News Round-up Week Ending 4 October

Ghosts

Free screenings at Grimmfest The organisers of Grimmfest have announced free screenings throughout the festival. The screenings include Hansel & Gretel Get Baked and short films Out There and Sleepworking. The two short films will be screened together on Saturday 5 October at The Dancehouse Theatre in Manchester. Seats are available on a first come …

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Book Review: House of Small Shadows by Adam Nevill

House of Small Shadows by Adam Nevill

“Scaled back ideas and scares!” House of Small Shadows is the latest book by one of Britain’s leading horror authors Adam Nevill. To date, Nevill has been called “Britain’s answer to Stephen King” by The Guardian and his output has loomed large over the British horror landscape for the last couple of years. Two of …

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Film Review: Escape (Flukt) (2012)

Flukt

“The ‘seen it all before’ feeling pervades much of the film!” Much like his foray into the realm of the slasher flick with Fritt Vilt (Cold Prey), the splendidly named Roar Uthaug shows absolutely no intention of deviating from the conventions of the genre he chooses to delve into here. While this approach worked reasonably …

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Buy Roadkill by Joseph D’Lacey, review it and win a load of cool things

Roadkill by Joseph D'Lacey

To celebrate the launch of Roadkill by Joseph D’Lacey on Amazon Kindle we’ve decided to offer a few incentives for all you readers that buy and/or review the story which Dread Central described as, “Like nothing you’ve read before. A frenetic, blistering bullet train of white-knuckle reflex.” Here’s what we’re doing: The first three people …

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FrightFest 2013 Film Review: Dementamania

Dementamania

“Destined to become a cult classic!” The brilliant thing about FrightFest is its ability to unearth hidden gems of cinema and this is exactly what it’s done with Dementamania. With firm nods towards Cronenberg, a lead character who bares similarities to Patrick Bateman and a distinctly art-house feel to proceedings Dementamania is both original and …

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Australia’s Most Terrifying and Haunted Places: Tasmania, Land of Convicts and Cannibals

Skull of Alexander Pearce

Well, here we are, ready for another round of Haunted Australia. In the past, I’ve covered Victoria (my home) and New South Wales, the site of the first landing when Australia was colonised. As such, you’d expect New South Wales to have the strongest history of hauntings, but you could be wrong. Down below mainland …

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Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?

Wolf horror

As we saw last month with H.G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau, our baser natures and bestial instincts can never truly be entirely suppressed. Wells implies that we all have the capacity to revert back to more primitive states in certain situations, that we all still unavoidably bear the “mark of the beast” though …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 30 September 2013

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: Is Horror the Toughest Genre to Crack? 10 Killer Reasons Why Being a Horror Fan is Awesome The One Thing That Scares …

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FrightFest 2013 Film Review: The Dyatlov Pass Incident

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

“A generic found footage film!” Think The Blair Witch Project but with snow instead of leaves and you pretty much have the plot of this found-footage movie. Not content with a Google search, five young filmmakers set out to recreate the episode where nine Russians mysteriously disappeared in the Ural Mountains in 1959. An avalanche …

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FrightFest 2013 Film Review: You’re Next

You're Next

“Pitch-black humour, gory deaths and enough twists and turns to keep you satisfied throughout!” After releasing 2010’s okay but unspectacular A Horrible Way To Die and the ‘Tape 56’ short in V/H/S, anticipation is decidedly mixed for Adam Wingard’s You’re Next. Yet what we are presented with is hands-down the best film of the opening …

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