“Nightmarishly disturbing!” Carole Johnstone’s Cold Turkey is the third in a series of beautifully presented novellas published by TTA Press of Black Static, Interzone and Crimewave fame. There’s little doubting Johnstone’s credentials as an author – as well as writing for the UK’s premier literary horror magazine, her work has been featured in Ellen Datlow’s …
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TIH 017: Stephen Graham Jones on What You Can and Can’t Learn From Creative Writing, Slasher Movies and Self-Doubt
In this podcast we interview the award-winning author Stephen Graham Jones. We talk about his latest novel Not For Nothing, his This Is Horror chapbook The Elvis Room, Richard Thomas’ forthcoming anthology The New Black, zombies, the slasher genre and much more. Topics [00:50] Stephen Graham Jones introduction and early career [03:50] What you can …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 5 May 2014
Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: You’re Killing Me: The Driving Factor Behind 1970s Horror Genre Gut-Punches: The Death of Laurie Strode Rubber, Road, Brains and Souls: 5 Killer Car Flicks That Will Never Be Forgotten Why Horror …
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News Round-up Week Ending 2 May
Horror 101 is unleashed. Crystal Lake Publishing have released their latest book, a how-to guide about breaking into the horror writing industry. Horror 101: The Way Forward covers every conceivable angle of the genre and features essays from genre gurus such as Gary McMahon, Ramsey Campbell and Jack Ketchum. The book is available now from the …
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Bated Breath
I’ve been lingering of late, in hopes of bringing this column my thoughts on something new. The alternative was to go off on some shows I’m profoundly late to the party on. Thankfully, fortune shone on me in the form of two new series premieres. I was on Hulu the other night, looking for something …
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Interview: Andre Duza, April 2014
We recently caught up with Andre Duza, the author of Necro Sex Machines and Jesus Freaks. Duza’s work has been published in many magazines, including Undead and Chainsaw Magazine. At the beginning of this interview, Andre speaks bravely and honestly of a traumatic childhood experience, which was the catalyst to writing from a very young …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 28 April 2014
Welcome to Must Read Horror. You want great horror articles? You want the best the web has to offer? You want a toilet made out of solid gold? As Meat Loaf once sang, two out of three ain’t bad. This week: Horror: The Ugly Duckling of Cinema Up to snuff: Why ‘Found Footage’ is Good …
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News Round-up Week Ending 25 April
NBC drops hints about Rosemary’s Baby NBC have released further pictures to promote their new 4 hour adaptation of Ira Levin’s novel Rosemary’s Baby. The cast will feature Star Trek star Zoe Saldana, Patrick J. Adams and Harry Potter bad guy Jason Isaacs. The show will premiere on NBC on 11 May in the States. …
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Film Review: Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
Time and memory are strange phenomena to say the least, especially when it comes to items such as films. Frankenstein: The True Story was originally broadcast in the early 1970s on the BBC on New Year’s Eve/Day. The film was praised highly at the time, and certainly it cannot be faulted in terms of production values, …
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