Terror Tots: Bloody Birthday

On this installment of Terror Tots – the series in which we take a look at some of filmdom’s most obscure and disturbing killer kids – we’re opening the case for Ed Hunt’s 1981 shocker Bloody Birthday. In 1970, three children are simultaneously born to different mothers, under the ominous shade of a solar eclipse. Fast forward …

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Look Out For… Biblia Longcrofta by Simon Marshall-Jones and Strange Tales V

Look Out For… Biblia Longcrofta by Simon Marshall-Jones “A collection of interlinked short stories set in the mysterious town of Longcroft, these are strange and compelling tales.” Biblia Longcrofta by Simon Marshall-Jones, publisher and editor at award-nominated Spectral Press, is a series of connected short fiction stories, semi-autobiographical in nature, set in the imaginary town …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 30 March 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: Scared Senseless: The Indie Horror Boom and What Frightens Us Now Is the Horror Genre Finally Back From the Dead? Together Forever: The Ginger Snaps Trilogy 5 ’80s Horror Movies That Would …

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News Round-up Week Ending 27 March

X Files

I Want To Believe Fans of The X-Files will begin to believe again as it was announced this week that the show will be returning for six episodes with original cast members David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson back in their roles of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. There’s no release date at this point but …

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The Cutting Room: Let The Right One In

Let The Right One In Twelve-year-old Oskar is lonely, bullied and badly in need of a friend when he meets Eli, a beautiful but strange girl who appears to be his own age and who has just moved into his apartment block. All is not quite what it seems, however, as bodies begin to pile …

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Book Review: A Darke Phantastique (Edited by Jason V Brock)

“A remarkable, varied, and wholly worthwhile anthology of dark fiction!” Subtitled ‘Encounters with the Uncanny and other Magical Things’, Jason V Brock’s A Darke Phantastique, published by Cycatrix Press, is a hefty tome indeed. Great big anthologies of quality original dark fiction are always to be welcomed, and a quick perusal of the contents list …

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TIH 037: Josh Malerman on The Film Adaptation of Bird Box, Story Ideas and Intimidating Writers

Josh Malerman

In this podcast Josh Malerman talks about Universal Studios and the film adaptation of Bird Box, his novella Ghastle and Yule and writers that intimidate him.  About Josh Malerman Josh Malerman is the author of the novel Bird Box and the novella Ghastle and Yule. He’s also the lead singer/songwriter for the band the High Strung. …

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Look Out For… The Eye That Blinds by B.E. Scully and Black Wings Of Cthulhu III

Look Out For… The Eye That Blinds by B.E. Scully “An original and exciting thriller that’s as cutting-edge as they come.”  The Internet—it’s everywhere and nowhere, full of everybody and nobody. And sometimes, it’s downright deadly. When three college friends graduate with plans to conquer the world, they find out that the world has its …

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The Visible Filth pre-order bonuses

The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud

If you pre-ordered The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud we just emailed you the pre-order bonuses. The three free eBooks and the unabridged audiobook written and narrated by Nathan Ballingrud. If you’ve changed your email address since pre-ordering or you didn’t receive the email please email michael@thisishorror.co.uk with the email you used to pre-order and …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 23 March 2015

Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. You want great horror articles? This is the place to find the best the web has to offer. This week: Carrie: Original Vs Remake Evil Eighties: The Hollywood Horrors of David J. Schow Friday the 13th Part III: How an ’80s Horror Franchise Bet It All On 3-D …

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