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I'm sad to report that two BearManor authors passed away today. RIP, kind sirs.    

The Tom Weaver Sardonicus InterviewQ: Your newest Scripts from the Crypt book, #11, is Mr. Sardonicus. Is it safe to assume that you’re a fan of the movie, and that’s why you’ve made it part of your series? Tom Weaver: I’m a sucker for MOST of the old William Castle horror movies, and Mr. Sardonicus stands out from the pack because, in my opinion, it resembles an episode of TV’s THRILLER – another favorite of mine! A good, ghoulish story, with a period setting, a castle that might as well be in Transylvania – it grabbed me as a kid....

A little something from the Sardonicus book: In the Big Book of Horror Movie History, he’s one of the great “Horatio Alger figures”: Marek Toleslawski. A Central European peasant, born with bleak prospects in Gorslava, circa 1830. On the one-year anniversary of the death of his mother Maria, his father Henryk died, and Marek inherited the family farm. He worked hard, but every time he sold his produce in the city, all moneys went toward the purchase of more feed and seed grain. This led to quarrels between Marek and his wife Elenka, who wanted more from life than the...

Book review courtesy of James L. Neibaur Back around 1970 there was an informative book entitled Clown Princes and Court Jesters that offered chapters on lesser-known comedians of the silent era. This included some of the true pioneers of the moving image, such as John Bunny, Augustus Carney, and Max Linder. Author Lisa Stein Haven’s new book from Bear Manor Media explores the life, career, and tragic end of Frenchman Linder, citing his lasting significance to film history. Max Linder began in films in 1905, making him the first world-famous movie comedian. Writing his own scenarios early on, Linder’s comic...