Explanation is the Death of Horror

Birds of Prey (2020): [Cast and Crew] : Fun outing dominated by Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn, the best thing about 2016's misguid...

Joker (2019): based on characters and situations created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Jerry Robinson, Alan Moore, Brian Bolland, and others; ...

Batman: Gothic (Deluxe Edition) (1990/ Collected 2015): written by Grant Morrison; illustrated by Klaus Janson: Writer Grant Morrison...

John Constantine Hellblazer: Empathy is the Enemy : written by Denise Mina; illustrated by Leonardo Manco and others (2006): Scottish noveli...

I Wear the Black Hat (Grappling with Villains Real and Imagined) by Chuck Klosterman (2013): The always entertaining pop-culture essayist K...

The Dark Knight Rises : written by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, and David S. Goyer; directed by Christopher Nolan; starring Christian ...

'V' for Vendetta : written by Alan Moore, illustrated by David Lloyd (1981-89; collected 1990): Now that V's Guy Fawkes mask has...

The Raven , 'inspired' by the poem by Edgar Allan Poe, written by David Boehm, Florence Enright, Michael L. Simmons, Dore Schary, Gu...

The Saga of the Swamp Thing Volume 5 : written by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, Rick Veitch, and John Totleben; illustrated by Rick Veitch, St...

Batman Unseen ; written by Doug Moench; illustrated by Kelley Jones (2007-2008): Throwback to Moench's 1990's and 1980's work on...

The Doom That Came To Gotham ; written by Mike Mignola and Richard Pace; illustrated by Troy Nixey, Dennis Janke, and Dave Stewart (2000): F...

Book Beast House by Richard Laymon (1986): I've generally enjoyed the late Laymon's horror stories when I've come across them in...

Books: Under the Dome by Stephen King (2009): At 1072 story pages, Under the Dome is King's longest novel since the complete and unexpur...