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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The Divide Review

  • April 19, 2012

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When your film opens with a shot of New York being obliterated by nuclear bombs, as The Divide chooses to do, then you’d better have a doozy of a movie to follow it. Unfortunately, Xavier Gens – who directed both the brutal Frontier(s) and the poorly received videogame adaption Hitman – can’t keep the epic …

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Hands up who likes Hostel?

  • April 18, 2012

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Hands up who likes Eli Roth’s Hostel? Ah yes, quite a few of you, and as you can see I have my hand up as well. Now who likes Eli Roth’s Hostel II? Some of the hands have gone down, including mine but still a fair number of you. Hands up who likes Hostel?

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The Respectable Face of Tyranny: an update

  • April 18, 2012

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Due to unforeseen circumstances, the printing of the first novella in the Spectral Visions line of longer works from Spectral Press took longer than expected – however, it has now been printed and is, even now, on its way to be signed and shipped out to customers. All copies ordered should be with purchasers by …

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La Herencia Valdemar & La Herencia Valdemar II: La Sombra Prohibida

  • April 18, 2012

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Can there be another writer more misrepresented in film than H P Lovecraft? For the last fifty years, his writing has been the inspiration for countless filmmakers, but rarely have the results been successful. More often than not you suspect that the makers can’t be bothered to refer to the source material, instead preferring to …

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Joseph D’Lacey Short Story Collection Lands September 2012

  • April 17, 2012

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A couple of months have passed since we announced that Joseph D’Lacey had signed with Proxima Books for his forthcoming vampire novel, Blood Fugue. It brings us great pleasure to announce that Joseph has secured another great publishing deal. This time around it’s with Simon Key’s Timeline Books. His as yet untitled collection will include …

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