“Not great, but creepy enough to be effective.” Possession movies are ten a penny these days, with Hollywood churning out exorcism films like pasta. Every so often, one comes along that doesn’t stick to the tried and tested routines and resultantly appears like a fresh piece of fruit in a bowl of decay. Deliver Us …
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“The Year’s Best Weird Fiction triumphantly lives up to its title.” The Year’s Best Weird Fiction is a new annual anthology; this inaugural volume contains two introductions, twenty-two stories and runs to 125k words in its attempts to sum up what ‘weird fiction’ is. As interesting as the introductions are, the weird is perhaps better …
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We cannot wait to unleash The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud into the world and to celebrate we’re offering every single one of our readers that pre-orders directly from This Is Horror a plethora of bonuses that exceed the retail value of the physical book! This is a time sensitive offer as orders must be received by …
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Look Out For… The Hammer of Dr. Valentine by John Llewellyn Probert “Promises to be even more gleefully deranged than the first book!” Two years ago, a series of horrific murders shocked the city of Bristol. These were killings so elaborate in their planning, and so outrageous in their execution, that they made national headlines …
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“The End is further proof that McMahon is approaching the top of his game as a writer.” Gary McMahon’s latest novel The End is an apocalyptic thriller, which documents a bizarre suicide plague as it strikes London and takes a grip on the nation’s capital. The story centres on Mac Booth and his small group …
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“One of the best single author collections of recent years!” Burnt Black Suns is the latest collection of short fiction from Canadian author Simon Strantzas. Strantzas is well known to British readers through the Shadows Edge anthology he edited for Gray Friar Press and his inclusion in numerous volumes of The Mammoth Book of Best …
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Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. The scent of turkey, sprouts, and Aunt Ada’s Baileys vomit still lingers in the kitchen, but that doesn’t mean we’re having a week off. This week: Piece by Piece: “Christine” Lives Ghoulish Aesthetes: “The Hound” Horror Movies: Banned, Pulled and X-rated Toys of Terror #35 Disgusting’s Top 10 …
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As we delve into the world of lesser-known films focusing on murderous children, on this entry of Terror Tots we’re turning our eye to the little-seen, yet still controversial, Who Can Kill a Child? – also known as Island of the Damned and, in its native Spanish language, ¿Quién puede matar a un niño? Released …
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Look Out For… Cracked Sky by Ben Eads “A compelling story of a family torn apart by events beyond their control.” Reeling from the loss of their only child, Stephen and Shelley Morrison learn that her killer has been found dead. What they don’t know is that his agenda goes far deeper than the grave. …
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In this podcast This Is Horror and Infected Books proudly present Joe & Me written and narrated by David Moody. Joe & Me Synopsis Joe is anything but an ordinary eight year old. His father’s a stay-at-home Dad and his mom’s going to save the world. Forced to live in cramped quarters after the military …
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