The Top 10 Best Horror Collectibles You may remember that we recently ran a piece about horror toys and collectibles (if not, go read it here) and in it we promised to run down what are, in our opinion, the ten best collectibles out there. So, in no specific order, here they are: Jaws: Orca …
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The Cutting Room – Mr. Mercedes
Mr. Mercedes centres on a demented killer who taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again. Brendan Gleeson plays Detective Bill Hodges, a retired cop who is driven …
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Why Let The Right One In is the Best Vampire Story of All Time
Why Let The Right One In is the Best Vampire Story of All Time With the influx of glitzy overly-romanticized vampire books, movies and television shows—True Blood, Vampire Diaries, and everyone’s favorite sparkling diamond-esque vampire flick Twilight to name a few—I think we’ve lost sight of the disgusting horror that is vampirism. Drinking blood is, …
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Child’s Play: Entry Level Horror Films for Children
Child’s Play: Entry Level Horror Films for Children You may have read that a US school teacher in Tennessee was recently suspended for showing his class the horror film Human Centipede 2. His reasons may have been pure—he claims he wanted to show them what to do if you’re bullied (er, sew people together, ass …
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Look Out For… Earth-Bound & Other Supernatural Tales by Dorothy Macardle and My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Look Out For… Earth-Bound & Other Supernatural Tales by Dorothy Macardle “Earth-Bound & Other Supernatural Tales is an intriguing, interesting and timely reissue.” Originally published in 1924, the nine tales that comprise Earth-Bound were written by Dorothy Macardle while she was held a political prisoner in Dublin’s Kilmainham Gaol and Mountjoy Prison. The stories incorporate …
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Blind as a Bat Outta Hell: Why We Don’t Need Another Jeepers Creepers Sequel
Blind as a Bat Outta Hell: Why We Don’t Need Another Jeepers Creepers Sequel In 2001, the face of modern horror cinema changed forever when American Zoetrope in association with Myriad Pictures and Capitol Films released Jeepers Creepers. Featuring virtually unknown actors, the film garnered several Saturn Award and International Horror Guild nominations, eventually raking …
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The Cutting Room – Cargo
Cargo tells the story of a father who, stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic and infected himself, desperately seeks a new home for his infant child and a means to protect her from his own changing nature. Why we’re looking forward to this: Though the zombie genre has arguably been …
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Troubled Waters: Causeways of Shingle, Sand and Ice in Horror Fiction
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 …
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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, …
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