Fear The Walking Dead – First Episode Review

“Fear The Walking Dead has enough going for it that it can stand separate and distinct from its parent.” A little over a decade ago when Robert Kirkman’s black and white comic book quietly appeared on the scene there weren’t many people who could have predicted the huge impact it would have on pop culture, …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 31 August 2015

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: A Brief History of Video Nasties in the UK Why the Zombie Apocalypse is the Hot New Horror Ellen Datlow: Five Things Learned Editing Best Horror of the Year A Short, Whispered …

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TIH 056: Max Booth III on Writing A Novel In Two Weeks and Reviewing Books You Haven’t Finished Reading

Max Booth III

In this podcast Max Booth III talks about writing a novel in two weeks, how to successfully kidnap strangers and when it’s okay to review books you haven’t finished reading. In this episode Michael David Wilson is joined by special guest co-host Bob Pastorella.  About Max Booth III Max Booth III is the author of …

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News Round-up Week Ending 28 August 2015

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London FrightFest 2015 London’s celebrated FrightFest takes place this weekend, running from Thursday 27 to Monday 31 August. Guests include scream queen Barbara Crampton, who appears in four films over the weekend, and acclaimed British director Bernard Rose (Candyman). Among the films on offer are Corin Hardy’s The Hallow, Bernard Rose’s Frankenstein, and Canadian writer/director John Fallon’s …

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The Cutting Room: Knock Knock

When a devoted husband and father is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse. Why we’re looking forward to this: Why we’re looking forward to …

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Look Out For… The Anniversary Of Never by Joel Lane and Supernatural Tales 30

Look Out For… The Anniversary Of Never by Joel Lane “The Anniversary Of Never gives us a chance to appreciate Joel Lane’s genius was one last time.” “It was like a black and white film, or someone else’s memory” — ‘Crow’s Nest’ Joel Lane’s award-winning stories have been widely praised, notably by other masters of …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 24 August 2015

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Inside the Underground World of Nightbreed: 25 Years Later Revisiting Danse Macabre Translating the Necronomicon May Be Hazardous to Your Health: Clark Ashton Smith’s “The Return of the Sorcerer” 10 Modern Horror …

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Interview: Six Shots With John Fallon

The name John Fallon may not instantly ring bells for those horror film fans who have been kicking around the internet for the past fifteen years, but his alter ego, Arrow In The Head, certainly will. Originally set up as the horror movie section of Fallon’s long-time friend Berge Garabedian’s hugely influential JoBlo website, which …

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Book Review: The Art of Horrible People by John Skipp

One of the Founding Fathers of Splatterpunk. Head Honcho el Bizarro. Weird Fiction Maestro. John Skipp wears all of these hats, and usually all of them are piled high on top of his head at the same time. He attacks the genres with prose, film, and music. Author of The Light at the End (with …

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The Cutting Room: The Hallow

Deep within the darkness of secluded forest land in rural Ireland dwells an ancient evil. Feared by the nearby superstitious villagers as cursed creatures who prey upon the lost, their secrets have been kept from civilization and remain on their hallowed ground. But when a conservationist from London moves in with his wife and infant …

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