Rocky Wood (1959–2014) was the fifteenth president of the Horror Writers Association (HWA). Rocky passed away as a result of complications from Motor Neurone Disease (MND), also known as ALS and Lou Gehrig’s disease, on 1 December 2014. He was first diagnosed with the progressive disease in October 2010. No one expected him to leave us …
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Jennifer Help Us “Jennifer Help Us is a story about a vengeful high school senior, whose violent kidnapping of a fellow student, collides with her town’s haunted house and its brutal past. The feature length movie was shot in the tradition of the late 70′s early 80′s style horror films.” Why we’re looking forward to …
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Look Out For… Feral Things by Erin Cole “A gripping horror thriller exploring the werewolf as protagonist rather than just a beast.” Terror has claws and sharp teeth, but horror breeds in loathsome minds. A monster possesses Jamie Fisher, one with claws and sharp teeth. After waking in the Nevada desert, not sure of who …
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Welcome once again to Must Read Horror. With Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Bonfire Night well and truly behind us, there’s only Christmas to look forward to this year. That, and four more editions of Must Read Horror. This week: Hellraiser – Making Beauty Out of Body Horror Noteworthy Performances in Horror: Piper Laurie in Carrie The …
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Big Driver Tess Thorne (Maria Bello), a famous mystery writer who gets sidetracked during a long drive home from a book signing. After deciding to take a shortcut, she becomes stranded on a lonely New England road when her tire blows out. Thorne encounters another driver (Will Harris) who turns out to be a serial …
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As we enter the run-up to Christmas, we’re all getting ready to see and hear the excited chatter of the nation’s children as they gradually get ever more stoked on the natural high that is the season. Letters will soon be sent off to Father Christmas, filled with the requisite lists of toys and (these …
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Look Out For… The Nickronomicon by Nick Mamatas “It’s a rare writer indeed who can write a Lovecraftian story that’s simultaneously funny and unnerving.” This vile tome collects thirteen blasphemous Lovecraftan tales of a certain scribe named Nick Mamatas. Warning: May contain shoggoths, martial arts, weirdness, Nyarlathotep, fish people from Innsmouth, and copious literary references. …
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Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. You want great horror articles? This is the place to find the best the web has to offer. This week: Summoning Darkness, Exuding Light: Remembering Dark Fiction Renegade, JF Gonzalez The Best Horror Stories For Children Revisiting ‘Salem’s Lot by Richard Chizmar The 10 Goriest Slashers of the …
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This week in The Cutting Room we’re looking forward to a collaboration between a couple of legends… The Sandman The Sandman tells the story of Nathan, a young student in the city who struggles to forget his childhood trauma at the hands of the serial killer dubbed “The Sandman”. Nathan killed The Sandman years ago, …
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Look Out For… Blood Crazy by Simon Clark “A wonderfully written, thought-provoking, and very dark novel.” It is a quiet, uneventful Saturday in Doncaster. Nick Aten, and his best friend Steve Price – troubled seventeen year olds – spend it as usual hanging around the sleepy town, eating fast food and planning their revenge on …
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