Lollipop Magazine

Coroner’s Corner – Column

November 8, 2002

Giallo means yellow, which was the dust jacket cover of a genre of lurid mystery novels that thrilled Europeans in the ’60s and ’70s. These stories were famous for their twists, quirky characters, suspense and more importantly, their controversial doses of sex and violence.

The Blair Thumb – Review

August 2, 2002

As our little thumb friend says, “We’re in the woods… and there are sounds… in the woods.” That basically sums it up.

Thumb Wars – Review

August 2, 2002

Created by Steve Oedekerk, this 29-minute filmette pokes fun at all the quirks in Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back. With thumbs.

The Evil Dead: Book of the Dead – Review

August 2, 2002

If you polled film fans on their personal all-time top ten horror films on planet Earth, the vast majority would have The Evil Dead proudly included.

Suspiria – Review

August 2, 2002

I was mesmerized. The colors, the blood, and the music… I was haunted. No DVD collection is complete without this film.

Four of the Apocalypse – Review

August 2, 2002

Though it sounds like a war movie, this film is surprisingly a Lucio Fulci Spaghetti Western.

Cannibal Apocalypse – Review

August 2, 2002

A zombie gore-fest without the supernatural element. This 1980 film was released, minus mucho red stuff, in America as Invasion of the Flesh Hunters.

Coroner’s Corner – Column

August 2, 2002

Just when I think you’re done, Anchor Bay, you hit me with another pasta-land buffet of succulent splatter. My lid is off to you because not only are you releasing them, but you’re doing it right.

Coroner’s Corner – DVD Reviews – Column

April 19, 2002

If you’re not familiar with Argento’s films, here’s a great place to start. You get glimpses of his masterworks like Suspiria, Tenebrae, and Opera. You also get commentary from people like George Romero, Alice Cooper, and Keith Emerson.

Coroner’s Corner – The Joy of Inter-personal Mayhem – Column

April 19, 2002

Jugulars are splayed open, skulls are scalped in up-close detail, a bayonet is slowly pushed through a chest, a girl is stabbed and humped to death, a head is shotgun-blasted to chunky oblivion, a maggot-infested mother zombie gropes from her grave, and much more.