Vampire Circus by award-winning author Mark Morris (Toady, Cinema Macabre, Dr Who) is a novelisation of the 1972 Hammer Horror film of the same name. While this review recommends a watch for its own sake, the story should work equally well to audiences unfamiliar with the film. Morris has cleverly updated the action to the …
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Pre-order The Fox by Conrad Williams
They took their daughters to a glamping farm to escape the stresses of the city. There were chickens to feed, logs to chop and a fire to keep stoked. For a day it was fun to reconvene with nature and connect with what it meant to be wild. But on that first night a blizzard …
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The Fear of Rats – Musophobia (aka Suriphobia / Murophobia)
This month, we take a look at rodents. Considering our cities are now supposedly infested with rats, it’s interesting to try and understand what makes these urban vermin so scary to some. Realistically, it all started in 1664… Keep on reading…
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Looking forward to 2013 (Peter Cushing style)
I am writing this on the first day of 2013 and, like many others around the globe, I am pondering what’s in store for the next 365 days. No doubt there are going to be millions of column inches devoted to forthcoming genre books, events and films plastered all over the internet in the coming …
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News Round-up Week Ending 4 January
Dead Space 3 Download Visceral Games have announced that the new Dead Space 3 demo will be available to download on XBOX LIVE on 22 January. The game is released in full on 5 February on Xbox 360 and 8 February on Playstation 3 and PC. New Evil Dead Trailer Surfaces The brand new red-band …
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Buy chapbooks and win an annual subscription
On 18 December we announced that anyone buying a This Is Horror chapbook up until 11 January would be entered into a prize draw to win an annual subscription to the This Is Horror Premium Chapbooks. Well we’re delighted that so many of you have taken up this fantastic opportunity and have decided to extend …
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Interview: Ronald Kelly
Ronald Kelly’s unique brand of Southern-fried horror include such novels as The Dark’Un, Undertaker’s Moon, Fear, and Hell Hollow, as well short story collections like Cumberland Furnace, Midnight Grinding, The Sick Stuff, and After the Burn. He lives in a backwoods hollow in Brush Creek, Tennessee with his wife and three young’uns. Keep on reading…
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This Is Horror Awards 2012: Two hours left to vote
There’s still time to vote in the This Is Horror Awards, but hurry there’s less than two hours. Vote in the This Is Horror Awards 2012
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5 Must Read Horror Articles – 3 January 2012
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: The top ten horror-themed music videos of 2012 A deep, dark Silent Hill franchise retrospective 6 health benefits of watching horror movies Bruce Campbell: Heroes and Inspirations The …
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