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The Christmas Ghost Story

November 19, 2012
1 min to read

So, the season of goodwill and peace to all mankind is nearly upon us. Let us conjure up in our minds a typical vision of Christmas, the one that we’re all meant to aspire to or the one that we’ve been sold over the years, depending on which outlook you cleave to. Read more…

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Joseph D’Lacey, Pat Cadigan and Jonathan Green – 6pm Tonight, London

November 16, 2012
2 mins to read

So, it’s finally here – the eagerly anticipated launch of award-winning eco-horror author, Joseph D’Lacey’s new take on the vampire genre, Blood Fugue. Join us at Blackwell’s Charing Cross for a night of horror curated by the horror enigma, Jasper Bark. This free event kicks-off at 6PM and will run until 8PM. There’s free blood …

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Interview: Jason Graves

November 15, 2012
1 min to read

Jason Graves is an award-winning American television, film and video game music composer. He is more recently known for his musical score for Dead Space, a survival horror-action video game. What was the first soundtrack or composition that you listened to and how did it affect you? The first thing I heard that really made …

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Religion Won’t Save You: Religious Tropes in Horror Films

November 14, 2012
1 min to read

Ask anyone to explain a link between religion and horror movies and you’ll undoubtedly hear a large number of replies citing the use of crosses to ward off vampires. But, the genre is so heavily laced with religious sub-plots and analogies, it goes much deeper than Van Helsing brandishing a representation of where Jesus was …