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I think WIZARDS should be added to the list. Bakshi's attempt at sword/sorcery before he tackled the abomination that was HIS version of Lord of the Rings

Great video. I love the genuine answers. I also just wanted to jump in and say that I launched a new channel the other day, and you were the first subscriber to it, so thank you very much for supporting the Sword & Sorcery Book Club!

Lol, they have Pedro Pascal playing fricken Reed Richards. Why not top it off with RDJ as Doom right? Heh, in all honesty I'm not sold on any of the casting choices atm. I find it hard to believe Disney is going to risk an all out shareholder meltdown due to completely avoidable stupidity now that the veil of the _"Modern Audience"_ casting choices and script writing excuses are gone. At least I hope they won't continue the self-sabotage, though tbh, I think I'd rather they did go the RDJ route with Doom than Pascal as Richards as it is just so...not Reed. At all. In any way, shape or form, it simply doesn't work. Of course in a perfect world he (RDJ) would just cameo as Doom in something and not be a _main one_ in any of the movies which is what I think they are going to do, using the Ironman reveal as a _"Hah! We tricked you because we are smart. Yep."_ A straight up "Drax" or "Dale Gribble" way of going about things sure, but it's better than facing the alternative. ei. They really hate Marvel fans that much.

Please don't stop 'sorta just winging it'.

Love the way you ended this video. You are so original!

I like the way you flash the question on the screen instead of reading it off the list. I don't think I have ever seen anyone else do this and I think your way is so pleasant and quick while at the same time more relaxing for us views. Good explanations. I enjoyed your video.

Great answers, Bob. One of the reasons I like your channel is the diversity of things you cover in your videos.

I think we aren't getting the real Doom, some sort of Marvel twist i imagine

Marvel have, by and large, got their casting spot-on, I think, but I'll need some convincing that this one isn't a rare error. Over to you RDJ.

RDJ is a great actor but I’m not sure he can physically pull off the role. And god knows how they’re going to write this!

I had watched the movie so many times. Then when I read the book, I was struck with how much Polanski had changed the tone. I liked how he simplified the plot. I agree with what you said here.

The unbievable staying power of a series that only one season is a testament to the series. I wish a real fan would find a way to do an update and keep the energy of the main character and the series. The attempt at the remake was just too limp. I've been reading some Kolchak books and love them. Maybe a Grandson or Grandnephew with Kolchaks special spark. I want thar book, too. Thank you for sharing.

Is the 'Book Warehouse' the name of a used book store? Or is it literally a warehouse for suppliers? Great eclectic collection of books there Bob.

Weird Trails? Love the stories, love the drawing

A phenomenal film.

Some very nice footage of the cemetery there. I only visited it a couple of times, from what I remember public access was quite restricted for a while due to the amount of vandalism and desecration going on. A bit of trivia, a photograph of pillars in the Egyptian Avenue was used on the cover of Judas Priest's 'Sin after Sin' album. I remember reading about the case in our local paper, the 'Hornsey Journal', and asking my dad how far away the cemetery was, because although I had no actual idea of a Vampire's operating range, it was still a bit of a worry, albeit in kind of a good way... Great stuff as always, thanks for posting!

I remember this - great forgotten mag from the 70s - excellent artwork and stories. Thanks for posting 1:39

I don't think all tales are tales...

I hold Messrs Farrant and Manchester personally responsible. As far as the UK goes. Lol I too was a child of the 1070s. Happy times. And I lived just a few miles from Highgate Cemetery in neighbouring Islington. The counterculture movement of the era provided such a fertile ground for the imagination,; particularly with genre fiction.

I grew up in North London in the 60's and 70's. The local library wasn't up to much, but fortunately there was a good bookshop nearby, and Central London (Watkin's books, Foyles, the Swedenborg and Steiner bookshops, amongst many others) was easily accessible by public transport. There wasn't much of a 'Satanic panic' as I recall, (we somehow endured the spiritual peril threatened by Elton John and Hall and Oates) but I lived a couple of miles away from Highgate cemetery, and I remember there was a lot of concern about 'occult vandalism' and grave desecrations. This all came to a head with stories about a Vampire roaming the cemetery, which led to the police becoming involved to deal with local would-be Van Helsings who had taken to prowling about the place at night. The closest thing to a true 'panic' here was probably the the 'video nasty' hysteria of the 80's. I may be wrong, but I think The Exorcist was actually banned here for a while (or denied a certificate from the BBFC, which would amount to the same thing), and many films were bowdlerised to the point of incomprehensibility.

I enjoyed this enormously thanks so much! ✌🏽✨

Good stuff, loved the library story.

Great video, love the topic and information

I've always wondered by the Satanic Panic took place in the 80s and not the early to mid-1970s when the interest in the occult, black magic and witchcraft seemed to be at its height? I suppose it was to do with the prominence of the Moral Majority, but still the 1980s was a time of prosperity unlike the 1970s, which really was a decade in the doldrums.

After book ten it became 20 plus years of bad porn bad writing and her ridiculous 4 chapters of nothing but goddamn pandering and trying to decide who Anita is going to give head too and justification for her sex life because she's narcissistic enough to be insecure about her life decisions. And you call that GOOD writing Pfft your part of the of the problem

I wanna know why these make up artists make red things brown and totally wash out their own work...Hellboy is RED...he isnt brown!!!

