With the UK release of World War Z imminent, and the US Encyclopedia of the Zombie forthcoming (that I’ve written some essays for, namely on Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce, Hammer’s Plague of the Zombies and the Phantasm series of films), I’ve been on a bit of a zombie movie re-watch recently. The zombie has always been …
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R.I.P Richard Matheson: You Are Legend, 1926 – 2013
It is with great sadness that we write of Richard Matheson’s passing. Matheson was the author of I Am Legend, Hell House, The Incredible Shrinking Man, countless episodes of The Twilight Zone and many other seminal works including Duel, originally a short story which was adapted into a film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by …
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David Moody VS Wayne Simmons, This Weekend
We announced our David Moody VS Wayne Simmons event a few weeks ago but have a few more details to unveil as we prepare for the big day. Firstly, anyone travelling from over 100 miles away can get into the event for free. We know that a lot of our fans travel from all over …
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Interview: Joolz Denby, Part I
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.Whether she′s touching on the terrible things humans are capable of doing to …
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News Round-up Week Ending 21 June
Film4 FrightFest 2013 Announces Open and Closing Night Films The opening and closing films of this year’s FrightFest have been announced. The Ford Brothers The Dead 2: India will kick off proceedings, while the UK premiere of Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado’s revenge thriller, Big Bad Wolves, will draw things to a close. All the …
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Interview with William F Nolan and Jason V Brock
William F. Nolan is perhaps best known for co-authoring the novel Logan’s Run with George Clayton Johnson, and has written hundreds of pieces, from poetry to nonfiction to prose. Keep on reading…
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Joe Hill, Part II
Welcome to part two of our interview with Joe Hill. Part one with Joe Hill. This Is Horror News Editor Dan Howarth caught up with Joe Hill at the Twisted Tales signing event at Waterstones in Liverpool One. Joe was over in the UK on a seven date signing tour to promote his new novel …
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Peter Tennant, Part IV
It’s time for part four of our interview with Peter Tennant. Keep on reading…
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Joyland by Stephen King
If you judged this latest novel from the master, Stephen King, solely on the originality and complexity of the murder mystery at the centre of its storyline, then your verdict would probably be along the lines of; “I’ve read better crime stories and this one was a little too obvious.” But, Stephen King’s finest works …
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