Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… John Carpenter on board for New Halloween Reboot Thirty eight years after the original film’s release, Halloween is to receive a new reboot, this time with John Carpenter himself on board as executive producer. Miramax have pulled …
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The Top 10 Best Horror Collectibles
The Top 10 Best Horror Collectibles You may remember that we recently ran a piece about horror toys and collectibles (if not, go read it here) and in it we promised to run down what are, in our opinion, the ten best collectibles out there. So, in no specific order, here they are: Jaws: Orca …
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The Cutting Room – Mr. Mercedes
Mr. Mercedes centres on a demented killer who taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again. Brendan Gleeson plays Detective Bill Hodges, a retired cop who is driven …
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Why Let The Right One In is the Best Vampire Story of All Time
Why Let The Right One In is the Best Vampire Story of All Time With the influx of glitzy overly-romanticized vampire books, movies and television shows—True Blood, Vampire Diaries, and everyone’s favorite sparkling diamond-esque vampire flick Twilight to name a few—I think we’ve lost sight of the disgusting horror that is vampirism. Drinking blood is, …
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Child’s Play: Entry Level Horror Films for Children
Child’s Play: Entry Level Horror Films for Children You may have read that a US school teacher in Tennessee was recently suspended for showing his class the horror film Human Centipede 2. His reasons may have been pure—he claims he wanted to show them what to do if you’re bullied (er, sew people together, ass …
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Book Review: The City of Mirrors (Book Three of the Passage Trilogy) by Justin Cronin
“Justin Cronin is an author at the top of his field and The City of Mirrors is a worthy and much anticipated finish to this exceptional trilogy.” With the publication of The Passage and The Twelve, Justin Cronin established himself as a genre author to be reckoned with and more than earned the $3.75 million …
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Look Out For… Earth-Bound & Other Supernatural Tales by Dorothy Macardle and My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Look Out For… Earth-Bound & Other Supernatural Tales by Dorothy Macardle “Earth-Bound & Other Supernatural Tales is an intriguing, interesting and timely reissue.” Originally published in 1924, the nine tales that comprise Earth-Bound were written by Dorothy Macardle while she was held a political prisoner in Dublin’s Kilmainham Gaol and Mountjoy Prison. The stories incorporate …
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Blind as a Bat Outta Hell: Why We Don’t Need Another Jeepers Creepers Sequel
Blind as a Bat Outta Hell: Why We Don’t Need Another Jeepers Creepers Sequel In 2001, the face of modern horror cinema changed forever when American Zoetrope in association with Myriad Pictures and Capitol Films released Jeepers Creepers. Featuring virtually unknown actors, the film garnered several Saturn Award and International Horror Guild nominations, eventually raking …
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TIH 094: Stephen Graham Jones on Story Revisions, Endings and Audio vs. Print Books
In this podcast Stephen Graham Jones talks about his new novel, Mongrels, story revisions, endings, audio vs. print books and much more. About Stephen Graham Jones Stephen Graham Jones is the author of fifteen novels and six collections. He really likes werewolves and slashers. Favorite novels change daily, but Valis and Love Medicine and Lonesome Dove …
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