The Cutting Room: Overlook Hotel

In the Cutting Room this week, we’re going to take a look at an upcoming film that might just shine. Overlook Hotel The tragic events that occurred at the Overlook Hotel when alcoholic caretaker Jack Torrance, his wife Wendy and his supernaturally gifted son Danny checked in for the winter are well known, but they …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/the-cutting-room-overlook-hotel/

TIH 021: David Moody and Wayne Simmons Interview

In this podcast we sit down with David Moody and Wayne Simmons to talk about all things genre and much more. Topics [03:25] Interview start [04:20] How David and Wayne first met [07:57] The initial draft of Drop Dead Gorgeous  [13:07] Scardiff [33:50] David’s worst review [42:20] eBooks and the younger generation [01:14:30] Fostering community spirit …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/this-is-horror-podcast-episode-021-david-moody-and-wayne-simmons-interview/

Look Out For… Consumed by David Cronenberg and Gifts For The One Who Comes After by Helen Marshall

Look Out For … Consumed by David Cronenberg “Promises murder, philosophy, strange diseases and an incredible variety of sex.” The debut novel by the iconic film director. Naomi finds herself drawn to the headlines surrounding Célestine and Aristide Arosteguy. Célestine has been found dead and mutilated in her Paris apartment. Aristide, suspected of the killing, …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-out-for-consumed-by-david-cronenberg-and-gifts-for-the-one-who-comes-after-by-helen-marshall/

Graham Joyce 1954–2014

Graham Joyce

The last time I saw Graham Joyce was at the wake for Joel Lane – another Midlands writer taken from us at a ridiculously early age – and he was jokingly calling himself ‘Graham the Grey’. He was a little thinner after the cancer treatments and his hair had greyed – hence the nickname – …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/graham-joyce-1954-2014/

5 Must Read Horror Articles 15 September 2014

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: Summer of Sleaze: The Manitou by Graham Masterton Graham Joyce (1954-2014) The Horror Genius of Guillermo del Toro What Women In 70s Slasher Films Tell Us About Women …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/5-must-read-horror-articles-15-september-2014/

Special offer: Roadkill by Joseph D’Lacey. *Time sensitive*

Roadkill by Joseph D'Lacey

It’s been a year since Roadkill by Joseph D’Lacey drove onto the horror scene and to celebrate we’ve teamed up with Amazon to offer a very special Kindle Countdown Deal. UK customers can pick up Roadkill today for just £0.99 and US customers can pick up Roadkill for a mere $0.99. That won’t even get you a small coffee here in …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/special-offer-roadkill-by-joseph-dlacey-time-sensitive/

News Round-up Week Ending 12 September

We’ve gone all Walking Dead in this week’s news column! Walking Dead ‘Companion’ Series Confirmed Though it’s been rumoured for some time now, AMC President Charlie Collier has confirmed that the companion series to The Walking Dead will be going into production later this year, though beyond that there are precious few details as yet. …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-up-week-ending-12-september/

The Cutting Room: Monsters: Dark Continent and The Green Inferno

Monsters: Dark Continent Six years ago a NASA probe returning to Earth with samples of an alien life form crashed in Central America. As deadly creatures began to appear half of Mexico was quarantined as the military tried to contain the aliens in designated Infected Zones. Now the creatures have spread, taking over more of …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/the-cutting-room-monsters-dark-continent-and-the-green-inferno/

Meet the Writer Interview: Brandon Tietz

Brandon Tietz is the author of Out of Touch and Good Sex, Great Prayers. His short fiction has been widely published, appearing in Warmed and Bound, Amsterdamned If You Do, Spark (vol. II), and most recently, Burnt Tongues, the Chuck Palahniuk anthology. Visit him at www.brandontietz.com What first attracted you to horror writing? It sort …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/meet-the-writer-interview-brandon-tietz/

Look Out For… Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix and The End by Gary McMahon

Look Out For … Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix “This is either going to be a work of genre-bending genius, or a honourable failure.” Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring wardrobes, shattered Brooka glassware, and vandalized Liripip sofa beds; clearly, someone or something …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-out-for-horrorstor-by-grady-hendrix-and-the-end-by-gary-mcmahon/