Frightfest 2013 Film Review: We Are What We Are

“Tense, bloody, and visceral, We Are What We Are is a modern masterpiece” Jim Mickle’s reimagining of Jorge Michael Grau’s Somos lo Que Hay is nothing short of brilliant. After the death of their mother, Rose and Iris Parker are charged with continuing an ancient family tradition that would make Hannibal upchuck. When mudslides begin …

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Event Review: Sitges Festival 2013

Known just as Sitges to its fans, the 46th Sitges Fantasy film festival –  which ran from 11 to 20 October this year in the Europa  gorgeous coastal town near Barcelona –  has to be the greatest horror movie festival in the world. Given its geographical compactness and idyllic setting, the event screens around 200 …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 18 November 2013

Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. You want great horror articles? This is the place to find the best the web has to offer. This week: 10 More Horror Sequels That Never Got Made The Psychotic Glee of Psychomania The Ten Worst Horror Finales The Horror at the Heart of Australian Cinema 5 Vacation …

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Film Review: V/H/S 2 (2013)

VHS 2 cover

“An improvement on the original!” Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat, shall we? V/H/S 2 does pretty much what its predecessor did, but with a bigger budget. That said, this sequel does offer some nice surprises. Comprising of four unrelated horror shorts all told via the medium of good old handycam footage …

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Graphic Novel Review: Adamtine by Hannah Berry

  “A complex, but fully rounded, piece of fiction!” There are some graphic novels that reveal all their secrets on the first read through and can happily be placed upon the shelf or taken to the local charity shop never to be read again. Then there are other books that will reward a re-read with …

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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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