Creator of the award-winning web series, Abnormal Fixation. One of the horror genre's "most widely read critics" (Rue Morgue # 68), "an accomplished film journalist" (Comic Buyer's Guide #1535), and the award-winning author of Horror Films of the 1980s (2007) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002), John Kenneth Muir, presents his blog on film, television and nostalgia, named one of the Top 100 Film Studies Blog on the Net.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Vern reviews Not Bad for A Human
At his blog, The Life and Art for Vern, the outlaw reviewer delves deeply into Lance Henriksen's new biography, Not Bad for a Human.
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What surprised me most about the book was learning what a crazy life Henriksen lived before he became an actor. I don’t want to give too much away, but he goes from a family of grifters to a Naval brig to being left in the desert for dead...
Be certain to read the whole review; it's a great one.
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award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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This was a very good book review. It's got me even more stoked for the biography's release. Thanks.
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ReplyDeleteI liked Vern's review a lot too. Not Bad is going to be required reading for all of us Lance fans...
best,
John
A solid review and I echo the sentiments here. I'm very excited about the publication.
ReplyDeleteVern points out the weight of the material and its focus and I'm thrilled to hear it.
Best, SFF