Sometime around 1983 I finally secured a copy of Stephen King’s Firestarter in the form of a dog-eared paperback barely held together by the binding. Upon opening the book for the first time, some of the pages at the front fell out of the book, and I thought about calling the library to explain what …
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“The book moves along at wild, almost chaotic speeds, hurling you into battle after battle with the blood-thirsty, eyeball sucking monsters” There have been a lot of creature feature type books reviewed here lately, and they’ve mostly been positive ones for the simple reason that they’ve all been outstanding books. Everyone loves a good, bloody, …
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Look Out For… Blighters by Tim Major “Blighters is a peculiar and somehow very British take on the alien invasion theme.” Them Blighters are everywhere. They fell out of the sky last year, great horrible armour-plated slugs with razor-sharp fangs. But ugly as they are, they give the ultimate high to anyone nearby: a blissful, …
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In this podcast Aaron Sterns talks about the Wolf Creek series, existential nightmares and screenwriting. About Aaron Sterns Aaron Sterns is the co-writer of Wolf Creek 2 (Best Screenplay Madrid International Fantastic Film Festival 2014), and author of the prequel novel Wolf Creek: Origin which has just won the 2014 Australian Shadows Award for best Australian horror novel of …
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Every so often something comes across the This Is Horror news desk that completely blindsides us, compelling us to dig a little deeper to discover the artists shaping the sights and sounds of our Horror experiences. Holly Francis is one such artist, and we are proud to get an exclusive with her to showcase a …
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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: 15 great horror films on Netflix 7 of Horror Director David Cronenberg’s Most Twisted Movies Save the Slashers: In Defence of 80’s Horror Movies The H Word: On Writing …
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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Dark Regions Press Release The Booking by Ramsey Campbell The long awaited novella by the veteran genre author, The Booking, was released this past Tuesday 12 July. Available as a special edition hard back from Dark Regions …
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Continuing on from our previous piece on early horror themes in video games, This is Horror moves on to look at how the creepy, the startling and the downright gory began to fill gamers’ screens as the 16-bit console and PC revolution firmly took hold. A New Age of Atmosphere Before the age of 16-bit …
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In this archival podcast Scott Nicolay interviews Gemma Files, author of the Shirley Jackson Award-winning novel Experimental Film. It was recorded on October 11, 2015 and originally aired on October 13, 2015. Show Notes Gemma Files goes behind the lens of her new standalone horror novel Experimental Film, its roots in her background as a film critic who has …
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A gruesome and bizarre romp about curious couples at a haunted sex club who find themselves imprisoned on a massive and massively evil mattress. Why we’re looking forward to this: Yes, it’s another one of those movies that part of you knows you really should avoid like the plague, but has such a preposterous premise …
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TIH 583: Jason Pargin on I’m Starting to Worry… In this podcast, Jason Pargin talks about I'm Starting to…
Look Out For … Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram "With this debut novella, Ajram delves into shadowy liminal spaces,…
News Round-up Week Ending 27 September 2024 Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news…
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