The Sleeping Room goes into production A three week shoot in Brighton for The Sleeping Room got underway on 4 December. The film is based around a call girl named Blue, who finds a mysterious room in the apartment of a client, a room that seems to hold clues to her family’s dark past. There …
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This Is Horror have recently concluded two competitions to win a copy of either Plastic Jesus by Wayne Simmons or Stephen Gregory’s The Waking That Kills. We are delighted to announce the names of the winners for each competition below. Plastic Jesus winners Darren Foston, Roy Young and Ade Couper. The Waking That Kills winners …
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Matthew Pritchard worked as a journalist in Spain for ten years, mainly for the ex-pat press, but also for UK nationals. While resident in Spain he perfected his craft as a writer. Now living in the UK once more, he plans to write full-time. What first attracted you to horror writing? As a teenager I …
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The following interview/discussion should have taken place in a cosy pub over a few pints, but due to logistics it was conducted over a short period of time via email. The brief was for each of the subjects to interview the other, but in the format of an informal chat rather than a structured interview. …
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BC Furtney is the author of Scarla, Maimstream, and You, Me, and the Devil Makes Three, published by Comet Press, as well as the writer/director of Do Not Disturb and the upcoming Werewolf Rises, produced by Ruthless Pictures. He resides in a southern outlaw compound, off the grid and far from the bright lights. Just …
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“An efficient chiller!” Anthony DiBlasi’s Missionary is the story of Elder Brock (a great performance from Mitch Ryan), a Mormon searching for families to convert. After a brief fling with what can only be described as a seductress/cougar, Elder Brock is dismissed and replaced by the seductress’s estranged husband, who is eager to atone for …
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“A pointless waste of celluloid in which nothing remotely important occurs!” A young couple (if two weeks and one date a couple does make) are off to a music festival in Ireland. The romantic/optimistic male of the couple, Tom, has already booked them into a hotel for the night. After all, one date entitles him …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror, the place to find the best horror articles of the week. Once again we’ve searched the internet for interesting and notable articles for your reading pleasure. This week: Santa Showdown: Silent Night, Deadly Night Vs. Black Christmas 5 Reasons the Horror Genre Will Never Die Embrace the Horror: Why PC …
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Whiley Dunsmore is a self-taught artist from Ireland. After many years of painting with traditional media such as oil and acrylic, he has now turned his attention to digital painting. What first drew you to horror illustration? My love of horror dates back to an experience I had at the age of eight. I was …
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The good folks over at Crystal Lake Publishing have given us a paperback copy and two eBook copies of Gary McMahon’s forthcoming collection Where You Live to give away to our readers. Gary’s new collection offers 12 stories from his previously sold out collection It Knows Where You Live, 2 obscure reprints and four brand new …
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