MONSTER MASH

New issue of COLLECTABLES TRADER magazine (Jan-March 2012), featuring my article on 60s monster movie memorabilia, is now on the newsstands...

HIP POCKET SLEAZE REVIEW

A new review of HIP POCKET SLEAZE has now been posted on the Polari Magazine website at: POLARI MAGAZINE - HIP POCKET SLEAZE (Review)

HUMAN CREEPY CRAWLIES

Survived a midnight viewing of Human Centipede 2 - nice to see a horror sequel try something a little different, a brave play on the percei...

THE BOOK SHOW

My recent appearance on ABC Radio National's The Book Show , discussing Hip Pocket Sleaze and the vintage paperback genre, is now avai...

MAIL-ORDER MYSTERIES

MAIL-ORDER MYSTERIES: REAL STUFF FROM OLD COMIC BOOK ADS! by Kirk Demaris ...

X MARKS THE SPOT

Really enjoyed Jon Hewitt's new film X , an intense, violent erotic thriller set in the seedy underworld of police corruption and the re...

ED WOOD PAPERBACK EXHIBITION

Sounds like this would be well worth checking out if you are in the New York area over the next few weeks... ED WOOD'S SLEAZE PAPERBACKS...

HELLO DOLLY

HIP POCKET SLEAZE REVIEWS

A couple of early reviews for Hip Pocket Sleaze : It's hard to believe time really happened; under tall oaks the text-covered leaves... ...

MANSON MADNESS

My review of the tacky 1970 Manson-inspired paperback The Hippy Cult Murders now posted over at Headpress as the first instalment in their ...

42nd ST SLEAZE

Check out Mitch O'Connell's blogger page for some absolutely incredible, vintage photos of New York's 42nd St in it's sleazy...

JFK

Have had several new reviews (written under my 'Graveyard Tramp' pseudonym) posted over at DVD HOLOCAUST , including my latest on fo...

HIP POCKET SLEAZE is now available via Amazon US: ORDER HIP POCKET SLEAZE Was delighted to see it hit #11 on Amazon's Best Sellers in Bo...

THE REAL DIRK DIGGLER

Finally caught up this morning with The Real Dirk Diggler: The John Holmes Story (actually a UK doco from 2000 originally titled XXXL: The ...

VALE JIMMY SANGSTER

Was saddened to hear of the passing of screenwriter Jimmy Sangster at the age of 83. Best known for his work for Hammer Film Productions in ...

HIP POCKET SLEAZE Now Available!

New from Headpress: HIP POCKET SLEAZE The Lurid World of Vintage Adult Paperbacks by John Harrison drugs incest witchcraft and more.... Your...

THE SHRINES OF PHILLIPA BERRY

Phillipa Berry is a Melbourne based artist whose passionate admiration for personalities who exist primarily on the fringes of cinema and ro...

BLUE DEMON

A few great vintage 1960s Mexican comic books featuring the adventures of their beloved masked wrester/film star, the Blue Demon!

CAPTAIN AMERICA

Thought Captain America: The First Avenger , while hardly anything ground-breaking or visionary, was a solid and fun comic book movie, one ...

BLAZING COMBAT!

A peak at my little collection of vintage 'war stuff'....always loved a good Sat afternoon war movie matinee as a kid, followed by a...

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

As a big Apes fan and collector since I was a kid I thought Rise of the Planet of the Apes was an enjoyable enough film, solid without bein...

THE GREEN SLIME

1968/Directed by Kinji Fukasaku I’m sure I wasn’t the only monster-loving kid on the verge of puberty who was entranced by the cover art for...

ARTISTS & MODELS

Had to send off to Italy to get a copy of this 1955 Jerry Lewis/Dean Martin combo on DVD, but it was worth the effort. Directed by Frank Tas...

FROM THE VHS VAULT...

SAVAGE STREETS (1984 CBS/Fox) Directed by Danny Steinman Along with Chained Heat (1983), the trashy, violent vigilante flick was responsibl...

HIP POCKET SLEAZE UPDATE

Publication date for Hip Pocket Sleaze grows slowly but surely nearer. Hopefully I should be seeing a pdf proof of the final layout in the ...

COFFIN JOE

THE STRANGE WORLD OF JOSE MOJICA MARINS Directed by André Barcinski & Ivan Finott Brazil/2001 Though somewhat short on length (an extra ...

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS

Was quite impressed with Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class , a cool reboot/prequel with a 1962 setting that gives it a nice James Bond...

COLUMBO VS MANSON

COLUMBO: THE HELTER SKELTER MURDERS by William Hartigan (1994 Forge/USA) One of the more bizarre pieces of Manson related literature publish...

INSIDIOUS

Thoroughly enjoyed James Wan's Insidious , a refreshingly non-gory horror film that mixes elements of The Exorcist , The Amityville Horr...

DEADLY EARNEST!

For Aussie folks in Melbourne...can't wait for this! And at the grand old art deco Astor, only 10 minutes walk from me...this screening ...

NEW REVIEWS POSTED

Some new reviews have been posted over at DVD Holocaust, including the following (click on the titles to access the review): HELL DRIVERS HI...

MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT

As with Scary Monsters and Little Shoppe Horrors , it's always great to see a new issue of Monsters from the Vault sitting on the rack...

DOWN IN THE LAB

A pic of my latest completed model kit - Revell's reissue of the classic Aurora Monsters of the Movies Frankenstein Monster from the ea...

COLLECTABLES TRADER

Below is a sneak peek at the first couple of pages of my article on Batman memorabilia, which will be published in the upcoming March 2011 i...

DVD HOLOCAUST

A couple of my new reviews have recently been posted over at DVD Holocaust, check 'em out at the following links: FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC V...

HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP

1980/USA/Directed by Barbara Peeters It’s not too surprising that Humanoids from the Deep would prove to be one of the bigger hits of prod...