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Film4 FrightFest 2013, Main Screen Line Up & Times

FrightFest 2013

FrightFest is one of our favourite events of the horror calendar. Hot off the press is the full FrightFest 2013 line-up. Expect us to be talking about this right up until festivities kick off on Thursday August 2013. And with that said, here are the delights you can expect on the main screen. THURSDAY AUG …

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News Round-up Week Ending 28 June

Sleepers

Angry Robot announce new author Angry Robot have announced that they have signed up former Spin City actor Michael Boatman to a two book deal. Boatman will produce the novels Last God Standing (Spring 2014) and Who Wants to be the Prince of Darkness? (2015) over the next two years. Horror Channel go howling mad …

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R.I.P Richard Matheson: You Are Legend, 1926 – 2013

Richard Matheson I Am Legend

It is with great sadness that we write of Richard Matheson’s passing. Matheson was the author of I Am Legend, Hell House, The Incredible Shrinking Man, countless episodes of The Twilight Zone and many other seminal works including Duel, originally a short story which was adapted into a film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 24 June 2013

Welcome to this week’s edition of Must Read Horror, your one-stop shop for the best horror articles the internet has to offer. This week: Zombie Nation: A Gory History – From A to World War Z Horror Cinema’s Most Ridiculous Resurrections Horror Convention Questions Horror’s Conventions The Exorcist: The Real-Life Story Behind the 40-Year-Old Horror …

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David Moody VS Wayne Simmons, This Weekend

David Moody and Wayne Simmons

We announced our David Moody VS Wayne Simmons event a few weeks ago but have a few more details to unveil as we prepare for the big day. Firstly, anyone travelling from over 100 miles away can get into the event for free. We know that a lot of our fans travel from all over …

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News Round-up Week Ending 21 June

hellraiser

Film4 FrightFest 2013 Announces Open and Closing Night Films The opening and closing films of this year’s FrightFest have been announced. The Ford Brothers The Dead 2: India will kick off proceedings, while the UK premiere of Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado’s revenge thriller, Big Bad Wolves, will draw things to a close. All the …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 17 June 2013

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari

Welcome to Must Read Horror, the place to find the best horror articles of the week. Once again we’ve searched the internet for interesting and notable articles for your reading pleasure. This week: Through a Fractured Lens: German Expressionism Mood Lighting: Five Films to Prime You for The Purge Six Abandoned Asylums With Genuinely Chilling …

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David Moody VS Wayne Simmons, 29 June

Wayne Simmons David Moody Live

Coming to Esquire’s Coffee Bar, in association with Waterstone’s Coventry, This Is Horror present their most intense event yet. Kicking off at 7pm on 29 June, Wayne Simmons and David Moody invite you to an evening of readings, conversation, jokes (if your humour’s particularly dark) and an intimate insight into the life of the horror …

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News Round-up Week Ending 14 June

Afterlife with Archie

Archie Comics Kicking off a Zombie Apocalypse Storyline Roberto Aguierre-Sacasa has been hired to write a new comic book series entitled Afterlife with Archie, which will see the wholesome teens battling hordes of the undead in New York. This news follows Warner Bros’ announcement that a live-action Archie film, with a screenplay by Aguierre-Sacasa, has …

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Competition Time: Altitude Films Horror Bundle

Scream and Scream Again

Here at This Is Horror we have teamed up with Altitude Films, who have kindly provided a horror DVD bundle for one lucky winner. The bundle that they have thrown together includes the following films: – Black Friday starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi Madhouse starring Peter Cushing, Vincent Price and Robert Quarry The Raven …

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