Reviews

Book Review: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

Bio-engineered fantasy mystery takes a leaf out of Nero Wolfe

May 26

Book Review: Gorse by Sam K. Horton

British folklore suffuses this magical, historical fantasy

May 19

Book Review: Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio

Weird conspiracies on campus in this dark academic setting

May 12

Play Review: Blackeyed Theatre's Dracula

A sharply economical adaption of Stoker's original story

Apr 10

Book Review: Strange Pictures by Uketsu

Haunting illustrations are key to solving generational murders

Apr 9

Event Review: Kate Mosse – Unlocking the Secrets of the Labyrinth

A brilliant one-woman stage show weaving narrative and history

Apr 8

Book Review: The Deadly Percheron by John Franklin Bardin

A bizarre and deeply disturbing conspiracy upends the life of a New York psychiatrist

Apr 7

Film Review: The Monkey (2025)

Gore-galore horror comedy overflows with memorable deaths

Mar 12

Series Review: Severance, Series 1 (2022)

An astonishing original series which asks more questions than it answers

Mar 11

Book Review: Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida

Tenuous human connections form this warm and heartfelt Japanese anthology

Mar 10

Book Review: Dissolution by Nicholas Binge

A mind-bending science-fiction thriller with a pensioner-aged protagonist

Mar 7

Film Review: Nosferatu (2024)

An atmospheric and slightly terrifying remake of a remake.

Feb 5

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