Dario Argento

Despite wild sex and human blood, Kiss of the Damned fails to satisfy

Flick Pick: Kiss of the Damned

You Don't Scare Me

From Cujo to Precious, five tragedy-porn books and the films they inspired

In author Sapphire's new novel, The Kid (a semi-sequel to Precious -- the Hollywood adaptation of her '96 novel, Push), we are treated to another relentless marathon of abuse, rape, failed dreams and unsettling conclusions. "Commercial media looks at things in terms of heroes and villains," Sapphire ... More >>

Trey Spruance of Secret Chiefs 3: "I started studying the musical systems of antiquity to try to understand what made them tick"

Secret Chiefs 3 (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) is the brainchild of Trey Spruance, whom you may know from Mr. Bungle. With Secret Chiefs 3, Spruance seemingly follows every musical idea he can think of down every rabbit hole imaginable. Along the way, he has learned to play a plethora of exot ... More >>

Dissonance in Design

Neurotransmitting an Epiphany
Self-released

Top five shocking secret snacks of a food writer: Busting the disgusting

​We all have super-secret snacks that taste straight righteous to us, but would send other people scampering to discharge their tummy floaters into the nearest lavatory. Munchies so bizarre and immoral that a food writer hobnobbing with the gentry, sipping champagne and spearing delicate bits ... More >>

Black Swan is all about penetration, blood and psychosis

Flier of the Week: The Other Russia at Rex Lounge

Click to enlarge​If this week's top flier pick is any indication, The Other Russia is a scary place. At least, it's a scary place in a kind of slightly campy, '70s horror movie lobby poster way. And it in no way hurts that The Other Russia would be a great name for a '70s horror movie. It loo ... More >>

Oh, the Horror!

Over the weekend: Butthole Surfers at the Ogden

Butthole Surfers, Psychic Ills, Circle Number DotFriday, October 9, 2009Ogden Theater, DenverBetter Than: The flash freezing going on outside.Circle Number Dot, who opened this show, didn't sound like they got much more than a mere line check before hitting the stage. It was initially hard to tell ... More >>

The Mother of Tears

Dario Argento caps off his horror trilogy with horrific parody.

Summer Movie Preview

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain.

Juno

Teen pregnancy, hilarious and sweet, in the indie-licious Juno.

Slow Crash

Slow Crash

Larimer Lounge

Greetings from Toronto ...

Where old masters, drunk teenagers, and Asia Argento make the fest's first week a blast.

Abracastabya

The Black Sheep

Odd Band Out

Murder By Death's funereal tune marches to a grisly beat.

Blood Brothers

Albert and Allen Hughes deliver a sensuous but grisly message From Hell.