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
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)
“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 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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5 Must Read Horror Articles – 9 September 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: The Superheroes of Horror: The Good, The Bad & The Future 10 Failed Horror Movies Without a Single Scare When Hollyoaks Actors Do Horror Five Horror Classics That …
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Chalk by Pat Cadigan available to pre-order & Winner of the This Is Horror Chapbook Subscription
Fresh off her deserved Hugo Award, Pat Cadigan’s chapbook Chalk is now available to pre-order from the This Is Horror shop. The book will be released in October 2013. Keep checking back for more information regarding the chapbook launch. One of the benefits our This Is Horror Premium Chapbook subscribers enjoy is the opportunity to …
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News Round-up Week Ending 6 September
Cadigan wins Hugo Award The 2013 Hugo Award winners were announced earlier this week at LoneStarCon, The World Science Fiction Convention. John Scalzi took home best novel while author of the forthcoming This Is Horror title Chalk, won best novelette for ‘The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi’. The full awards list is available at …
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Grimmfest 2013 Lineup Announced
The guys at Grimm Up North have released the full schedule for this year’s Grimmfest which will run from 2 – 6 October at the Lass O’Gowrie and The Dancehouse in Manchester UK. Grimmfest enters its fifth year and promises to showcase the best in horror, sci-fi and cult films, with a number of special …
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H.G. Wells’ Manufactured Monsters
This column has so far been preoccupied with the act of looking back. Not only in terms of its purpose – to unearth lesser-known works of eighteenth and nineteenth century authors – but also with regard to the stories themselves, which habitually focus on the echoes of the past disrupting the present. Continuing from last …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles, 2 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: William Gaines and the Birth of Horror Comics The Five Horror Trailer Trends That Always Work Nato and Remy’s Last Stand: Horror …
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