News Round-up Week Ending 1 April 2016

Here’s a selection of some of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… The Walking Dead Season Finale ‘Last Day on Earth’ Airs April 3 As the 6th season of AMC’s The Walking Dead comes to a close this Sunday, April 3, viewers are preparing for another summer long …

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Review: The Revenant by Michael Punke – Audiobook Release Narrated by Jeff Harding

“…the reader/listener not only gets a genuine sense of threat but also of man’s smallness in the grand scheme of things.” The Revenant is a slightly odd book which most people will know as the source material for the recent multi-Oscar winning movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio. It’s odd because it’s an ostensibly true tale written …

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The Cutting Room – Bunny The Killer Thing

A bloody hilarious spoof (apparently) that follows a group of young adults who head to a remote cabin for a winter weekend. But soon they are confronted a half man, half creature who is compelled to stick his, ahem, dangerously large penis into anything that resembles female genitals. Naked women (and men) are forced to …

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TIH 086: Vincenzo Bilof on Remaking Classic Movies, Writing Experiences and The Violators

TIH 086 Vincenzo Bilof on Remaking Classic Movies, Writing Experiences and The Violators

In this podcast Vincenzo Bilof talks about his first memories and passions outside of writing, movies and remakes, first experiences writing and his new novel, The Violators. 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 …

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Book Review: Noctuidae by Scott Nicolay

“Noctuidae by Scott Nicolay cements him in the annals of contemporary Weird Fiction without the trappings of the forefathers of the genre.” Three hikers are exploring a canyon in Arizona. They are experienced, yet looking for experiences beyond the ordinary. Sue-Min, her lover Ron, and his obnoxious friend Paul — tagging along practically uninvited — …

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Look Out For… Fellside by M.R. Carey and Dead Letters

Look Out For… Fellside by M.R. Carey “Fellside is a compelling mixture of the ghostly and grim reality.” A haunting and heart-breaking new thriller from the author of the word-of-mouth bestseller The Girl With All the Gifts Fellside is a maximum security prison on the edge of the Yorkshire moors. It’s not the kind of …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 28 March 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: Inside The American Genre Film Archive’s Battle to Protect Cannibals from Time and Decay Daria Nicolodi, Unsung Hero of Italian Horror Why are Students Drawn to Horror? 10 Young …

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News Round-up Week Ending 25 March 2016

Here’s a selection of some of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Capcom Celebrates 20 Years of Resident Evil On March 22, 1996, Capcom released the first Resident Evil game to critical acclaim. With game sales topping 66 million copies, spawning numerous sequels and prequels, as well as …

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The Cutting Room – Fear The Walking Dead (Season Two)

Living in the same universe as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead is a gritty drama that explores the onset of the undead apocalypse through the lens of a fractured family. Set in Los Angeles, a city where people come to escape, shield secrets, and bury their pasts, a mysterious outbreak threatens to disrupt …

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Book Review: The Outsiders (Edited by Joe Mynhardt)

“Intriguing, entertaining and genuinely creepy.” Lovecraftian anthologies seem to be all the rage right now so inevitably publishers are having to come up with original twists of the format in order to stand out from the crowd. Crystal Lake Publishing’s spin is to assemble five of the finest purveyors of fantastical short stories and have …

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