The Snarky Cats of Ulthar

At a time when the UK declared war on gory horror movies, Enid works as a censor, deciding what the viewing public can handle. Enid has experienced some real horror in her life - her sister Nina mysteriously disappeared when they were children. To make matters worse, she doesn't even remember exactly what happened. So, when one day she sees a movie creepily similar to what little she does remember, she becomes obsessed with finding its creator... Warning: this review contains  SPOILERS . We really wanted to like this way more than we did. It's like it had 3 different movies inside it: - a standard mystery with an unreliable narrator - a mystery with a surreal twist - a gory satire about all the moralising surrounding horror movies Judging by the ending, the last one was what the filmmakers really cared about. In a standard horror, Enid's final descent into madness would've been terrifying - here, it was something out of Tucker and Dale VS Evil . That wouldn't have

Robert E Howard’s Conan may be the most famous literary barbarian, but he’s not the only one - in the 1960s, prolific author Gardner F Fox published five books featuring Kothar, the Barbarian, which I’ve recently finished reading: - Kothar: Barbarian Swordsman    ●  The Sword of the Sorcerer    ●  The Treasure of the Labyrinth    ●  The Woman in the Witch-Wood - Kothar of the Magic Sword   ●  The Helix From Beyond   ●  A Plague of Demons -  Kothar and the Demon Queen - Kothar and the Conjurer’s Curse - Kothar and the Wizard Slayer The very first story, The Sword of the Sorcerer , introduced not only the titular barbarian and his world, but also three elements that would accompany him until the end: his magical sword Frostfire, a gift from the powerful dead sorcerer Afgorkon; his horse Greyling, given to him by Queen Elfa of Commoral; and the vengeful witch Red Lori, who was made a prisoner thanks to Kothar but is still able to influence his destiny. “Once, uncounted millennia before, a