Will add this to my list. I am reading The Adept by Kurtz right now. Nice song... great ending to the video

Angel Heart is Gold! My top Five films/want to read that M.Hall book.

With The Champions ITC TV show much in mind, I would also like to see Peter Saxon's Guardians pulp horror fiction series revived. Either as a new series of books or adapted for television. Preferably both. But I understand that attempts have been made to establish which estate currently holds the literary rights - given that Saxon was an umbrella pseudonym for a tight collective of writers. I'm a big fan of genre TV from the 1960s and 1970s. And we need something that might have met the joint approval of the late Lew Grade and Brian Clemens. And the Occult Detective subgenre is much overlooked by media execs.

As much as I adore Hammer's The Devil Rides Out, I would love to see a TV adaptation of Wheatley's classic novel. An episodic format would allow the screenwriter to incorporate a lot of the story elements that were previously excised due to budget and runtime restrictions. And we could have dramatic cliffhangers worthy of Classic Doctor Who. With Mark Gattis employed as both show runner and screenwriter. Who do you think could play de Richleau? Christopher Lee will always be my cinematic favorite. But my preference for the TV version would be Peter Capaldi. He matches Wheatley's physical description of the character. Close in age, too. At least in looks. Yet, with the youthful vigour required for action scenes. And yes, it needs to remain in period. Yet relatable to modern audiences. And produced with a mixture of modern CGI and practical effects. Yet not heavily reliant on the former. It should also go without saying that storytelling and direction must always remain paramount with such a production. Respect the source material! N.B. Some great suggestions, btw. You have a new subscriber.

A popular book this week! Nice reading Bob!

Beautifully read. This novel is deep, man. Deep.

My interpretation of the green eyrd girl: she is first introduced when Balkin is talking about familiars which are traditionally thought to take the form of animals but as we see Balkin is missing information and his literal approach to things backfires on him, and much like the book bider brothers are implied to be demons in human from to facilitate " the Game" what if the girl is a would be familiar spirit tasked with protecting the books and the game until someone solves it, but more than that what if she's part of the test? What if we look at the movie from a Left Hand Path perspective where Lucifer is a Promethean Rebel figure?( Which is already implied by the focus on the " Light "aspect, the biok opens with " Thus let the light shine" and one of the main differences between Balkan and Corso's ritual is Balkan does his at the stereotypical " spooky dead of night" while the movie ends with Corso walking into a light) what if Lucifer doesn't want just anyone, not a mindless sicophant like Balkan, he wants someone worthy, so he makes their would-be familiar their last test, in order to put all the prices together , you have to make her like you? That's why the moment she anounts him is when he shows her compassion and loyalty unprompted. After all it was her who told him that the nineth engraving was a forgery. Do it ends up being Corsco who gets the ultimate price because he wasn't blinded by power or simpering devotion, and now he and his assigned familler get to live the high life in each other's compy forever after. Also another peice of supporting evidence , the familiar never does anything unprompted, he has to ask her, and if he says something like " stay here" that's usually when bad stuff happens to him because she was told not to interfere. The same thing happens when he talks her to pick for him. She can't. All she can do until the contract is signed if hint and help him only in ways she's asked to.

I went to see the film when it came out with my girlfriend, who, unbeknownst to me, had a morbid fear of pigs. It was a memorable evening, as you might imagine. I remember the old part work magazine, The Unexplained, did a distinctly sceptical piece on the case. I haven't read the book, so I was wondering...?

Might be ready for there to be a weak connection to the spool or glitchy tape jamming at the end... Be more comfortable when you give a follow-up vid without a weird shadow person vaguely visible in the background, though.

Glad to see some vinyl thrown in there. Stones over Beatles all day long. Ha! Have you ever heard the 60s band Coven? Figured you probably have but just in case.... czcams.com/video/piMk0TP914k/video.htmlsi=pDuFnKweUzqWKC4O

Wait. No Hawk the Slayer?

Will take your recommendation. Hopefully still in the theater late July/August

I've been reading a lot of negative comments on this movie. The movie hasn't come out yet and they cut it down. Give it a chance. Looks like a kickass movie. I like the darker look about it. Looks like a thriller, not cartoonish.

Your videos are awesome

Any place you go for your finds?

Was the end of the video directed by David Lynch?

Great list❤ ! I have read most of them and they are indeed in my top 10 too . The Devils Rides Out by Hammer such a great and fun film and It introduced me to Christopher Lee 🖤, I need to get a hold of that book 😊.

Hawk the Slayer, where?

I like the review 🙌🏼 keep coming with vids and quality content (:

Wow that first edition with the sleeve is very nice !

🌹💙 “The Sorrows Of Satan,” by Marie Corelli, originally published in 1895. It was a best seller for the times, and the book inspired many movies in the early to mid twentieth century. I purchased a 1920s edition in the mid 1970s at a used book sale for .25 cents. Darkly Blessings! 🕯️🙏

Great list! I am still looking for Hell House in my country. I rate The Shining as Stephen King's scariest book, great choice. I read The Devil Rides Out last year and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Good list Bob. I’m going to have to run down The Devil Rides Out. That looks like a rewarding read!

🌹💙 Thank you for sharing this. Some of these I’ve never heard of, some I wouldn’t think they were better than the movies. Darkly Blessings Occult Detective! 🕯️🙏