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September 29, 2015
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4 mins to read
Look Out For… GodBomb! by Kit Power “An original, twisting, fast-paced story which will keep readers guessing how it will all end.” Somebody wants answers. North Devon, England. 1995. A born-again revival meeting in a public building. The usual mix of the faithful, the curious, and the desperate. And one other–an atheist suicide bomber. He’s angry. He …
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September 29, 2015
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5 mins to read
“Peripheral Visions explores twisted realities, life after death, and the phantoms of troubled minds.” Peripheral Visions is a vast, 44-strong collection of the collected ghost stories to date of Australian author Robert Hood. Hood may not be a household name amongst British horror fans, but the quality of the stories in this book (available as a …
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September 29, 2015
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4 mins to read
This Is Horror head of film and television Jason Hicks’ rundown of his personal top five films shown at Film Four Frightfest 2015 comes to a close as he reviews his favourite film of the festival — the visually beautiful psychological drama Sun Choke. “Sun Choke is a tense and sometimes uncomfortable piece of hallucinatory …
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September 28, 2015
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3 mins to read
Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Here’s Where to Start with the Scary Specter of TV Horror Series What Scares Cult Horror Writer Thomas Ligotti? The Great Stephen King Birthday Cinema Celebration! Psychology of TV Violence: A Look …
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September 28, 2015
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5 mins to read
This Is Horror head of film and television Jason Hicks continues to review his personal top five films shown at Film Four Frightfest 2015. In at number two is gore-soaked New Zealand heavy metal comedy-horror Deathgasm. “The sight of a large rubber dildo being smashed into the face of one of the demonically possessed is …
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September 28, 2015
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3 mins to read
In this podcast Ellen Datlow talks about editing misconceptions, reading and themed anthologies. About Ellen Datlow Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for over thirty years as fiction editor of OMNI Magazine and editor ofEvent Horizon and SCIFICTION. She currently acquires short fiction for Tor.com. In addition, she has …
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September 25, 2015
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5 mins to read
This Is Horror head of film and television Jason Hicks continues his countdown of the top five films shown at Film Four Frightfest 2015. At number three is British love triangle drama with a twist Nina Forever. “Nina Forever has so much more to offer than the apparently unending spew of uninspired films that seems to …
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September 24, 2015
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4 mins to read
This Is Horror head of film and television Jason Hicks continues to run down his top five films shown at Film Four Frightfest 2015. In at number four is low budget indieThey Look Like People from director Perry Blackshear. “They Look Like People is tense, refreshingly different and will keep you engaged throughout.” This great, …
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September 23, 2015
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4 mins to read
This Is Horror head of film and television Jason Hicks runs down his top five films shown at Film Four Frightfest 2015. In at number five is the Ted Geohegan directed supernatural chiller We Are Still Here. “We Are Still Here draws on horror films of the past that Geohegan obviously loves” Director Ted Geohegan …
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September 22, 2015
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16 mins to read
It’s hardly surprising, but there are a more than a few tired looking faces among the crowds of weekend pass holders on the fifth and final day of Film Four FrightFest 2015. Still, with yet another bumper crop of new genre films including Nina Forever, Curve, Last Girl Standing, Emelie and festival closer Tales Of …
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