Here’s a selection of some of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Secret Cinema Presents Showcases 28 Days Later Event The film that reinvented the zombie genre for today’s audiences, 28 Days Later, is coming to Secret Cinema Presents in a limited run in April, 2016. Danny Doyle’s …
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“Foster transcends comparison by a longshot with his own personal style while dispatching one of the most horrifying stories we’ve read in quite a while.” John C Foster’s latest novel, Mister White, is a strange hybrid rarely attempted before; a combination espionage thriller blended with hellish horror, heavy on the hellish horror. As strange as …
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In this taut psychological thriller by Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Jennifer’s Body), the tension is palpable when Will (Logan Marshall-Green, Prometheus) shows up to his ex-wife Eden (Tammy Blanchard, Into the Woods) and new husband, David’s (Michiel Huisman, “Game of Thrones“) dinner party. The pair’s tragic past haunts an equally spooky present: Amid Eden’s suspicious behavior …
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“A comprehensive volume that is even more than the sum of its parts.” We here at This is Horror described Cohesion Press’ debut anthology, SNAFU, as having ‘consistent quality and extraordinary variety’. It’s pleasing to note that this follow-up volume, SNAFU: Survival of the Fittest not only maintains the level of quality but in a …
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Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum sits crouched like a spider atop the hills overlooking Beechworth, a historic mining town in country Victoria, Australia. In 128 years of operation, there have been over 9,000 recorded deaths, and likely many more than that, if the truth be known. My wife and I were offered purchase of the central …
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This past February I started a Kickstarter to raise $52,000 in order to launch a new online magazine of neo-noir, speculative fiction with a literary bent called Gamut. It was a crazy rollercoaster ride of a month and I definitely learned a few things. Here is some of that insight. I had no idea how …
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“Fans of Sammy’s work will find much to enjoy, here – as will any who appreciate the finer side of dark/genre art and illustration.” Hailing from South Africa, freelance illustrator Vincent Sammy is rapidly becoming the go-to guy for all things dark, apocalyptic, challenging and evocative. With this collection, The Damage Museum, Sammy’s work for …
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In this podcast Vincenzo Bilof talks about the effect of satire, George R. R. Martin, The Violators, the HWA and much more. About Vincenzo Bilof From Detroit, Michigan, Vincenzo Bilof has been called ‘The Metallica of Poetry’ and ‘The Shakespeare of Gore’. With a body of work that includes gritty, apocalyptic horror (The Zombie Ascension Series), …
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“Scott Nicolay’s The Croaker is another stunning reason why he is quickly becoming one of the strongest new voices in Weird and Cosmic Horror.” Haunted by painful memories, Michael meets with his first crush nearly thirty years after strange events changed him forever. Something happened when he and Donna visited the Tommy Croaker Memorial Park …
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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: The Shape of Horror to Come Australia’s Dark Heart Inspires Horror Movie Boom The Strange but True Case of the Mummified B-Movie Horror Star Stephen King: What we Can’t …
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