Month: May 2025
From the brilliant and twisted mind of manga artist Shintaro Kago, a new collection of short stories rife with skin-crawling suspense, visceral body horror, and pitch-dark humor. In 2018, manga artist Shintaro Kago made his English debut with Dementia 21, a collection of absurdist manga short stories. Readers found themselves delighted and disgusted by his
To me, the greatest American rock and roll band will always be The Cramps. Led by singer Lux Interior and guitarist Poison Ivy Rorschach, draped in vintage Frederick’s of Hollywood outfits, fueled by their schlocky B-movie obsessions, and lyrics brimming with enough double-entendres to make Mae West blush, the Cramps delivered a masterclass in glorious
The Ugly Stepsister (2025) is Norwegian writer and director Emilie Blichfeldt’s debut feature that combines a reworked fairytale with stomach-churning body horror while satirising the appalling steps women must take when gaining a wealthy husband is the highest aspiration a woman could have. This Cinderella tale is shown from the point of view of Elvira