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Review: What gets left behind by Mark West

September 26, 2012
1 min to read

Mike Bergen is a married man from Barnstaple, where he happily lives with his wife and son. The story opens in Gaffney, where Mike is attending a work-related conference. Gaffney, however, is also the place where a terrible occurrence took the life of his best friend almost thirty years ago. Desperate to lay to rest …

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The Summer Blockbuster – A History of Horror Cinema

September 26, 2012
1 min to read

There is a period in cinema – roughly May to September – that is well known as the summer blockbuster season. This is the time of the year that studios vie for release dates against other studios to unleash their tent-pole movie that will hopefully clean up at the box office and ensure a healthy …

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Review: Boneland by Alan Garner

September 25, 2012
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Boneland, the long awaited third volume in Alan Garner’s Weirdstone trilogy, is a finely drawn and ambiguous tale, that every reader will draw different things from. This is perhaps the mark of a truly great novel, and one that will surely last in memory as long as its predecessors. Considering the long gap since the …

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4 Must Read Horror Articles

September 25, 2012
2 mins to read

This week on Must Read Horror Articles: The Fifty Stephen King Week: The ballad of Richard Bachman, alter ego of Stephen King The Top 10 Horror Stories Three Elements That Make Good Horror Games If you want more useful links like the must read horror articles we highlight every week, then please follow @ThisIsHorror on Twitter. …