News Round-up Week Ending 15 November

Vincent Chong

It’s grim up North… Abaddon Books have announced the release of Ritual Crime Unit: Under The Skin by EE. Richardson. The book is the first in a series of urban fantasy police procedural novels featuring hard-nosed Northern policewoman DCI Pierce. The book is available now across a wide variety of formats. Devil in the Woods …

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FrightFest 2013 Film Review: No One Lives (2012)

No One Lives Brodus Clay

“The carnage is creative and unflinching!” Produced by WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) and starring Luke Evans, No One Lives begins rather ambiguously and manages to develop tension within the first fifteen minutes or so. A couple arrive at a motel and decide to go out for a steak, but as luck would have it, they …

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It’s Alive! It’s Alive!

Frankenstein 1931

In the interest of full disclosure, over the course of the past year I really gave selling-out a go. It was fun and I recommend everyone try it at least once, maybe twice if you’re really raking it in. I also recommend that you know when to piss all over the desk and split before …

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The Circus of Horrors Competition

The Circus of Horrors will begin a brand new run of shows at the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue on 28 October until 16 December. After 18 years of shock n’ roll thrills, The Circus of Horrors will this year be taking their audience through the horror of the plague-ridden London into the Great Fire …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 11 November 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: Horror is Hot: How Horrible Do You Have to Be? 15 Incredibly Tenuous Horror and Sci-Fi Sequels Dan O’Bannon and the Origins …

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News Round-up Week Ending 9 November

Midnight Meat Train

Women in Horror Calendar 2014 Barbie Wilde, Emily Booth and Pollyanna McIntosh are among the female stars that will appear in a brand new calendar showcasing the best and brightest female talent within the genre. Proceeds from the calendar will go to the charities, Rape Crisis and the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. The calendar is available …

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FrightFest 2013 Film Review: Frankenstein’s Army

“A whacky film that makes very little sense and somehow succeeds!” What this film lacks in plot it makes up for in bizarre ingenuity. Essentially a found-footage film set at the end of WWII, Frankenstein’s Army sees a battalion of Russian soldiers stumble upon a Nazi laboratory filled with nightmarish monsters created and constructed from …

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Book Review: Soul Masque by Terry Grimwood

Soul Masque Terry Grimwood

“A fast, slick, tautly-told tale!” Spectral Press’ tenth chapbook begins at the story’s end and ends at its beginning, introducing along the way four damaged or damaging protagonists whose lives connect in the course of the tale: dominatrix Sian, burned-out priest turned junkie Jon, his helper and lover Meg, and unwilling assassin Rennie. All four have …

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Book Review: Saxon’s Bane by Geoffrey Gudgion

Saxon's Bane by Geoffrey Gudgion

“A supremely well-written novel!” In the acknowledgments to this his first novel, Geoffrey Gudgion credits several writing groups and editors with assisting him in crafting the book into its final form. This input is clear to see in the first three chapters which are finely honed, crisp and concise. They also threaten to derail the …

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FrightFest 2013 Film Review: The Hypnotist (Hypnotisøren)

The Hypnotist film

Based on the bestselling book by Lars Kepler, The Hypnotist is a slow yet captivating movie from director, Lasse Hallström (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen). A family is slaughtered; the only survivor is the son, who is comatose and unable to help the police with their enquiries. Of course, the best thing to do in …

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