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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

January 12, 2012
1 mins to read

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, was released in 2006 with very minimal fanfare. It’s a shame as it’s probably one of the best horror films of recent times that you probably haven’t even heard of, let alone seen. It takes a cue from Scream, in that it de-constructs the slasher sub-genre and …

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Found: One Severed Head

January 11, 2012
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I’ll tell you something, nothing kick-starts widespread killer-on-the-loose panic quicker than finding a severed head in a suburban shopping plaza dumpster. Well, I guess I hail from a pretty exciting enclave of morbid death and destruction, despite the disinterest that largely characterised my formative years, because that’s exactly the scenario that played out in and …

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Meet The Writer: Patrick Freivald

January 11, 2012
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What first attracted you to horror writing? I read Stephen King’s The Stand in sixth grade. I can’t say I understood it all at the time, but I was drawn in to both the human side of horror – the plague and the struggle to survive the aftermath – and the supernatural battle between good …

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A brand new audibook by Anthony Keetch

January 10, 2012
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Anthony Keetch alongside David Darlington and What Noise Productions has produced and written ‘The Devil Take Your Stereo – A Satanic Chiller by Desmond Stirling’. This story is available as an audiobook in five episodic chunks. Part-comedy/part-horror it follows an elderly writer of horror novels trying to dictate his latest opus. Head on over to …

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Jonathan Oliver Interview: Pt III

January 10, 2012
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The final part of our interview with Jonathan Oliver has arrived. He speaks about his own fiction and whether horror should have a moral message. Jonathan Oliver Interview: Part III

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All aboard the Hell Train

January 9, 2012
1 mins to read

So, what do you get if you combine bizarre creatures, satanic rites and terrified train passengers? Quite simply, out of this unholy concoction you’ll end up with Christopher Fowler’s (the Bryant & May Mysteries) latest novel, Hell Train, his first for publisher Solaris. And if you’re in London on 19 January then you’ll be able …

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Stephen Volk Interview: Part II

January 9, 2012
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Click through for our second part in our three part interview with Stephen Volk, the man behind The Awakening, Afterlife and Ghostwatch. Stephen Volk Interview: Part 2

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Adam Nevill Interview Part 3

January 6, 2012
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The third and final part in our Adam Nevill Interview is now up. Adam Nevill Interview Part 3

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Twisted Tales PS Publishing Showcases in Liverpool and Lancaster

January 5, 2012
5 mins to read

Here at This Is Horror we are incredibly lucky to receive a guest post this evening from David McWilliam of Twisted Tales Events. To find out why, please read on. Later this month, as part of our award-nominated programme of horror story readings, Twisted Tales will run PS Publishing Showcases from 6-8pm at Waterstone’s Liverpool …

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Review: Hell’s Doctor by Lee F. Jordan

January 5, 2012
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The premise of Hell’s Doctor is intriguing if not wholly original. Set in The City of Hell it details Victor, Hell’s Doctor. His role is a simple one – to torture new arrivals in hell, dubbed ‘pain babies’. Early into the story he is acquainted with David Masters – a forensic pathologist turned necrophilliac turned …