The Wall Within: Divided Selves, Divided Cities in Possession (1981)

By guest contributor Adam Page There are some cities in the world that get inside you. I don’t mean in the tourist-brochure sense, like Rome seducing you with its golden light and self-satisfied beauty, but in the way a wound gets inside you. Berlin in 1981 was that type of city. You didn’t visit Berlin, […]

The “Sam Neill Goes Batshit” Trilogy: Why Omen III, In the Mouth of Madness and Event Horizon Define 90s Horror

By guest contributor Adam Page I want to start by addressing something that may seem like a ludicrous claim on its surface. I want to argue that Sam Neill, the charming New Zealander who played Alan Grant in Jurassic Park and whose default facial expression is a sort of warm, self-deprecating amusement, is arguably the […]

In The Mouth of Madness: Where Fiction Bleeds

By guest contributor Adam Page Let’s talk about dread. That particular kind which doesn’t make a fuss slamming doors or leaping out from closets. This one seeps. A feeling you get rereading the fine print on a contract you’ve already signed. That sense, creeping up your spine at 2am when you realise the map you’re […]