“The House On Pine Street is a purposeful, slow burning film that has all the potential ingredients to be a taut, psychological/supernatural thriller…” Brothers Aaron and Austin Keeling’s sophomore feature is a psychological drama dressed up in supernatural clothes. It centres on the post-emotional breakdown mother to be – Jennifer (Emily Goss – An Emotional Affair). She’s reluctantly left …
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“Dark, funny, and a little out of the ordinary, you really can’t go wrong with Adam Howe’s collection.” A burned out boxer turned bouncer; an aspiring porn starlet with a heart of gold; a mythical creature that’s the mascot of a dangerous biker gang; a relentless killer squaring off against two dangerous brothers; a man …
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“Unquestionably one of the best supernatural chillers of its time.” Don travels back to his hometown in New England for the funeral his brother David, after he dies under strange circumstances on the day before his wedding to the ethereal Alma Mobley – a woman who Don himself had once loved. Arriving there he meets …
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“Readers are advised to get this book in their hands as soon as possible, as this may well be the best neo-noir of the year.” Ray Nelson punches his demons in the ring, taking in all the pain that comes his way. Underground fight clubs where the stakes are high and death on mat comes …
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“The Monstrous is one of the most impressive themed anthologies of the year, varied in terms of theme and style, but not in quality.” Monsters are a staple of the horror genre, with countless books serving up reheated stories of vampires, were-creatures and Cthulhu. But as you might expect from editor Ellen Datlow, The Monstrous …
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Fill the halls with screams of victims! Tra la-la-la-la, la-la-la-laah . . . Santa’s here! An axe he’s wielding! Tra la-la-la-la, la-la-la-laah . . . Yes, that’s right. Tis the time of year once more to be with all the family, to eat and drink enough to reach genuine physical discomfort, and to get scared …
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“A collection of stories on the loose theme of jeopardy; of risk and error and consequence on the part of the characters. But it is more than that.” During an interview for Geeks Guide To The Galaxy podcast, Kelly Link reveals how she and friends like to play a little game when they’re watching TV. …
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“An absolutely necessary read for anyone with even the slightest interest in the fantastic or the macabre.” This collaboration between two of Britain’s finest fantasy and horror authors, Kilworth and Holdstock, has long been hard to find: now, courtesy of Infinity Plus, it’s available as an ebook. Holdstock’s roots were in science fiction, but he’s …
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“They’re ridiculous and they shouldn’t be as effective as they are. But then again, perhaps that’s why some Video Nasties are still so fascinating to this day” To celebrate the Blu-ray release of Joe D’Amato’s legendary 1980 Nasty-piece, Anthropophagus (also known in some circles as The Savage Island, Zombie 7, and the shockingly, offensively fellatial …
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“The stories burrow under your skin, crawl back out again, and leave you playing with the wounds!” It’s been ten years since China Miéville’s first short fiction collection, Looking For Jake & Other Stories, was published. During the ensuing decade Miéville’s reputation as a novelist has grown from strength-to-strength, gaining him a mantle-load of …
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