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Post by kingstownted on Apr 15, 2013 20:48:25 GMT -5
It's been a long and winding road to finally reach a Jack Ketchum spotlight episode but here we are. The history of the podcast has tracked our exposure to Ketchum's adaptations with varying reactions and the question is do we recommend his work? Well, the answer is a qualified yes in that one must be psychologically prepared for the journey he takes the reader / viewer on. Whether you are a fan of Ketchum or not, it can't be denied he is capable of generating a response from even the most hardened genre fan. As we have previously discussed several of his film adaptations in the past already, our approach was to discuss the remaining films Red (2008) and Offspring (2009), additional novels including Off Season and Cover, and provide the segments from our prior episodes where we discussed The Girl next Door, The Lost and The Woman. Clips sound like a bad thing but they amount to only a quarter of the episode and provide a glimpse into the past (going all the way back to episode #24). For those who wish to skip around: The Girl Next Door 58:28 to 1:17:23 The Lost 1:17:23 to 1:27:23 The Woman 1:27:23 to 1:36:05 Our last segment features a few more comments on Evil Dead 2013 and The Walking Dead, as well as a pair of recent UK horror comedy outings: Inbred (2011), where the title pretty much sums things up, and Sightseers (2012), Ben Wheatley's quirky but wicked follow up to Kill List. The Ketchum experience may have been a bumpy ride but he is a genre voice which puts us to the test with smartly developed and real characters often reduced to humanity's most primitive and deplorable self. As always we welcome your comments: horroretc@gmail.com Voicemail (206) 337-5324 |
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Post by nicolecushing on Apr 16, 2013 16:52:54 GMT -5
Excited to see a Ketchum episode. Ketchum is most definitely a horror author (he was named a Grand Master of the 2011 World Horror Convention). Stephen King has called him "the scariest guy in America" and he was kinda/sorta the protege of Robert Bloch. While the majority of his work falls into the non-supernatural end of the spectrum, I have read a few supernatural short stories in his collection PEACEABLE KINGDOM. Years ago, back when I lived on the east coast, I heard Ketchum speak at a meeting of the Garden State (New Jersey) Horror Writers. Back in October of 2011, I interviewed Ketchum (I was doing a special series of blogs about his classic Halloween short story, "Gone"). Here's a linky-link to my interview, for the edification of yer listeners --> nicolecushing.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/horror-as-the-literature-of-loss-an-interview-with-jack-ketchum/ |
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Post by Stuart on May 21, 2013 6:33:33 GMT -5
Just a few words on Sightseers and Inbred. Both are very “modern British” and might be an acquired taste, especially for those outside the UK and Ireland. Sightseers is very understated. Personally, I found it to be less enjoyable than Kill List and I’d be wary of recommending it. On the other hand, Inbred is a gem. Even though it’s little more than a collection of horror movie clichés, and the humour is a collision between Monty Python and League of Gentlemen, it’s executed with gusto and bucketloads of gore.
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Post by kingstownted on May 21, 2013 19:31:37 GMT -5
I agree with you about Sightseers Stuart. It is difficult to describe how it plays and even more difficult to recommend it as it has such a distinct flavour. Have you seen the trailer for Wheatley's latest A Field in England? It carries on his tradition of difficult to describe films.
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Post by Stuart on May 23, 2013 2:07:45 GMT -5
The trailer doesn’t give much away. That might be a good thing but it isn’t really selling me on the movie.
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