L-O-V-E, love. That fickle, mercurial, elusive beast. Guardian angel to some, white whale to others. Since the dawn of time, it’s been responsible for saving the souls and dashing the hopes of countless courters in equal measure, lifting some spirits to the heavens to breathe new life into their hosts, while smashing some dreams to …
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On Behalf of Neglected Night Creatures
It’s not that I hate vampires and zombies. Like many fans of dark fiction, I was once seduced by Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Le Fanu’s Carmilla and Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire. I watched all of Buffy and some of Angel. The first season of True Blood was intriguing, as was its premise, though …
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Interview: Dominic Brunt
Dominic Brunt is best known for playing Paddy Kirk in ITV’s soap-opera Emmerdale. A self-confessed zombie addict, Dominic recently released Before Dawn a film which he directed, made and starred in alongside his wife and writer, Joanne Mitchell. Emma Robins caught up with Dominic to get his thoughts on all that is zombies, Before Dawn …
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Cthulhu Unbound 3 by Cody Goodfellow, Tim Curran, DL Snell, Brian M. Sammons and David Conyers
The third in the Cthulhu Unbound series from Permuted Press features four multifarious novellas based around Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, each with a unique take on the creatures and cosmicism that fans of the source material will appreciate. Keep on reading…
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Manborg
Those belonging to what one day may be known as the VHS generation (Betamax and V2000 never really got a look in) will hopefully remember with tremendous fondness coming home from the video shop back in those heady Be Kind Rewind days of the mid 1980s with the latest Charles Band Empire production. In the …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 11 February 2013
Welcome to this week’s edition of Must Read Horror, your one-stop shop for the best horror articles the internet has to offer. This week: Essential 1970s Horror Dissecting Actor Jeffrey Combs Own The House From A Nightmare On Elm Street 5 Top Horror Final Girls Ten Horror Movie Crossovers That Would Be Awesome For more …
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The Secret History of St. Valentine’s Day (And Sex and Beauty in Horror)
St. Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us once again, when thoughts turn to love and our nearest and dearest. A day that is bound up with and representative of all that is deemed the epitome of romantic; hearts and flowers, candlelit dinners, kisses and nights between silken sheets. However, look into the history of the …
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Live in Scotland: Joseph D’Lacey, Gary McMahon, David Moody and Jasper Bark
For the first time ever we bring our unique live fiction horror show to Scotland at Blackwell’s Edinburgh. Award-winning author, Jasper Bark presents two hours of horror readings, interviews and interactive questions and answers with the audience. Joining Jasper are three of the best writers in the business today: Joseph D’Lacey, who won the British …
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News Round-up Week Ending 8 February
Grimm Up North schedule extends The Manchester screenings of great horror films continue this month with a double bill of The Tall Man and Martyrs on 7 February, Citadel and Sleep Tight on 21 February and Maniac and 247 Degrees F on 7 March. Tickets for all events are now on sale at the Grimm Up North website. Stephen King still shines Cemetery …
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Review: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
With the original Halloween John Carpenter created the slasher genre. Whether we should thank him or hang him rests entirely on whether we’re willing to assess the genre on its highs or lows. Keep on reading…
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