TV Stars to attend Grimmfest The organisers of Grimmfest 2013 have announced that TV stars Dominic Brunt (Emmerdale, Before Dawn), Paul Davis (Him Indoors, Beware the Moon) and Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones) will be attending the festival this year. Keep an eye on This Is Horror for more exciting Grimmfest news as it becomes …
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“The blackest of horror comedies!” A weird, quirky, curious and just plain odd little item from 1968 – if there is one film, UK cult DVD and blu-ray company, Arrow was created to release, it is Jack Hill’s Spider Baby. Never before afforded a release in the UK, it’s only fitting that the wait has been …
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The Gothic is often typified by a propensity to look back and consider the influence of the past on the present, whether this takes the form of secrets long dead buried, hereditary curses, or revenants come back to haunt the living. But a question rarely considered is how far back to look? This is what …
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“The Sleep Room is a psychological ghost story that is heavy on the psychiatry but light on scares.” The Sleep Room is the story of James Richardson, a promising young psychiatrist who is singled out by the enigmatic yet controversial Dr. Hugh Maitland to aid his research at the Wyldehope Hall mental institution in Suffolk. …
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“Five incredible stories!” Back in the 1970s, thanks to Hammer, Amicus, NEL, Futura et al, the horror genre evolved into something altogether more exploitative and sleazy. Book covers were filled with lurid and often gory images, and movie posters contained visuals that would give the BBFC dreadful nightmares. The films themselves contained more breasts than …
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“Taken on its own merits it’s difficult to fault!” Who would have thought that one of the most eagerly anticipated console releases of 2013 would be in the survival horror genre? With its big franchises, Resident Evil and Silent Hill, either morphing into steroid-infused blast-fests or being passed from developer to developer in an effort …
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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: The Real Story Behind The Conjuring and Four Other Horror Movies ‘Based on True Events’ Ten Best Haunted House Horror Movies Mutants …
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“The prose is sparse, the narrative voice is dark, and the journey is without remorse.” Noir fiction is, according to Wiki, a literary genre closely tied to hardboiled fiction, with the main difference being the protagonist is not a detective, but a victim, a suspect, or, more commonly, a perpetrator or criminal. Tom Piccirilli’s Every …
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In this podcast we interview Stephen McGeagh, the author of Habit, a brand new horror novel from Salt Publishing. Topics [3:02] The genesis of Habit [5:00] Working with Nicholas Royle [5:44] Sense of place and Manchester in Habit [7:20] Critical response and praise from contemporaries [9:19] Twisted Tales event [11:20] The blurring of genres within Habit …
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It’s that time again. The sleepy queue has been duly survived, the festival passes have been purchased, and the free film viewed. This year it was James Wan’s paranormal investigator thriller The Conjuring, due out in UK cinemas in August. The movie has had good reviews stateside but I have to say that while it …
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