“Some good ideas, shame about the execution!” Someone out there is a huge fan of the found footage format (FFF). In fact there must be many, many people who are. It can’t just be that film studios know that they can make a quick buck by spending such a small amount on a film’s production …
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Considering it is Women in Horror Recognition month, I thought it would be apt to celebrate a great American novelist and lady of letters, who wrote during a time when serious writing was considered “too inky for ladies”. Though Edith Wharton is renowned for her novels about American society and their sensibilities, such as The …
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Fred Venturini grew up in Patoka, Illinois, where he survived being lit on fire by a bully, a neck-breaking car accident, and being chewed up by a pit bull. His first novel, The Heart Does Not Grow Back, is forthcoming from Picador in fall 2014. His short fiction has appeared in Booked. Anthology, Surreal South …
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Sean Leibling is a Former US Marine Corps who served twice overseas. He demonstrates this by writing ‘punch in your gut’ action horror, most notably the Blood Brains and Bullets series. He lives in Newaygo, Michigan with his family and is a licensed firearms instructor and business man. RAVEN BROOKES What first attracted you to …
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Can you believe it has been 604800 seconds since the last Must Read Horror? Dragged a bit, hasn’t it? Well, here it is once again, and if you prefer to just read the articles and ignore all this pointless banter, feel free to move on, I won’t take it personally. This week’s top five articles …
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“The Book of the Crowman’s power as a novel is such that you won’t be able to disregard it.” While this review will do its level best to avoid spoilers, there’s no way of discussing the events of Joseph D’Lacey’s The Book of the Crowman without referring to Black Feathers, the first book of The Black …
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Horror 101 takes shape Crystal Lake Publishing have announced details of the ever expanding TOC for their forthcoming non-fiction horror book Horror 101: The Way Forward. In addition to essays by Gary McMahon, Jasper Bark and Steve Rasnic Tem, there is also fantastic cover art by Ben Baldwin. The book will be released in March …
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“A rollercoaster ride of rotting revulsion!” Born and bred in Hertfordshire, England, Shaun Hutson worked at many jobs after being expelled from school, only to become a full-time author in 1983. Hutson became a prolific writer throughout the 80s right up to present day, with over thirty novels under his belt, crossing many genres. His …
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Controversy surrounding a film or TV show is, for the horror fan, usually a good thing. The extremes of fiction are a draw, and the tutting of the PTA is nothing but blood in the water. Bates Motel has attracted its fair share of condemnation about its certification from the PTA and their like, and not …
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In this podcast we review Only God Forgives, written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling. Before we review Only God Forgives we recommend TV, films and books with Livius Nedin and Robb Olson from the Booked. Podcast. Topics [02:10] TV and film recommendations with Livius Nedin and Robb Olson (including Pump Up The Volume, …
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