The Night They Missed the Horror Movie

September 2, 2004 1:39 PM

Stories by Joe R. Lansdale If you're a fan of Joe Lansdale (or wonder who came up with the idea for Bubba Ho-Tep), this site's for you. A different short story is posted every Thursday. Most of the stories are from his early years.
posted by joaquim (6 comments total)

Highly recommend Two Bear Mambo and Mucho Mojo and pretty much the entire Hap Collins-Leonard Pine series. Man, can Joe write a fight!
posted by geekyguy at 1:49 PM on September 2, 2004

eh, bubba ho-tep was pretty lame, as a movie at least. good acting though.
posted by bob sarabia at 1:55 PM on September 2, 2004

Though Bubba Ho Tep wasn't that great, Lansdale has written some terrific stuff. Thanks for the link!
posted by dobbs at 2:53 PM on September 2, 2004

Bubba Ho-Tep was enjoyable schlock but certainly not high cinema. 81% at RT.

I was disappointed with the disjointed unbelievability of The Drive-In but really enjoyed the Hap-Leonard series. Worth looking at.
posted by geekyguy at 2:54 PM on September 2, 2004

...or wonder who came up with the idea for Bubba Ho-Tep

There's no wondering necessary. Lansdale, and only Joe Lansdale, could have come up with Bubba Hotep. It's so Lansdale it's more Lansdale than Lansdale ;-) And how can Bruce Campbell as Elvis not be classic?

Fiction and film aside, I'll always associate Lansdale with Western Horror comics and Jonah Hex (with artist Timothy Truman). Here's some (relatively) new stuff. And this always reminds me of John Findlay's Texarcana; if you like Lansdale, you'll probably get a kick outta Findlay.
posted by Shane at 8:00 PM on September 2, 2004

Loved Bad Chili. Good stuff. As one of my writing exercises, I've been trying to write some Western horror, albeit without much luck...
posted by Samizdata at 11:35 PM on September 4, 2004