This week in The Cutting Room we’ve got a couple of chillers for you. Jessabelle After surviving a car accident in which her fiancé is killed, Jessie (Sarah Snook) returns to her childhood home in Louisiana to recuperate. While there, she discovers several video tapes containing messages to her from her long dead mother, and …
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Once again convention season is upon us here in the UK, but the main one I particularly look forward to every year is Fantasy Con, this time being held in the Royal York Hotel, York on 5–7 September. It’s where writers, editors, publishers, and assorted industry folk, as well as readers, fans, and bloggers, get …
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Look Out For … In the Light by S.P. Miskowski “A chilly sense of dread across the decades…” While fleeing from neighbourhood bullies, a lonely girl uncovers a dark secret buried near the abandoned ruins of a house mired in local legend. Ruth hopes the charred remains that she unearths will bring a bit of …
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Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror, your weekly dose of notable horror articles. This week: Ring of Horror #1: The Horror-Wrestling Connection 10 Dark and Disturbing Animated Films That Are Worth Your Time Daryl Dixon and the Importance of Gay Representation in Horror 5 Torture Porn Scenes That Will Scar You For Life Where …
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We’ve been talking about the forthcoming This Is Horror release, Water For Drowning by Ray Cluley for quite some time now and we’re so excited to announce that it’s almost here. If you would like a signed copy of the book you have just twenty-four hours to pre-order. All pre-orders must be with us by August 25 …
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Prosthetics guru heads to Grimmfest Prosthetics and FX guru Shaune Harrison will be appearing at this year’s Grimmfest. Having worked on films such as World War Z, Nightbreed and TV show Game of Thrones, Harrison will bring Hollywood pedigree to the Manchester festival. To get your tickets, head over to the Grimmfest website. First trailer …
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Welcome back to The Cutting Room. This week we’re looking at a couple of releases that we hope will disprove the usual law of diminishing sequels. Wolf Creek 2 The first Wolf Creek, released back in 2005, was a decent stab at outback horror and featured one of the most memorable bad guys of recent …
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In this podcast we interview Simon Bestwick, author of The Faceless. We talk about Simon’s Black Mountain serial from Spectral Press, the writing process, comedy and horror, and Joel Lane. Apologies for the audio issues. No apologies for Simon’s strong Northern accent. Topics [02:37] Interview start [03:06] Black Mountain [05:35] Writing as the character ‘Simon Bestwick’ [11:20] …
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Look Out For… The Last Plague by Rich Hawkins “The epic apocalyptic horror story has a long and distinguished history which The Last Plague looks set to join.“ A pestilence has fallen across the land. Run and hide. Seek shelter. Do not panic. The infected will find you. When Great Britain is hit by a devastating epidemic, …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror. Can you believe it’s been ten thousand and eight minutes since we last talked? Neither can we, but in that time the internet has once again been scoured for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Scared to Death: Has Horror Fiction Run Out of Common Fears …
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This Is Horror Awards 2024: Public Nominations and… Hey, friends. Michael David Wilson, founder of This Is Horror,…
Look Out For … Strange Stones by Edward Lee… "The visceral abominations of Edward Lee and the literary cosmic…
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