Episode 314 – The Horroretc Book Club 6

[jprmorgan]

Welcome to the latest convening of the Horroretc Book Club. Our appreciation of genre literature has been well established and are very pleased to share another collection of recommendations and reviews from not only our own libraries but from the community at large. We have a great mix of audio and written contributions that span a wide range of subject matter and authors.

Opening up the floor we discuss some picks from our own book shelf, this time focusing on the compilation, reference and essay format. Some key recommends include the Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies, Shock Cinema, the Eyeball Compendium, Beyond Horror Holocaust, Killing For Culture, and 200 Alternative Horror Films You Need To See. Things move on to listener picks which span everything from Doc Savage battling King Kong, the S&M themed Nightwhere, Feed, The Descent, Proof, Red Shirts, Cthulu Mythos, Summer of Night and even Enders Game. There are many graphic novel suggestions as well that allowed for some commentary on the comic options seen at Fan Expo and thoughts on recent reads that had not been shared on the podcast yet.

Of course there are the usual tangents that took us from Machete Kills to Discovery Channel's faux Mermaid exposes, to reading in the bathroom. Thanks to all who participated in the Book Club, one of our favourite annual traditions. Special thanks as well to those who supported us through downloading the Poltergeist premium show as we explain exactly how that ended up saving us from a recent webhost outage.

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[franktesch1]

It was a good show

[hammerhead]

re:Sherlock. I don't think people were angry at you for not watching Sherlock, Tony (at least I wasn't). They were angry at you for not watching Sherlock and yet praising Elementary, which was an unabashed Sherlock ripoff, right down to casting Cumberbatch's role-sharing Frankenstein costar. Now that you've seen Sherlock, your opinion is informed and I don't think anyone would hold your own personal opinions against you, even if they disagree with them. Of course, if they still feel they must, you can tell them to post them on the forum and I'll deal with them.

[Jimbob]

Was the book Ted picked up Shock Festival by Stephen Romano? If so all the films and posters are all made up for the book, which suprised me when I realised it as I could have sworn I had seen a few of them on late night cable. I got the impression Ted had a similar experience. Great book.

[fatpie42]

Kinda confused to hear Tony saying that he didn't like season six. He queued up specially to see the first episode of season seven early. That feels like a very strange thing to do if you hated the entire previous series. You seemed more impressed by that episode than I was by far (though I suppose the buildup colours your judgement somewhat).

Whether you think Stephen Moffat's run has been perfect or not, it still feels like an enormous improvement on RTD's era. I'll admit that after series 5 I've felt a bit disappointed that, to my mind, the next two series didn't really live up to that promising start. Still, I'm enjoying more episodes than I'm disliking and getting a big buzz out of the series high points and overall I feel the latest three series have been head and shoulders better than the first three series.


Saw an episode of "Elementary" and hated it. Saw the first Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes movie and was fairly underwhelmed, though I suppose it was alright. It's all a matter of taste. But don't give up on Doctor Who just yet, eh?