This Is Horror on BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Radio 5 Live

Tomorrow morning at 8:40am our News Editor, Dan Howarth will be on the BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast Show with Nicky Campbell and Rachel Burden. Dan will be talking about whether people have become less affected by horror films over the years. You can listen to BBC Radio 5 Live here. If you want to …

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FrightFest 2013 Film Review: Curse of Chucky

Curse of Chucky review

“A step in the right direction with an after-credit sequence you do not want to miss.” Everyone’s favourite copper-topped doll is back for more murder and hijinks. When a strange package arrives at Nica’s door, she gladly signs for it and takes it into the house. What’s in the box? That’s right: Chucky, and this …

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Film Review: Sawney: Flesh of Man

Sawney: Flesh Of Man

  “Gruesome, visceral, blackly funny and harrowing!” For those unfamiliar with the legend, Sawney Bean was a possibly-mythical, possibly-real Scottish cannibal who, along with his wife,and raised a family of equally murderous children and (via incest) grandchildren. They lived in a cave and preyed on unwary travellers, who they robbed, killed and ate. Eventually they …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 16 September 2013

The Girl Next Door Ruth Chandler

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: Where Have All of the Good Horror Themes Gone? War May Lead to Increase in Zombie Movie Production Bad Dads: Ten of …

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News Round-up Week Ending 13 September

Machine Gun Woman

The Machine Gun Woman comes to your screens Bring Me The Head of the Machine Gun Woman has been announced on DVD. This trashy grindhouse flick will be released in cinemas on 27 September and then on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD on 7 October 2013. Zombies attack your ears Telos Publishing have announced that Neil …

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Howard Linskey, Alison Littlewood, Sarah Pinborough and Jasper Bark invade Coventry Library

It’s been a few months since our last live event but we rather think this one is more than worth the wait. Introducing an afternoon with three of the finest writers in the UK, Howard Linskey, Alison Littlewood and Sarah Pinborough, hosted by the charismatic voice of horror, Mr. Jasper Bark. Taking place on Saturday …

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Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead

Abandoned phone

Recently, I went to a movie with my wife and noticed a strange thing. It started with the fidgety guy to my right and fanned out like Wildfire Tommy Rich (obscure wrestling reference) from there. It was almost as if the guy unwittingly pulled the pin on an attention deficit grenade, sucking a large portion …

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Horror Networks in Australia

Aradale Asylum

Last week I started a new website and Facebook page, Horror Net Australia. It seeks to track down and list all the horror-themed businesses in Australia, which has long been a fancy of mine. Imagine, if you will, a one-stop shop for all things horror in the whole country. Through the process of creating the …

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Film Review: The Body (El Cuerpo) (2012)

El Cuerpo/The Body

“A good film with very strong performances” In the hands of Tinseltown’s finest, the disappearance of a body from a morgue would be only the beginning of a rollercoaster adventure through Europe, with little time to ponder on the bizarreness of that one situation. Currently even the most mainstream of blockbusters can’t resist packing breakneck …

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FrightFest 2013 Film Review: The Dead 2: India

The Dead 2: India

“The epitome of style over substance!” After setting the bar incredibly high from the off with Paul Hyett’s The Seasoning House in 2012, The Dead 2: India was a curious choice for kicking off the weekend’s festivities this year. Given the oversaturation of zombies for well over a decade it’s always a bit of a …

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