More Gore Score: Brave New Horrors

by Chas Balun

The screen's most shocking horror films are analyzed here in this riveting compilation. Contains all new reviews of movies released since 1989, complete with a rating system, celebrity quotes and an index. Includes reviews for Silence of the Lambs, Night of the Living Dead, Child's Play 2 and many more.

Genres: Horror

101 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1995

About the author

Chas Balun was without a doubt a horror fan's horror fan. Renowned for his brutally blunt and profane in-your-face wildman writing style, wholehearted and unapologetic love for hardcore gruesome horror splatter cinema, and, most of all, his trademark savagely witty, sardonic, and unconventional iconoclastic perspective, Chas was a true cult figure of horror journalism with a strong and substantial fan following. Born in 1948 in Compton, California, Balun grew up as a hippie in the 1960s in Southern California. He wrote his first book "The Connoissseur's Guide to the Contemporary Horror Film" in 1983. Chas became a regular contributing writer for "Fangoria" magazine in 1987 starting with issue # 62. He achieved his greatest enduring cult fame with his fiercely caustic, outspoken, and opinionated "Piece of Mind" column in the spin-off publication "GoreZone." This column ran from 1988 to 1991 and was one of the most popular and beloved features in the magazine. Balun was the founder of his own self-published magazine "Deep Red" and the author of the novel "Ninth and Hell Street." Among the nonfiction books Chas wrote are "The Gore Score," "More Gore Score," "Horror Holocaust," and "Beyond Horror Holocaust." Besides writing, he was also an underground cartoonist, a graphic designer (he designed the monster for the 1991 Fred Olen Ray horror comedy "Evil Toons"), and a t-shirt designer. Balun lived with his wife Pat in his home in Westminster, California. Chas died from cancer at age 61 on December 18, 2009. Although he's sadly no longer with us, Balun's fiery love and unbridled passion for the horror genre shall continue to bleed on for all eternity in his exceptionally lively, funny, and always entertaining say-it-like-you-see-it writing.

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author did an impressive job here collecting all kind of shockers in one short volume. Alluring covers (e.g. Murder Rock by Fulci) and numerous movie stills of horror flicks make this book an absolute must have for everyday use. Highly recommended!

[Egghead · Rating 5 out of 5]

dick and poop obsessed
reviews of fresh chunkblowers
still entertaining