This month, it’s time to dim the lights and gather around the wireless for a midnight broadcast, as we look back on an age when some of the scariest stories ever written went out over the radio waves. When a whole nation was enthralled and appalled by Old Time Radio Horror. Old Time Radio, also …
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Book Review: Odd Man Out by James Newman
“In the end we all bleed red.” Summer, 1989, The Black Mountain Camp for boys should be a place to make friends, go splashing in the lake and sit around campfires and create those bonds and memories that could last a lifetime. Part of that is true, but the memories that revisit Dennis are not …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 12 December 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: Survivors Series Five Creative Team Talk An Interview With Jennifer Brozek Stephen Lang On His Don’t Breathe Role Rob Zombie Talks Unmade Movies Tad Raimi Talks About Reprising An …
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News Round-up Week Ending 9 December 2016
Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Award winning zombie movie Hell is Full now available on Amazon Written and directed by Steve Hodgkins, Hell is Full was included in Maxim’s ‘top 66 zombie movies you’ve never heard of’ and also won a Tabloid Witch …
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Book Review: An Other Place by Darren Dash
“The story was full of some very weird and unique ideas and Dash handles the world-building in a competent manner.” Although he may be better known as Darren Shan, author of many horror novels in the YA field, such as the ‘Cirque Du Freak’ series and ‘Zom-B’ series as well as numerous standalone novels, Darren …
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T.E. Grau California Signings This Weekend
Last week we released the tenth This Is Horror book, They Don’t Come Home Anymore by T.E. Grau, and this weekend he’ll be signing books. December 10: Los Angeles Signing The first signing is the official Los Angeles-area signing of They Don’t Come Home Anymore at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, on Saturday 10 December starting at 2:00 p.m. …
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TOD 006 Varieties of the Weird: A Panel from BizarroCon 2016
In this podcast The Outer Dark presents the “Varieties of the Weird” panel from BizarroCon 2016 in Portland, OR. The moderator was G. Arthur Brown, and the panelists were Kirsten Alene, Garrett Cook, Rios de la Luz, Kevin L. Donihe, and Michael Griffin. It was recorded live on Saturday November 19, 2016. The broadcast also …
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Look Out For … Slash of the Titans by Dustin McNeill
Look Out For … Slash of the Titans by Dustin McNeill “The story of one film, two horror icons and an army of screenwriters.” Slash Of The Titans, which is better explained by its subtitle The Road To Freddy Vs Jason, is the story of the ten years between the delicious tease at the end …
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Book Review: The Tired Sounds, A Wake by Michael Wehunt
“This book captures the dread of realizing a relationship is dying, or has been for quite some time, the regret while looking back on all the things ignored and warnings unheard though they may have been spoken quite clearly.” Lorne and Gwen are experiencing some serious marital problems that Lorne is intent on fixing, though …
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TIH 123: Writers’ Craft Talk: Writing Suspenseful Scenes with 16 Writers
In this podcast sixteen writers discuss techniques for writing suspenseful scenes. Contributions from Stephen Volk, Maura McHugh, Melissa Lason and Michelle Garza, John Skipp, Rebecca Jones-Howe, Rich Hawkins, Kristi DeMeester, J. Daniel Stone, Stephanie M. Wytovich, T.E. Grau, Lisa Mannetti, Paul Michael Anderson, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Philip Fracassi and Michael Wehunt. Show Notes [02:35] Stephen Volk …
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