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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Rejection Letters – How to Write and Respond to Them

Greetings gentle reader, before we get down to the business of this month’s column, I’d like to tell you a horror story. A real life horror story. Keep on reading…

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News Round-up Week Ending 28 June

Sleepers

Angry Robot announce new author Angry Robot have announced that they have signed up former Spin City actor Michael Boatman to a two book deal. Boatman will produce the novels Last God Standing (Spring 2014) and Who Wants to be the Prince of Darkness? (2015) over the next two years. Horror Channel go howling mad …

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Path of Needles by Alison Littlewood

Alison Littlewood burst into the mainstream when her debut novel, A Cold Season, was selected as part of Richard and Judy’s 2012 Book Club and found itself in supermarket aisles and bookshop window displays. It was a supremely paced and engrossing book with an exemplary sense of atmosphere and location, but, Path of Needles is …

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The Ravenglass Eye by Tom Fletcher

If we here at This Is Horror composed our copy with quill and parchment or typewriter and paper, then the discarded attempts at reviewing The Ravenglass Eye would have required a fleet of bin lorries to transport them away. The novel provides a satisfying and gripping narrative but putting your finger on precisely why it …

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