The world knows of the legacy of child killer Freddy Krueger thanks to Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street and the sequels of varying quality, but every story has a beginning and now we’re being taken back to the time of the original crimes to see what turned Frederick Charles Kruger into the Springwood …
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You remember those kids at school, who were into whatever band you were into before you, before anyone in fact? Who would roll their eyes at you when you mentioned the band, as if the simple fact of you being into them meant they weren’t worth being into anymore, because you were so behind the …
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Look Out For… The Bureau Of Them by Cate Gardner “You can never tell what is going to happen in a Cate Gardner story.” You’re not the first to talk to your dead here, the vagrant said. The living always chase after their dead until they come upon their own. Formed from shadow and dust, …
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In this podcast Paul Tremblay talks about the horror of consequence, A Head Full of Ghosts, short stories, basketball and much more. About Paul Tremblay Paul Tremblay is the author of A Head Full of Ghosts, The Little Sleep, No Sleep till Wonderland, Swallowing a Donkey’s Eye, and Floating Boy and the Girl Who Couldn’t Fly …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: The H Word: The Politics of Horror How Do Horror Video Games Work, and Why Do People Play Them? The Evolution of the Slasher Film ‘Day Of The Dead’: George Romero’s Gruesome …
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World Fantasy Awards 2015 The 2015 World Fantasy Awards will be handed out at the World Fantasy Convention in November, this week saw the short-lists announced for all categories. Nominees include Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy, Ellen Datlow’s Fearful Symmetries and Michael Kelly’s Shadows & Tall Trees. The full list of nominees is available from …
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After a relentless grizzly starts to wreak havoc on a small town, the sheriff heads into the forest to find his ecologist wife but instead crosses paths with his estranged, ex-con brother. They soon find themselves on the run from the massive grizzly bear. The hunted become the hunter in this edge-of-your seat thriller about …
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“Whilst very much a back-to-basics slasher effort, GirlHouse proves itself to be a consistently entertaining ride” In order to make enough extra cash to see her through her university studies, student Kylie signs up to be the latest addition to the roster of online fap-fest “GirlHouse”. The site itself is a members only voyage of …
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Look Out For… Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand “Hand turns her formidable talents as a horror writer to the classic haunted house story” From the award-winning author of Waking The Moon, a short novel of unexpected terror When the young members of a British acid-folk band are compelled by their manager to record their unique …
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In this podcast Helen Marshall reads her short story ‘In The Year of Omens’. About Helen Marshall Helen Marshall is a critically acclaimed Canadian author, editor and medievalist. Her debut collection of short stories, Hair Side, Flesh Side won the 2013 British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer. Her second collection, Gifts for the One Who Comes …
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