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October 6, 2016
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4 mins to read
“Martin has penned a tale of exceptionally unique vision and style, a darkly poignant story riddled with undercurrents of achingly seductive eroticism and temptation tempered by the threads of terror that permeate the book.” Anya Martin is something of a newcomer on the horror scene, but not a complete unknown. She’s been published in multiple …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-review-grass-by-anya-martin/
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October 5, 2016
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6 mins to read
“Very few other enterprises quite have as great handle on this aspect of horror writing as this periodical, and though there are the usual insightful columns, and reviews and interviews, it is the fiction which stands out in a publication full of highlights.” Horror is fast becoming a genre with very few set boundaries. It could …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-review-black-static-issue-54/
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October 5, 2016
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8 mins to read
Let’s get this out of the way right up front: I am a huge fan of Rob Zombie and Sheri Moon Zombie. My eight-year-old knows all the words to Dragula. I follow Sheri on Instagram and bought shirts from her short-lived Total Skull clothing line. I know they have a young teen daughter, are vegans, …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/31-lenses-the-appeal-and-evolution-of-rob-zombie-as-director-screenwriter-and-producer/
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October 4, 2016
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13 mins to read
What are your plans for Halloween? Perhaps you have been invited to a fancy dress party with your guy or ghoul (sorry, I couldn’t resist). Or maybe you will be watching your favourite scary movie, or binge-watching all of your favourites. What about the younger members of your family? Will they be trick-or-treating? Dressing up? …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/introducing-horror-to-your-little-monsters/
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October 4, 2016
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5 mins to read
Evan Peters! Evan Peters! That’s my hopeful chant heading into Episode 3. I know there is a good chance you’ve heard the rumors that there will be a “major twist” mid-season, and as unhinged but linear as the storyline has gone so far, that is a worrying thought. Approximately, oh, eighty plot threads have been …
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October 3, 2016
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4 mins to read
“Able to hold its own with other great coming-of-age horror novels.” The Awakening by Brett McBean is one of those books that gives the truth to the old cliché about never judging a book by its cover. It is reminiscent of the covers that proliferated during the horror boom of the 1980s. However, this novel …
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September 29, 2016
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15 mins to read
This is part two of Shane Douglas Keene’s interview with Josh Malerman. Malerman is the author of the breakout debut novel, Bird Box, and has stories published in the recent anthologies Lost Signals from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, and in Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories from Crystal Lake Publishing. He’s also got a story in the …
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September 28, 2016
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6 mins to read
“These stories and characters are sewn together to create one hell of an exquisite monster.” Ross E. Lockhart and Word Horde have a reputation for putting out some wonderful anthologies, among those are The Book of Cthulhu and Giallo Fantastique. Eternal Frankenstein shines alongside them with an intensely dark and beautifully macabre mix of tales. …
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September 27, 2016
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6 mins to read
So much optimism for the new season and second episode! Not for the characters, of course, they will all most likely and hopefully die a bloody death (Season 5 delivered a happy ending, this season owes us in blood). Optimism for gore and dirt and jump scares. American Horror Story has been incredibly shiny and …
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September 21, 2016
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13 mins to read
In last month’s column I looked at the birth of the black and white horror comic boom that began in the mid 60s and flourished until the early 80s. How it was started by Warren Comics, but spawned more than a few imitators, all of whom avoided the draconian Comics Code Authority because they were …
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