Balladeer’s Blog’s look back at 2019 continues with Halloween Month’s best:
THE MONKS OF MONK HALL – This eerie and macabre 1845 novel features human and supernatural menaces operating in 1842 Philadelphia. “Twin Peaks Goes To The 1840s” is how I describe this book, which was America’s best-selling novel before Uncle Tom’s Cabin. CLICK HERE
THE “RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY” DELUSION – Only fools think that they know what the final verdict of history will be regarding the times they are living through. CLICK HERE
KILLRAVEN: THE FINALE OF THE DEATH-BIRTH SAGA – The final two chapters of the most acclaimed Killraven saga of them all. CLICK HERE and HERE
THE WERWOLVES – An 1898 werewolf story from Canada. CLICK HERE
ROLLING STONE’S MATT TAIBBI – The journalist blasts the Democrats’ “permanent coup attempt.” CLICK HERE
MAD MAX (1979) – A lengthy review of the Mel Gibson/ George Miller post-apocalypse classic. CLICK HERE
THE COFFIN – The year 2000 graphic novel about a macabre, unliving superhero. CLICK HERE
CIA CRIMES – The disgusting past of one of the most loathsome American organizations in history. CLICK HERE
HELLRAISER: THE FOUR BEST MOVIES – My take on the four best films of this 10-film horror franchise. CLICK HERE
NPR/ PBS POLL – More respondents trust the Trump Administration than trust the media or Congress. CLICK HERE
CITY OF VAMPIRES – Paul Feval’s 1867 story of Ann Radcliffe fighting vampires. CLICK HERE
THE WRAITH – From 1941 it’s the ghostly superhero from beyond the grave. CLICK HERE
KAYLA MUELLER’S PARENTS ON TRUMP – Their comments HERE
SEVEN UNIQUE ZOMBIE FILMS – Not the usual depiction of the shambling, hungry dead. CLICK HERE
THE WOLF IN THE GARDEN – My review of this werewolf story set in 1790s New York State. CLICK HERE
STUDY: HISPANIC-AMERICAN BUSINESSES THRIVING UNDER TRUMP – The details on this story are HERE
LE DIABLE AMOUREUX – A review of the 1772 Gothic Horror novel about a female devil in love. CLICK HERE
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The Monks of Monk Hall sounds really really eerie.
In parts it is, yes.
The Monks of Monk Hall review was great! It’s great to learn about it but it sounds unreadable by modern standards.
Thanks. Yeah, I really meant it when I said it made Varney the Vampire seem focused and fast-paced.