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Witches In Horror Cinema

April 20, 2016
7 mins to read

Something wicked this way comes… With the recent cinematic release of Robert Eggers’ The Witch, we started to think about the history of witches in genre cinema and decided to take a look back. One thing that is very clear about witches on celluloid is that they seem to fall into two very distinct descriptive …

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TIH 089: Iain Rob Wright on Self Publishing, Writing Full Time and Editing

April 18, 2016
4 mins to read

In this podcast Iain Rob Wright talks about his self publishing journey and success, full time writing, editing, working with Infected Books and much more. About Iain Rob Wright Iain Rob Wright is from the English town of Redditch, where he worked for many years as a mobile telephone salesman. After publishing his debut novel, The …

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News Round-up Week Ending 15 April 2016

April 15, 2016
5 mins to read

Here’s a selection of some of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn Fashion Horror The Neon Demon Hits Online The first trailer has launched online for the much anticipated Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives) supermodel horror film The Neon Demon, and …

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With The Benefit of Hindsight: April Fool’s Day (1986)

April 15, 2016
9 mins to read

Guess who’s going to be the life of the party? With the first day of April being the yearly celebration of japes, pranks and general foolhardiness, it’s fitting that we begin our journey of retrospectives on the horror films of yesteryear right here. When the film came out in 1986, it was advertised with a …