Paul Kane Interview

  • April 26, 2012

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What first attracted you to horror writing? I’ve always been attracted to the darker side of things. When I was very small my dad would buy me horror comics from our local newsagents, and my favourite comic hero was – still is – Batman, because of the horror trappings of his character and costume. I …

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Film to Book Adaptations

  • April 25, 2012

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The book business calls them novelisations. That is the act of turning a film script into a novel. In truth they can turn out to be more like that old adage of trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. Novelisations

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Interview: John Hornor Jacobs

  • April 25, 2012

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John Honor Jacobs is the author of, Southern Gods, short-listed for the Bram Stoker Award for First Novel, This Dark Earth, coming July 3, 2012, from Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, and the forthcoming Incarcerado young adult trilogy from Carolrhoda Labs. Meet The Writer: John Hornor Jacobs

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Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean by Angela Slatter

  • April 24, 2012

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It’s time for some Flash Fear, and this week it’s Angela Slatter with Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean by Angela Slatter

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Jo Fletcher Interview

  • April 24, 2012

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Award winning publishing polymath and genre whiz extraordinaire Jo Fletcher sat down with This is Horror recently, to reveal all about her sparkling new fantasy/SF/horror imprint Jo Fletcher Books. Jo Fletcher Interview – Part I

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10 English Horror Writers

  • April 23, 2012

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Today is both St George’s Day and World Book Night. With that in mind, it seemed highly appropriate that we bring you this list of ten horror authors that have helped shape horror fiction into the joyous creation that we know and love today. It’s worth noting that this is neither an extensive nor a …

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Horror Hosts

  • April 23, 2012

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In his latest instalment of Injured Eyeballs, Jasper Bark talks about Horror Hosts and the legendary Rod Serling. Injured Eyeballs: Horror Hosts

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Review: Fright Night (2011)

  • April 23, 2012

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With most remakes, it’s incredibly difficult not to compare and contrast with the original source material. However, the most recent version of Fright Night makes it easy to separate the two productions and view them individually on their own merits. Fright Night

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Review: Evidence

  • April 20, 2012

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Another month, bringing with it another found footage movie. The good news is that Evidence is one of the decent attempts at this sub-genre. Not to be confused with another found footage film going by the same name which is based around a massacre at a gas station, this Evidence is an intriguing mix of …

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Rumours of the Marvellous by Peter Atkins

  • April 19, 2012

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Peter Atkins is one of genre writing’s lesser-known gems. If his name is familiar, it’s most likely in connection with another famous Liverpudlian writer, Clive Barker – the two are, in fact, very good friends, plus Atkins was responsible for the Hellraiser II, III and IV scripts, a continuation of the Barker-directed Hellraiser film (itself …

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