just now remembered, thanks to Travis Hedge Coke’s list of ten. Also, I really wanted to read their lists, but really didn’t want to steal from their lists. So, as soon as I post this, I’m tabbing over, inhaling a hundred and fifty-eight titles. See what-all I missed (ahem: Pan’s Lab…

(Fun and Gore, really)

Horror movies, for all their excess and transgression, are every bit as rulebound as the romantic comedy. Maybe even moreso. This Night of the Demons remake is no exception. There’s the big rules that have to be followed, like punishing the stupid: those who think having a Halloween party at the local scary house is a good idea. And there’s the smaller dynamics, like making sure the character peddling drugs doesn’t get out without paying, in blood.

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The goats of morning, I remember them well.

New interview over there. Click click.

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supersweet. held this first and onliest copy in my hands today. soon there will be more. click the images for full-sized.

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Author-type photos:
snaps. though these are all ancient, from sites and sites ago. fresher stuff’s likely on facebook.

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man, I’ve had people do illustrations for my stuff before, and had people send me CDs of music they’ve made based on my stuff (which rocked), but never audio, like, augmentation like this. also, win a DEMON THEORY.…

Full jacket here tomorrow, hopefully.

And, yes, in case you’re wondering, this may, in the complete and total history of book covers, be the coolest. just saying.

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