This Is Horror Awards 2013: The Winners

The votes are in and have been counted. Thank you to everyone who voted in the This Is Horror Awards 2013 – we had a fantastic response. With that said, here are the winners. Novel of the Year Film of the Year TV Series of the Year Graphic Novel of the Year Short Story Collection …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 10 February 2014

Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. You want great horror articles? Well, once again I’ve spent hour after never-ending hour trawling the web so you don’t have to, saving you valuable time which can now be spent burying things in the woods and dressing up mannequins to look like centuries-old dictators. You’re welcome. This …

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News Round-up Week Ending 7 February

Cell

Stephen King’s Cell takes shape The cast is slowly building for the screen adaptation of Stephen King’s Cell. With Tod ‘Kip’ Williams in the director’s chair and John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in the lead roles it has  been announced that Isabelle Fuhrman and Stacy Keach have also signed up. King has written the …

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Who is Lawrence Gordon Clark?

So, I am back for my monthly mumblings on matters monstrous, after taking a sabbatical due mainly to being far too busy than any man has a right to be. Plus 2013 was a difficult year healthwise, capped off by a house move right at the beginning of the New Year. I had to let …

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Event review: Grimmfest 2013

This is just a sample of the goodies that were on offer at Grimm Up North’s annual festival in Manchester in October 2013. There were far more films on show than This Is Horror were able to catch for review, but virtually everything we saw was excellent. First up, as a special pre-festival preview, was …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 3 February 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: Author Tim Lebbon’s Top Ten Alien Moments 6 Iconic Horror Characters With Almost No Screen Time Invasion of the Body Snatchers: An American Commentary The Survival of Horror …

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News Round-up Week Ending 31 January

Castlevania

Grimmfest premiere Banshee Chapter The good folks at Grimm Up North have announced that they are premiering new film Banshee Chapter at The Dancehouse in Manchester on 5 February. The film was originally screened at FrightFest where it won Total Film’s “Scariest Movie” award. Tickets are available from the Grimm Up North website. Get ready …

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Wolf Creek: The Franchise

Wolf Creek books

When the Aussie film Wolf Creek was first released, people didn’t know just what to make of it. Is it just another slasher flick, or is it something more? It seemed generic and cliché, but underneath that ‘just another horror film’ exterior beat the heart of a new dawn of Australian horror franchise. Some backpackers …

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Told Round the Peat Fire

The intention of this column has always been to recall the forgotten or overlooked voices of horror, and what could be more at risk of being lost than our folkloric past. Part of an oral tradition, many of our oldest stories were passed from speaker to speaker, learnt by heart to entertain those gathered around …

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Board Game Review: City of Horror

“A tense yet enjoyable game!” City of Horror is a survival-themed board game for three to six players, in the style of classic zombie apocalypse movies. The city is beset by a shambling horde of flesh-craving zombies and the players’ goal is to survive the onslaught until help arrives at daybreak. To do so, players …

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