Film Review: World War Z

World War Z action

World War Z is the long awaited, often delayed, zombie opus starring Brad Pitt. Rumours of on-set bust ups, budgetary wrangles and rewritten endings have been dominating the tabloids and genre media for months. The film is a loose adaptation of Max Brook’s novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. The …

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Real writers don’t write about the supernatural

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

This month’s column topic readily sprang to mind as soon as I heard about it: one of my online author friends (who shall remain nameless) had received an email from some wag who said “I’ve never read your work and I never shall, because you are not a real writer. Real writers don’t write about …

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Interview: Joolz Denby, Part II

Poet, novelist, spoken-word performer, artist (most famously for the albums and singles of rock band New Model Army) and tattooist, Joolz Denby has been producing a powerful and varied body of work since the 1980s, much of it gorgeously dark and unsettling. Keep on reading…

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Win a signed copy of Gods & Monsters: Unclean Spirits by Chuck Wendig

Chuck Wendig

Hot on the heels of our successful Altitude Films competition This Is Horror is pleased to announce the first of two new competitions where you, our beloved readers, can win some wonderful swag. First up we have two signed copies of Gods and Monsters: Unclean Spirits by Chuck Wendig to give away to two lucky …

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Interview: Peter Tennant, Part V

This is the final part of what we think has been a fantastic insight into Peter Tennant and genre fiction. Keep on reading…

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Competition Winner Announced

This Is Horror are delighted to announce that the winner of the Altitude Films Bundle competition was Selina Lock who correctly stated that the two Spectral Press tribute novellas were: The Nine Deaths of Dr. Valentine by John Llewellyn Probert. (A tribute to Vincent Price) Whitstable by Stephen Volk. (A tribute to Peter Cushing) Altitude …

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The Seasoning House

Paul Hyett’s debut as both a writer and director is set in a brothel house amidst the bloody Balkan warzone. Given Hyett’s special effects background one may have expected him to opt for a monster movie in his premiere directorial outing but instead he has delivered a deftly serious film where authenticity and sensitivity to …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles – 1 July 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: Four Things to Remember When Remaking Asian Horror Hellraiser: Sex and Sexuality Dr Raj Persaud: What the Psychology of World War Z – And Horror Films in General …

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Reflections of Rebecca

The intention of this column has always been to recall the lost or forgotten voices of horror, to remember those writers who, for whatever reason, have become forgotten or overlooked with the passing of time. But what I want to consider this month are the characters who are overlooked or forgotten within their texts, marginalised …

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Film4 FrightFest 2013, Main Screen Line Up & Times

FrightFest 2013

FrightFest is one of our favourite events of the horror calendar. Hot off the press is the full FrightFest 2013 line-up. Expect us to be talking about this right up until festivities kick off on Thursday August 2013. And with that said, here are the delights you can expect on the main screen. THURSDAY AUG …

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