Category: Features

Troubled Waters: Causeways of Shingle, Sand and Ice in Horror Fiction

Foggy Sea at Dawn

Over the last few years I have been increasingly drawn to stories about the water. I imagine this is partly due to the fact I live on the coast, with the sea a constant source of wonder and inspiration. Also in the process of writing my novel, Bodies of Water–out now from Salt Publishing–I spent …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/troubled-waters-causeways-shingle-sand-ice-horror-fiction/

Can I Play With Madness? A Look at Horror Collectibles.

Can I Play With Madness? A Look at Horror Collectibles. A fan’s love of the horror genre is usually shown via their extensive DVD or VHS collections, their breadth of knowledge—however obscure—or the classic posters that proudly adorn their walls. But there is another way of feeling more connected to the universes depicted on screen, …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/can-i-play-madness-look-horror-collectables/

Look Out For… The Fireman by Joe Hill and Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones

Look Out For… The Fireman by Joe Hill “An imaginative, sprawling, muscular beast of a novel.” Nobody knew where the virus came from. FOX News said it had been set loose by ISIS, using spores that had been invented by the Russians in the 1980s. MSNBC said sources indicated it might’ve been created by engineers at …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-fireman-joe-hill-mongrels-stephen-graham-jones/

5 Must Read Horror Articles 16 May 2016

Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: In Which We Answer Who, What, Where, and Why The Flying Eyes: They Fly, They Drip, And They Hate America Trapped on Tape: 10 Great Horror Movies that are …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/5-must-read-horror-articles-16-may-2016/

The Cutting Room – Blood Feast

Blood Feast

Fuad Ramses and his family have moved from the United States to France, where they run an American diner. Since business is not going too well, Fuad also works night shifts in a museum of ancient Egyptian culture. During these long lonely nights, he is repeatedly drawn to a statue representing the seductive ancient goddess …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/cutting-room-blood-feast/

Give it All You Got by Giving it Away: How the Gift Economy is a Great Model for Professional Writers

The primary school my daughters used to attend had a strict non-competitive sports policy. This made their annual sports day a tedious affair. The main part of the day involved a song and dance routine that all the children performed, in which they sang about the importance of ‘taking part’ and patted themselves on the …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/give-got-giving-away-gift-economy-great-model-professional-writers/

Look Out For… Bodies Of Water by V.H. Leslie and Smoke by Dan Vyleta

Look Out For… … Bodies Of Water by V.H. Leslie “V.H. Leslie is one of the most talented writers the genre has.” After ministering to fallen women in Victorian London, Evelyn has suffered a nervous breakdown and finds herself treated by the Water Doctors in the imposing Wakewater House, a hydropathy sanatorium. Years later, Wakewater …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-bodies-water-v-h-leslie-smoke-dan-vyleta/

5 Must Read Horror Articles 9 May 2016

Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: Revisiting Pet Sematary by Richard Chizmar Screaming in Your Living Room: How VOD is Changing the Horror Industry The Queen of Sheba Versus The Beautiful Menace From Mars: Joanna …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/5-must-read-horror-articles-9-may-2016/

The Legend behind Japan’s Suicide Forest

With Natalie Dormer chiller The Forest set to hit DVD in June, we take a look at the disturbing real life Suicide Forest in Japan that provided inspiration for the film. The Legend behind Japan’s Suicide Forest Every year, assembled groups made up of Japanese police and volunteers comb through the thirty-five kilometer expanse known …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/legend-behind-japans-suicide-forest/

Paul Pinn: A Tribute

I didn’t know Paul Pinn that well on a personal level; we met in person once or twice, spoke on the phone a handful of times and corresponded by email. He wasn’t much taller than me, as I recall, with long dark greying hair pulled back in a ponytail and a strong London accent. There …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/paul-pinn-tribute/