So many individuals have had significant impact and influence upon our lives that it’s easy for the importance of those who have disappeared from our minds to dim and fade away. I hadn’t thought about Harry Harrison for many years – not in any meaningful sense, anyway – until this morning when I heard of …
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Never Sleep Again – Nightmare on Elm Street Memories
We’ve spent the last week at Probert Towers watching Never Sleep Again, a quite remarkably exhaustive four-hour plus documentary on the Nightmare On Elm Street series of films and pretty much the last word on the subject. The team behind this have gathered together as many key personnel from each of these movies as they …
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Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Trailer
The full-length trailer for Silent Hill’s highly anticipated sequel Silent Hill: Revelation 3D was recently unveiled. Cast members include Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones), Deborah Kara Unger (The Game, The Samaritan) and Radha Mitchell (Man of Fire, The Crazies). The film will be released October 26 2012 ready for Halloween. …
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Win HP Lovecraft inspired horror Chill on DVD
Love classic horror and HP Lovecraft? Win one of five DVD copies of Chill through the This is Horror Facebook page. Simply go to the This is Horror Facebook page and vote for your favourite HP Lovecraft story. If you are one of the winners we will contact you through your facebook page, so be sure to check …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles
This week on Must Read Horror Articles: Great Collection of Thai Sci-Fi & Horror Movie Posters 10 Bizarre Creatures from Japanese Folklore My Top 10 Horror-Comedies of All Time 10 Beautifully Creepy Places British TV Horror and How It Made Me Who I Am If you want more useful links like the must read horror …
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Interview: Guy Adams – Part II
Tell us a bit about your new version of Hands of the Ripper. How similar is it to the Hammer film of the same name? GA: The beats are the same but there are massive changes. Hammer Books were interested in setting a number of their novelisations in the present day and they asked how …
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News Round-up Week Ending 10 August 2012
American Horror Story: Asylum The second series of the TV show American Horror Story is going to be set in an insane asylum. The new series will be named American Horror Story: Asylum. Creator Ryan Murphy explains, “We picked ‘Asylum’ because it not only describes the setting – an insane asylum run by Jessica Lange’s character which was formerly …
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Review: Monster Brawl
How do you review a film like Monster Brawl? We’re not even convinced that it qualifies as a film to be entirely honest. The concept is a bizarre one, combining the silliness of the world of wrestling with some of the most famous monsters of all time and mashing them together into the running time. …
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The influence of MR James on the horror genre
On the 1 August this year Montague Rhodes James would have celebrated his 150th birthday. It would be very difficult to overestimate the enormous influence the quiet academic has had on the horror genre, inspiring authors like Stephen King and Ramsey Campbell. That influence continues to inspire newer writers such as Gary McMahon and Adam …
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Interview: Gabriela Hersham
In her own words, Gabriela Hersham is an, “Actress, foodie, film fanatic, adrenalin junkie, obsessive instagrammer and competitive ping-pong player.” JD Gillam was on hand to interview the up-and-coming actress. Read more…
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