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Splinters by Joseph D’Lacey

March 6, 2013
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Splinters by Joseph D’Lacey is somewhat of a special short story collection for the eco-horror author. Not only does this mark his first short story collection – and what better way to commemorate the occasion than a limited signature edition from Timeline Books – but it’s a collection which spans eleven years serving as a portrait of the …

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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

March 6, 2013
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Halloween 5 opens, as was customary with slasher sequels, with a flashback that leads into a loose justification of ‘why he didn’t die’. Before Myers is back, like a particularly troublesome yeast infection. Keep on reading…

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Twisted tales of serial murder: Adam Nevill, Steve Mosby and Stuart MacBride

March 4, 2013
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Twisted Tales of Serial Murder was the latest in the highly successful Twisted Tales series of events, ably presented, as usual, by David McWilliam and Glyn Morgan at Waterstone’s Liverpool One. This event, taking part on 22 February 2013, focused on the overlap between horror and crime fiction; alongside horror wunderkind Adam Nevill were crime …

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News Round-up Week Ending 1 March

March 4, 2013
2 mins to read

Maniac Manchester Premiere Grimm Up North are proud to present the Manchester premiere of Elijah Wood’s new film Maniac on 7 March as part of a double bill with the claustrophobic thriller 247°F, which will be making its full UK premiere. The first 40 people who pre-book 2 or more tickets will get a limited …

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Chapbook offer extended

March 3, 2013
3 mins to read

The chapbook offer on Thin Men With Yellow Faces and Joe & Me has been extended until Friday 8 March, 2013. It will not be extended again so this is your final chance to buy both books at knock down prices. Joe & Me by David Moody UK: £3.99 + FREE P&P EU: €5 + €3.35 P&P US & …

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Live Horror Tonight

March 1, 2013
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The event starts at 6:30pm. Film Studies lecturer, podcast host and writer, John Costello will be filling in as host for the absent Jasper Bark who has fallen ill (but don’t worry he assures us he’ll be back and in full swing for Edinburgh later this month). The Writer’s Room is situated in Milburn …

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Taking a Good Look at Horrors From Beyond

February 28, 2013
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This month I have had the good fortune, thanks to those lovely people at Second Sight, to revisit a movie I haven’t seen since its original UK VHS release back in the late 1980s. The film is From Beyond, it was Stuart Gordon’s follow-up to his delirious and delicious Re-Animator, and it comes out on blu-ray and …

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Who The F*** Is Howard Nostrand?

February 28, 2013
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Pablo Picasso is reported to have said: “good artists borrow, great artists steal.” This quote often makes me wonder if ‘great artists’ isn’t a Spanish euphemism for ‘talentless c***s’ (maybe something got lost in the translation). George Bernard Shaw, the long winded playwright and rent-a-quote once said something similar about writers. It’s possible that Shaw …

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Celebrating Horror Culture in Australia

February 28, 2013
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I was married late last year. It was on a very lucky day, both for me and for the whole world. We held the ceremony and reception on 23 December, the day after the predicted end of the world, as foretold by the Mayan culture, or at least as interpreted by millions around the world. …

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The fear of God and real-life horrors of fundamentalist religion

February 27, 2013
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Hi there. Yes, I’ve been away for a while. Yes, I know, this is supposed to be a monthly column. There’ve been reasons, but I won’t bother you with them just now. Maybe another time. Meanwhile, picture this: The final scene of Hammer’s Dracula. Christopher Lee, red-eyed, teeth bared – demonic, imposing, all but immortal; …